Technology cluster to complete the agroindustry and wood production cycle

REDVALUE deals with the management of waste from the agrifood industry. The project encourages the collaboration between specialized agents in the Sudoe’s area and creates new market opportunities for companies. For this, it uses extraction systems based on easily industrially possible techniques that make use of aqueous and alcoholic solvents and techniques that do not require high temperatures and that allow the preservation of active compounds. The project also proposes an encapsulation system for greater product stability.

Its results include:

• Obtaining encapsulated extracts of pine bark and plant residues that can be used by food industries as additives to improve the shelf life of products.
• The study of the revaluation of waste, such as pine bark, through conventional techniques with solvents of low environmental impact such as hydro-alcoholic mixtures. These products have antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer properties, guaranteeing consumers a lower presence of synthetic additives and improving the quality of their health.
• The creation of a collaboration network between the specialized agents of the Sudoe space.
• The publication of several articles in scientific journals, thus confirming the scientific validity of the methodology.