Valorisation of Vegetable Processing Industry Remnants into High-Value Functional Proteins and other Food Ingredients

 

About the Project

GreenProtein is an European project which aims at a major innovation in the fields of protein production and food loss reduction in the EU by producing high-added value, food-grade functional proteins and other ingredients, out of green field waste.

The general objective of the GreenProtein project, that gathers 7 different European partners during 4.5 years, is to establish a demo plant for the extraction and purification of functional RuBisCo protein isolate at industrial scale. GreenProtein will demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of the revalorisation of green residues from existing agroindustry.

The demo plant is design so it is a replicable system with a high spreading projection in the whole EU.

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10 of October of 2019: the GreenProtein BBI JU Project opens its DEMO Plant.

 

Location: The Netherlands

More information: Opening of the GreenProtein Demo Plant

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The GreenProtein Project in Numbers

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Goodbye to the GreenProtein project!

The GreenProtein project has come to its end date. Back in 2016, it was identified that the EU28 imported 77% of the protein it required for food and feed. In this context, the GreenProtein project started with the objective of producing high-added value, food-grade...

GreenProtein at #EUPartnerEvent towards Zero Pollution EU

The GreenProtein project participated in an #EUPartnerEvent titled “Agri-food innovative solutions towards a Zero Pollution EU" organised by Innovarum. This event took place during the EU Green Week 2021, which main topic is Zero Pollution EU.Following the main topic,...

New machine that collects sugar beet leaves: beyond Greenprotein!

During September and October of 2020 took place the harvesting session of the sugar beets at the headquarters of the project coordinator, Royal Cosun, and the subsequent collection of the sugar beets leaves for the Greenprotein Demo Plant. 1-year anniversary since the...

GreenProtein LCA: protein powder containing RuBisCO affected environment less than egg protein concentrate

Dubravka Skunca, LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) Leader in the GreenProtein Project, has produced an LCA to assess the environmental performance of the system of RuBisCO protein extraction and isolation from sugar beet leaves. What is exactly a Life Cycle Assessment? LCA...

Paper publication! Rubisco: A promising plant protein

INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), one of the GreenProtein project partners, has published a paper in the magazine "Food Hydrocolloids" titled: "Rubisco: A promising plant protein to enrich wheat-based food without impairing dough viscoelasticity...

Greenprotein: Timeline 2019

The Greenprotein project is a BBI JU funded EU project that started on September 2016 and that will end next February 2021. One of the most important years for the project was 2019: the year when the GreenProtein Demo Plant started functioning. Below you can find an...

GreenProtein at the eWorkshop on Upcycled Proteins

Last week Greenprotein participated in the #eWorkshop on Upcycled Proteins alongside other European projects and field experts. The eWorkshop was an online interactive event organised by Innovarum (Greenprotein project partner) that lasted around an hour and a half...

The GreenProtein Demo Plant with Bionet

Bionet is one of the four industrial partners of the GreenProtein Project and one of the main partners involved in the construction of the GreenProtein Demo Plant. The GreenProtein Demo Plant was officially opened on the 10th of October of 2019 and since then it has...

GreenProtein and the Sustainable Development Goals

Does GreenProtein Project contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals? Greenprotein is an EU funded BBI JU project that counts with 7 partners from 4 different countries. The project started in 2016: it has been running for more than 3 years. During that time, it...

Greenprotein: Food Ingredients & IncluSilver Conference

The ending  of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 have been very active for the GreenProtein Project!  After the Opening of the DEMO Plant and the BBI JU Stakeholders Forum, on December 2019 Greenprotein participated in the Food Ingredients Europe Event in France. The...

 

Communication Partner: INNOVARUM C/ Antonio López 249, 1º - 2E, 28041 Madrid (Spain)

 

 

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 720728.

 

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