PRECIOUS

Valorizzazione degli scarti della filiera alimentare in cosmetica.

 

Description

The objective of the project is to create completely natural products, containing titrated and characterized bioactive compounds, obtained with highly sustainable processes, reusing waste biomass in a circular economy perspective. The search for maximum eco-sustainability is possible thanks to the replacement of the classic extraction methods used until now, i.e. chemical solvents, which in many cases are toxic to people and cause environmental pollution. Instead it is used a technology defined as clean and green, the steam explosion which, through the sole use of water at high temperatures and pressures, is capable of destroying the biomass and extracting the components of interest. At the end of the process we can obtain final products that are titrated and characterized, which means having cosmetic products in which there are known quantities of the bioactive compounds present inside and not a totality of compounds not well quantified as in most products on the market today.

Why is it important?

Through the creation of a new series of more active and functional products, respectful of the environment, the consumer can choose sustainable products and be a conscious contributor to the safeguard of our planet.