About
The overall objective of the PROLIFIC project is to apply, validate and scale up an integrated array of PROcesses, to recover a significant amount of proteins/peptides and other value-added compounds (e.g. carotenoids, phenols and fibres) from agro-industrial processing residues of legumes (seeds of peas, beans and chickpeas), fungi (cuttings and mycelia of different species) and coffee (silver skin and not compliant green beans).
Within this it will pursue the following specific objectives:
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mapping the availability and sustainability of the chosen feedstocks (legumes, fungi and coffee residues) during and after the project;
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defining the specifications and compliance of residue derived compounds with existing regulations;
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establishing flexible and fully-scalable biorefinery extraction protocols for isolating proteins and bioactive compounds from plant residues;
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converting extracted fractions into valuable ingredients tailored to the specific final applications of industrial end-users;
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selecting, validating and demonstrating the use of extracted/converted fractions as ingredients in the food sector;
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Selecting, validating and demonstrating the use of extracted/converted fractions as ingredients in cosmetic sector;
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selecting, validating and demonstrating the use of extracted/converted fractions as ingredients and additives in packaging sector;
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selecting, validating and demonstrating the use of extracted/converted fractions as ingredients in the animal feed sector.
Duration
Settembre 2018 - Agosto 2022
DICAM Project Responsible
Annamaria Celli
Coordinator
FACHHOCHSCHULE NORDWESTSCHWEIZ, Switzerland
Participants
- ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA, Italy
- IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA, Spain
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA, Italy
- STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE PER L'INDUSTRIA DELLE CONSERVE ALIMENTARI, Italy
- CELABOR SCRL, Belgium
- IGV INSTITUT FUR GETREIDEVERARBEITUNG GMBH. Germany
- STOLZENBERGER REINER ERICH, Germany
- BIO BASE EUROPE PILOT PLANT VZW, Belgium
- CONSERVES FRANCE, France
- RTD TALOS LIMITED, Cyprus
- TSATSOS GEORGIOS, Greece
- ILLYCAFFE S.P.A, Italy
- NUTRITION SCIENCES, Belgium
- PLEURETTE, France
- FEMTO ENGINEERING SRL, Italy
- INNOVACOOP SRL, Italy
EU contribution
Euro 4 672 382,75
Website
https://www.prolific-project.eu/