Recovery of added value molecules from agro-wastes to apply as coating for the food packaging
Dr. Serena Chierici is a researcher at SSICA Experimental Station for the Food Preservation Industry Packaging Department since 2015. In this presentation, she shares the main insights on the extraction of cutin from tomato, melon, and apple peels. Also, cutin is currently under study to better exploit its hydrophobic properties.
This project has received funding from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 837863. The JU received support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program and the Bio-Based Industries Consortium.
Watch the presentation here.