Project description
Sustainable solutions for brewing waste management and meat preservation
Brewer's spent grain (BSG) represents a significant by-product of beer brewing, constituting up to 85 % of brewing waste and 31 % of the original malt weight. The disposal of this vast amount of waste presents environmental and economic challenges. Traditional disposal methods are not sustainable, prompting a need for innovative recycling and valorisation strategies. Addressing this issue aligns with global goals for sustainable production and consumption. In this context, the EU-funded BojaS project aims to transform BSG into valuable products through extraction of valuable phenolic compounds utilising environmentally friendly deep eutectic solvents. Utilisation of these extracts will demonstrate potential benefits for meat preservation and the brewing industry as it promises improvements in cost, safety, and environmental impact.
Objective
Brewer's spent grain (BSG) is a significant by-product of beer brewing, accounting for 85% of the waste produced and 31% of the original malt weight. Therefore, there is a need to explore various recycling methods for this residue and transform it into value-added products. The objectives of this proposal align with several UN Sustainable Development Goals as they address sustainable food production, and sustainable consumption, focusing on health and well-being. In this study, we aim to utilize the bioactive phenolic compounds present in BSG to improve the shelf life of meat products. To achieve this, we will use environmentally and socioeconomically innovative methods for the valorization of BSG by using Deep eutectic solvents (DES) for the first time. The use of environmentally friendly solutions for the extraction of BSG flavonoids will present improvement in terms of cost, safety, and environmental friendliness compared to existing methods for extractraction. Optimization of extraction conditions (temperature, solvent-to-solid ratio, extraction time, pH) will be carried out to improve the selectivity, efficiency, and purity of target compounds. DES a solvent will be synthesized to selectively promote the extraction of rutin, proanthocyanidins, and catechin extract with phenolic acids. An important aspect of this work will be to evaluate the toxicity of both the DES solvent and the extracted compounds to ensure their safe use. A number of analytical techniques will be used to evaluate the extraction efficiency of the flavonoid compounds, primarily high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in combination with mass spectrometry (MS). In addition, various methods will be carried out to evaluate the antioxidant profiles of the extracts. Finally, the proposed project will demonstrate the use of the extracts in red meat products (pork and beef) and evaluate how these extracts can positively influence the shelf life and sensory properties of such products.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseeds
- natural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistrymass spectrometry
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinator
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia