Citrus waste valorization for improved food safety and human health (Citrusafe)
Lead Participant:
KERACOL LIMITED
Abstract
The proposal addresses China’s development priorities to eliminate waste and improve food safety. The project
will exploit complementary Chinese and UK research and industrial expertise to valorise waste from large scale
(>10 million tons of waste) Chinese mandarin canning manufacturing for food safety applications. Efficient
green technologies will be optimised to extract and refine food grade hydrocolloids and citrus bioactives from
both solid and liquid waste streams. The focus will be on improving extraction efficiencies and solubility of the
compounds to ensure compatibility with foods and packaging matrices. The exploitable outputs will be well
defined biomaterials with downstream processing applications in two manufacturing sectors: (1) food additives
and (2) food packaging. Food and packaging prototypes will be developed and selected according to optimal
antimicrobial and antioxidant properties against key spoilage pathogens in high risk foods (e.g. meat and fish
products) and consumer acceptability. This project will utilise China sustainable materials, provide commercial
opportunities to Chinese and UK industries with benefits to the environment and the safety of consumers.
will exploit complementary Chinese and UK research and industrial expertise to valorise waste from large scale
(>10 million tons of waste) Chinese mandarin canning manufacturing for food safety applications. Efficient
green technologies will be optimised to extract and refine food grade hydrocolloids and citrus bioactives from
both solid and liquid waste streams. The focus will be on improving extraction efficiencies and solubility of the
compounds to ensure compatibility with foods and packaging matrices. The exploitable outputs will be well
defined biomaterials with downstream processing applications in two manufacturing sectors: (1) food additives
and (2) food packaging. Food and packaging prototypes will be developed and selected according to optimal
antimicrobial and antioxidant properties against key spoilage pathogens in high risk foods (e.g. meat and fish
products) and consumer acceptability. This project will utilise China sustainable materials, provide commercial
opportunities to Chinese and UK industries with benefits to the environment and the safety of consumers.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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KERACOL LIMITED | £251,300 | £ 175,911 |
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Participant |
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PARKSIDE FLEXIBLES (EUROPE) LIMITED | £41,375 | £ 24,825 |
IONIC RECOVERY LIMITED | ||
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS | ||
BIOPOWER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | £162,884 | £ 114,019 |
INNOVATE UK |
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