Horizon Europe · Cluster 6 · Grant Agreement No. 101XXXXXX
Transforming agri-food side streams into high-value bio-based ingredients through circular biorefinery processes.
The European agri-food industry generates over 88 million tonnes of organic side streams annually. REVALOR develops science-based biorefinery processes to convert these underutilised residues — olive pomace, tomato pomace, citrus peel and cereal bran — into premium bio-based proteins, polyphenols and dietary fibres for food, cosmetics and nutraceutical applications.
Coordinated by the Universidad de Ejemplo de Canarias and funded by Horizon Europe, the project brings together nine partners across six EU countries, combining fundamental research, pilot-scale validation, sustainability assessment and regulatory expertise to accelerate the transition to a circular bioeconomy.
Learn more about the projectSix integrated work packages covering the full valorisation pipeline.
WP1
Governance, coordination, risk management and quality standards across the full project lifecycle.
WP2
Enzymatic and aqueous fractionation protocols for four target agri-food side streams at laboratory and pilot scale.
WP3
Nutritional, functional and safety profiling of recovered bio-based ingredients for target application sectors.
WP4
Life cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis and social impact evaluation of the REVALOR biorefinery routes.
WP5
Regulatory strategy under EU Novel Food and cosmetics regulations; market readiness benchmarking.
WP6
Public engagement, open-access publishing, stakeholder events and exploitation roadmap for project results.
The project launches its second open call for small businesses and start-ups seeking co-funding to pilot circular valorisation technologies at their own production facilities.
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Early laboratory results from WP2 show that the enzymatic fractionation protocol developed for olive pomace achieves a protein yield of 68%, exceeding the project's 60% benchmark for Year 1.
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Representatives from all nine consortium partners gathered in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for the project's inaugural kickoff meeting, marking the formal start of four years of collaborative research.
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Funded by the European Union
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101XXXXXX.