Background

More than one third of all food produced globally goes to waste. New biorefining and bio-processing approaches can help make higher value products from many more components of large scale agro- and food processes than previously exploited. If we do not take advantage of such new bioprocessing opportunities we will soon be wasting even more and in certain cases miss out on opportunities for producing healthier foods.

Scope and approach

In this short treatise we have selected recent bioprocessing examples that target production of new products from biomass, including plant and marine biomass, and especially from food- and agro-industrial side streams. We have coined these processes and the products from them as having potential since they also encompass improved resource efficiency, getting more value out the raw materials, and lowering of the climate impact of food production per ton produced. These targets go hand in hand with improved industrial competitiveness. A focus on the full use of the biomass, by biological (microbial or enzymatic) processing of residues and side-streams, can pave the way for production of higher value products, such as food and feed ingredients combined with production of bio-fertilizers and bioenergy.

Key findings and conclusions

The new opportunities for bio-based value chains from the yellow and the green agricultural and forestry bio-refineries, bioprocessing of different types of food- and agro-industrial side-streams and new materials from the blue biomass, e.g. seaweeds, and the red slaughterhouse side-streams are described, exemplified and discussed, and safety issues are addressed.

In conclusion

Increased resource efficiency via targeted biorefining, often employing enzymatic processing, may open the door to improved environmental sustainability and industrial competitiveness. Further, a biorefining agenda can create new jobs. Development of new business models may moreover pave the way for revenue sharing through the entire value chain.

中文翻译：

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在食品价值链中使用生物炼制产品的潜力和可能的安全问题

背景

全球生产的所有食物中有三分之一以上是浪费的。新的生物精炼和生物加工方法可以帮助利用比以前开发的更多的大规模农业和食品加工成分来制造更高价值的产品。如果我们不利用这种新的生物加工机会，我们将很快浪费更多，在某些情况下会错过生产更健康食品的机会。

范围和方法

在这篇简短的论文中，我们选择了近期的生物加工实例，这些实例的目标是从包括植物和海洋生物质在内的生物质，特别是从食品和农业工业副流中生产新产品。我们将这些过程及其中的产品创造为具有潜力的产品，因为它们还包括提高资源效率，从原材料中获得更多价值以及降低每吨食品生产对气候的影响。这些目标与提高工业竞争力并驾齐驱。通过对残渣和支流进行生物（微生物或酶促）处理来充分利用生物质，可以为生产更高价值的产品（例如食品和饲料成分以及生物肥料和肥料的生产）铺平道路。生物能源。

主要发现和结论

黄色和绿色的农业和林业生物精炼厂，不同类型的食品和农业工业支流的生物加工以及蓝色生物质的新材料（例如海藻和红色）的生物基价值链的新机遇屠宰场侧流得到描述，举例和讨论，并解决了安全问题。

综上所述

通过有针对性的生物精炼（通常采用酶处理）来提高资源效率，可能为改善环境可持续性和产业竞争力打开大门。此外，生物精炼议程可以创造新的就业机会。此外，新业务模型的开发可能会为整个价值链上的收益共享铺平道路。