Introduction

Consumers demand natural products, including nutritional supplements, which require a large and continuous supply of active bioactive compounds at a reasonable price. It is for this reason that the use of agricultural by-products as a source of bioactive compounds has shown its potential in different investigations and research projects.

Objectives

To study and to develop extraction technologies that do not modify the bioactive properties of the bio molecules during its industrial processing or that even improves its activity.

Methods

Different extraction methodologies are shown.

Results

Extraction methods with non organic solvents have a minimum environmental impact being the best options for natural food ingredients. Fundamental and applied researches are involved in the optimization of extraction technologies and in the study and development of functional foods and nutritional supplements.

Conclusions

Valorization of wastes from the food industry into active biocompounds is an issue that is becoming more and more important towards the implementation of the Circular Economy, the goal of zero residues and the Clean Label in the European food industries and the health benefits in the European consumers.

中文翻译：

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活性生物化合物可改善食品的营养价值

介绍

消费者需要天然产品，包括营养补品，这些产品需要以合理的价格连续大量供应活性生物活性化合物。因此，将农业副产品用作生物活性化合物的来源已在不同的调查和研究项目中显示出其潜力。

目标

研究和开发在工业加工过程中不会改变生物分子的生物活性或什至不会提高其活性的提取技术。

方法

显示了不同的提取方法。

结果

使用非有机溶剂的提取方法对环境的影响最小，是天然食品成分的最佳选择。基础研究和应用研究涉及提取技术的优化以及功能性食品和营养补品的研究与开发。

结论

将食品工业中的废物平衡为活性生物化合物的问题对于实施循环经济，欧洲食品工业中零残留物和清洁标签的目标以及欧洲消费者的健康利益而言变得越来越重要。