KB34-3A-3. Biorefinery & chains: redesign of efficient food and biobased chains : Case: the functional food bittergourd

Samenvatting

The transition to a circular bio‐economy increasingly demands an optimised balance between the resources used and by‐product streams (waste). An integrated system, efficiently using resources, involving functional food production (Bittergourd fruit) and waste production (Bittergourd stems and leaves), will be merged in such a way that the Bittergourd plant will produce fresh (functional) fruit and bioactive (biorefinery) nutraceuticals or animal feed from stems and leaves.