Category archives: Food processing

Sharp separation using isoporous membranes

Sharp separation using isoporous membranes

Chemical engineeringFood processingMaterialsMechanical EngineeringNanotechnology

By César Tomé

Imagine a close basketball game that comes down to the final shot. The probability of the ball going through the hoop might be fairly low, but it would dramatically increase if the player were afforded the opportunity to shoot it over and over. A similar idea is at play in the scientific field of membrane […]

Is the valorization of marine organic-waste into chitin environmentally sustainable?

Is the valorization of marine organic-waste into chitin environmentally sustainable?

Chemical engineeringEconomicsFood processingMaterials

By Invited Researcher

Authors: Mireia Martín, Life Cycle Thinking Group, Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Erlantz Lizundia, Life Cycle Thinking Group and BCMaterials One of the consequences of global population growth is an increase in food waste. This is a relevant issue not only in terms of the waste […]

Marine organic waste has a promising future via biorefinery valorisation

Marine organic waste has a promising future via biorefinery valorisation

ChemistryEconomicsFood processingMaterials

By Invited Researcher

Food waste represents a serious problem associated with today’s society to which a solution should be found. A notable share of the impacts originates from the fishing sector. It hardly results acceptable that, in a world with shrinking food resources, 25% of the total fishing catches end up being discarded as waste. It should be […]

Food systems on Mars are set to transform food on Earth

Food systems on Mars are set to transform food on Earth

BiotechnologyFood processingMicrobiologyPlanetary SciencePlant biology

By Invited Researcher

Could we feed a city on Mars? This question is central to the future of space exploration and has serious repercussions on Earth too. To date, a lot of thought has gone into how astronauts eat; however, we are only beginning to produce food in space. Space launches are quite expensive. And with the growing […]

Fine-tuning wine fermentation processes

Fine-tuning wine fermentation processes

Chemical engineeringFood processingMathematics

By BCAM

Fermentation is a form of anaerobic respiration occurring in certain microorganisms, like yeasts. Many processes arising in diverse contexts can be classified as fermentation processes, such as manufacturing of some food products (baking, wine and beer industries are based on them) and of some industrial and pharmaceutical chemicals. Alcoholic fermentation comprises a series of biochemical […]