Valuable materials from by-products and wastes of food production

The product-friendly, environmentally compatible and efficient extraction of functional components from biogenic raw materials or residues as well as intermediate products from agriculture and food production is a further research focus of the "Aseptic Technologies" working group.

For the re-utilization of both solid and liquid by-products and residues (e.g carrot peels or whey) from food production processes, we develop separation, extraction and concentration technologies in order to recover functional ingredients such as pigments, antioxidants, proteins and peptides for their use in food and cosmetic industries.