Objectives:

To identify opportunities within the global availability of more than 1 billion tonnes of agrifood by-products (such as husks, hulls, bran, germ, etc) being under-valorised in terms of nutrients or components and going to waste.

Working Model:

Bühler group has identified three key opportunity areas

• Component extract
  • By using a process or technology that can extract valuable components from by-products of agro-industrial food processes
• Direct nutrient recovery
  • Upcycling the micro and macronutrients from by-products through an applied process or technology into new food products such as alternative meat/dairy, savoury/sweet snacks or others
• Energy or heat recovery
  • Novel processes which can efficiently recover the energy value of low-value byproducts