Royal Cosun is to strengthen its innovative power by investing more in start-ups. Its first acquisition is GreenProtein B.V., a technology start-up that has developed a process to extract high-added value proteins from green leaves. GreenProtein B.V. of Wageningen,...

On October 16th to 18th, the fifth edition of FIMART - Fair for Smart Rural Innovation, a must-attend event where the rural and agri-food sector meet to learn about the most avant-garde technological solutions related to these sectors, took place in Córdoba, Spain....

On the 27th and 28thof September, the International Forum on Biotechnology and Bioeconomy IFIB 2018 took place in Torino (Italy). The event was organised by Assobiotec, the Italian Association for the development of biotechnology which is part of the national...

A study published by the European Commission on the protein crop sector reveals a remarkable decrease in protein crop production in the European Union in the past ten years. The main crops excluding soybeans decreased by 30%, and soybean production by 12%. This trend...

The primary difference between animal and plant proteins is their amino acid profiles and it is those profiles that direct the rates at which the absorbed amino acids are put to use within the body. Animal based proteins, of course, are much more similar to our...

  GreenProtein is an initiative devised by a consortium made up of 7 partners from four different countries (Spain, The Netherlands, France and Serbia) coordinated by Provalor, a Dutch SME. The goal of the GreenProtein project is to develop and demonstrate a new...

On the past 14th June, AINIA, one of the most prestigious Spanish technology centres with over 30 years of experience, organised an International Technical Workshop on Biorefinery of organic agri-food and urban waste. Paulus Kosters, our project coordinator, was...

Coinciding with the end of the project’s first period, the GreenProtein consortium held its third General Assembly on May 23rd and 24th, this time in Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking premises in Brussels. This was the perfect opportunity for the whole consortium...

GreenProtein was one of the about 80 projects present in the "BBI-JU Stakeholder Forum 2017" took place during the 6th and 7th of December 2017. This event, was the first forum convened by the Private-Public Partnership BBI-JU, which was launched in 2014. The main...

Total Food 2017 is a three days conference focused on the sustainable exploitation of agri-food co-products and related biomass, thereby helping to minimise waste. It will bring together agri-food companies, scientists, consumer organisations and waste experts to...