Opportunities for by-product recovery to generate new high value-added solutions
Plant, fruit and vegetable waste and by-products generated in the agri-food industry contain high-value molecules with applications in functional food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and agriculture.
In the second webinar of the “By-product recovery” series organised by Cajamar, various experts will explain how this waste can be turned into business opportunities.
From waste to resource: an opportunity to innovate
By-products generated in the agri-food industry, such as waste, rejected fruit and veg, and by-products of production processes, contain bioactive compounds with applications in food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and agriculture.
This online event brings together strategic leaders in the sector to transform waste into resources.
- Welcome Alicia María González (Cajamar Experimental Station).
- Alfonso Jiménez (University of Alicante): “Sustainable systems to extract bioactive compounds from agri-food waste”.
- Iratxe López de Armentia, Healthy Eating Researcher at TECNALIA: “Strategies to identify and implement integrated recovery solutions for the agri-food sector”.
- Ana Falcón (DOMCA), a leading biotech company in agri-food biosolutions.
- Discussion table
This webinar will focus on the potential of these raw materials to become:
- Biostimulants
- Natural biopesticides
- High-value functional ingredients
An approach aligned with circular economy and sustainability principles, which seeks to transform waste into new business opportunities and innovation.
TECNALIA's contribution
Iratxe López de Armentia Vicandi, TECNALIA’s Healthy Food Senior Researcher, will take part in the session with a presentation focusing on strategies to identify and apply integrated solutions for recovery in the agri-food sector.
Her presentation will offer TECNALIA’s approach to the development of technological solutions that allow bioactive compounds to be extracted, assessed and applied efficiently and profitably, helping to improve the competitiveness of the sector.
Aimed at professionals and businesses
The event is aimed at:
- Agri-food producers
- Companies in the sector
- Innovation officers and managers
- And at anyone interested in identifying new ways of generating value from by-products and moving towards more sustainable production models.