The Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences of the University of Perugia
The Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences of the University of Perugia is, together with the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Pisa, a key component of our Planet O-live Academy. Its research team, led by Prof. Servili, is providing the entire supply chain with all the experience and expertise to move together in the direction of environmentally but also economically sustainable olive growing.
In particular, it shares with us the need for a circular economy in which the practice of recovering so-called "waste" products is carried out not only to reduce waste and their environmental impact, but also to bring to light possible different uses for them and study ways of valorizing them. We refer, as mentioned above, to the valorization of by-products of the mechanical extraction of virgin olive oils.
The project with UniPG started from the process of recovering and partially purifying bioactive phenolic compounds contained in vegetation water into industrially usable forms.
Specifically, the study will highlight:
- l’The optimization of extraction and partial purification processes of phenolic compounds in terms of applied technologies and potential economic value of the product;
- the possible applications in food and cosmetics, from a circular economy perspective.