Innovative extractions of compounds of interest in agri-food by-products in Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia.
The objective of GO INNOEXTRACT is to develop extraction protocols, as an alternative to the use of organic solvents, for obtaining different compounds of interest and in different by-products through the use of clean and environmentally friendly technologies with high yields and economically viable, for their application in the agricultural, food, cosmetics and food supplements sectors.
DOMCA acts as leader of the Operational Group together with the companies Citricos de Murcia S.A., and Troil Vegas Altas S.C. (TROIL, ), and the technology centres Tecnova Centro Tecnológico (TECNOVA, ) Centro Tecnológico Nacional de la Conserva y Alimentación (CTC), Centro Tecnológico Nacional Agroalimentario Extremadura (CTAEX) and the collaboration of Cooperativas Agroalimentarias de Extremadura.
The group is part of the National Rural Development Programme (2014-2020).
The objectives of the project include the following:
- Selection and characterisation of waste and by-products from the agri-food industry for the extraction of compounds:
- Development and laboratory-scale application of extraction protocols with the elimination of organic solvents.
- Semi-industrial scale application of the protocols developed. Extraction and purification of compounds of interest.
- Application of compounds in different fields of industrial activity: food (preservatives and fortified foods), agriculture (high added value fertilisers).
- Validation of the products obtained and demonstration actions aimed at companies.
The project is co-financed by the European Union at 80% under EAFRD and 20% under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the managing authority responsible for the implementation of the EAFRD assistance and its national share being the Directorate-General for Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training (DGDRIFA). Total amount of aid approved: €484,641.92. The body responsible for the content of this publication is the beneficiary members of the Innoextract Task Force.
European Commission website at Area of Agriculture and Rural Development.
During the course of the project, various dissemination actions have been carried out, including the following:
Presentation of the INNOEXTRACT Task Force: Presentation of the INNOEXTRACT Supra-Autonomic Task Force
Final day of the INNOEXTRACT task force: INNOEXTRACT Task Force Final Day
Animated infographics: Innoextract Task Force Animated Infographic
Conference for the exchange of experiences between operational groups (CTAEX): Innoextract Supra-Autonomous Operational Group Conference
Webinar on bioactive compounds and immunity: Webinar Bioactive Compounds and Immunity. INNOEXTRACT Task Force
Article in RETEMA magazine: INNOEXTRACT project, sustainable production of high-value bioactive extracts from agricultural residues
Report in the national newspaper LA VANGUARDIA: Use of plant extracts as natural ingredients in food supplements
Scientific article in the journal FOODS: https://www.mdpi.com/1164520
Project data:
- Call for applications: European Innovation Partnership Task Forces on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (Year 2019)
- File number: 20190020007581
- Original title: Innovative extractions of compounds of interest in agri-food by-products in Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia.
- AcronymGO Innoextract
- Funding agency: MAPA (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)
- Total Budget: 484.641,92 €
- DOMCA budget: 93.424,13 €
- Amount of aid approved: 93.424,13 €
- Implementation period: 07/2019 - 07/2021
