REPRO aims to develop advanced methods to recycle and upgrade food-processing organic waste co-products (by-products) into high added value food and feed products.

REPRO will develop cost-effective and safe integrated methods by targeting two high-volume waste co-products which have had relatively little research: Spent grain (barley residues from the brewing industry) and vegetable trimmings (such as leaf, stem and pod tissues). These co-product wastes are rich in plant biopolymers, phytochemicals, nutrients and micronutrients.

This will be achieved by focusing the multidisciplinary expertise of a Pan-European team of participants on 4 key scientific and technical objectives:

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	Development of a precision, enzyme-based bioprocesses to deconstruct and tailor co-product components ····················································································································································································
	Integration of the enzyme-based bioprocesses with modern physical processes, thereby developing hybrid bio-processing systems incorporating closed-loop water-recycling activities ····················································································································································································
	Minimisation of market risk for new processes by
	a) Ensuring economic and environmental acceptability of new processes and products by the consumer, retailer, and regulator (fork-to-farm concept)
	b) Developing sustainable dissemination and exploitation routes via stakeholder interaction platforms, and an international, web-based brokerage platform to link co-product producers, users and process R&D experts ···················································································································································································· .