AGROALNEXT CIRCFOOD Project: Valorization of agri-food by-products and waste with a local, cooperative and circular approach for new higher value applications
- Type Project
- Scope Autonómico
- Autonomous community Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
- Main source of financing NextGenerationEU
- Project website Web del Proyecto
To investigate how to valorize vegetable waste from Navarre to create ingredients with nutritional and functional value, reusable in the food chain as sustainable raw materials.
In Navarre, agro-industrial activity generates large quantities of waste and byproducts, reaching 200,000 tons annually in 2019. 51.1% of the waste and byproducts registered in Navarre are of plant origin, with fruit and vegetable processing generating the largest amount (74.4%), followed by the olive oil sector (22.2%). These types of plant residues have valuable nutritional and functional properties due to their protein, fiber, and bioactive compound content, which have health benefits. Therefore, there is both an opportunity and a need for better utilization of these byproducts, allocating a greater proportion to human consumption and finding uses for those that are currently discarded.
Dietary fibers from tomato and oat by-products. Encapsulated antioxidants from olive pomace and oat hulls. Proteins obtained from broccoli by-products. Functional foods and dietary supplements.
- Coordinator/entity name: Carolina González
- Mailing address: Not available
- Email coordinator/entity: idi@urzante.com
- Phone: Not available
- CNTA
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