Project description
Advanced processing for aroma stabilisation
Aromas are widely used in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, playing a key role in many products. However, their expansion is limited due to a lack of stability. An environment-friendly solution is the supercritical carbon dioxide extraction (SCCO2) technology. But this does not fulfil the needs for a clean and cost-effective stabilisation process. The EU-funded GEAS project will build an effective, ecological and semi-continual processing that links the procedures and fabrication of aromas to the integration of the SCCO2 technology with the new generation of deep eutectic solvents. The integration of production and conservation procedures offers advanced, stable and safe products. GEAS will ensure the best use of natural resources and reduce energy consumption and environmental harm.
Objective
Aromas represent highly valuable substances that are widely applied in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Although aromas are high in demand, their instability represents one of the major factors that significantly hinder their efficient application.
Environmentally-friendly and effective production of aromas has been achieved through the development and implementation of the supercritical carbon dioxide extraction (SCCO2) technology. However, stabilization of aromas still represents an issue and many technologies that are being developed still fail to provide a clean, cost-effective process of stabilization.
This project addresses these challenges. The goal of the project is to establish an efficient, green, and semi-continual procedure that combines the processes of production and stabilization of aromas by coupling the green technology of SCCO2 with the new generation of deep eutectic solvents (DESs). DESs are green solvents that possess high solubilization and absorption capacities and their advantages of being biodegradable, inexpensive, and adjustable make them excellent candidates for stabilization of aromas.
Integration of the processes of production and preservation provides an innovative, stable, and safe product to be used in various industries and secures maximal exploitation of natural resources. Implementation of project solutions leads to the reduction in energy consumption, decrease in environmental damage caused by toxic solvents, and successfully meets the demands of the market for safer and green products.
The project results will also represent new scientific findings in the area of application of green technologies and set the foundations for new research and projects for the scientific community.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinator
1099 085 Lisboa
Portugal