FiberSustain – upcycling and targeted processing to improve the potential of selected side streams as high-fiber, unfractionated ingredients
At a glance
- Project leader : Prof. Dr. Nadina Müller
- Deputy of project leader : Dr. Janice Marie Sych
- Project team : Dr. Mathias Kinner, Dr. Evelyn Kirchsteiger-Meier, Maria Rudel
- Project budget : CHF 295'072
- Project status : ongoing
- Funding partner : Innosuisse (Innovationsprojekt / Projekt Nr. 112.559.1 IP-LS)
- Contact person : Nadina Müller
Description
We aim to investigate upcycling and targeted processing to valorize and improve the potential of three regional side streams, apple pomace, yellow-pea hulls and wheat-bran, as high-fiber, unfractionated functional ingredients with an outlook to added-value bakery and other food applications.