UPCYCLED FOODS: GETTING THE GOODNESS OUT OF KENT CHERRIES

升级再造食品：充分发挥肯特樱桃的精华

• 批准号: 10027661
• 金额: $ 40.65万
• 依托单位: RENTACHERRYTREE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10027661
• 关键词: UPCYCLED; FOODS; GETTING; GOODNESS; OUT

UPCYCLED FOODS: GETTING THE GOODNESS OUT OF CHERRY WASTEWe will innovate agricultural food production by using cherry waste to create new foods rich in compounds with health benefits. This reduces agricultural waste, increases sustainability and promotes health.TRANSFORM FOOD PRODUCTION USING AGRICULTURAL WASTEKent is the largest cherry producer in the UK, which is highly beneficial for its economic growth and employment. Cherries are sold as high-class fresh fruit, but supermarkets won't sell lower grade fruit e.g. bruised, soft or discoloured (60 tonnes/year). These are wasted, transported by lorry to landfill, negatively impacting productivity, carbon emissions and sustainability.The "waste" cherries are a high-value nutritious food. Our business uses them to produce a highly tasty, nutritious, and healthy CHERRY JUICE. In the last 10 years our production has grown from 2000 litres/year to 35,000 litres/year, and there is a growing demand. As a result of the juicing, we generate CHERRY POMACE - the skin and flesh by-products. This goes to landfill, despite its high nutrition content. Due to its bioactive components, pomace has potential to be developed into new food products with health benefits or be added to existing foods as a nutraceutical or colorant.USING R&D TO GROW AND DEVELOP OUR BUSINESSCherry juice and pomace are rich in molecules called anthocyanins, which have scientifically proven and broad-ranging health benefits. Worldwide, cherry juice is widely consumed due to these benefits. In this project we will work with the University of Kent to determine the levels of anthocyanins, and their health properties, in our cherry products. Having this precise information will allow us to do two things: 1) develop a unique selling point and new marketing strategies aimed at major supermarkets; and 2) generate a new business plan to process and use our healthy cherry pomace for food products. A growing consumer demand for sustainable and healthy products that reduce waste provides a major opportunity to expand by targeting a wider customer-base. This will create jobs, promote economic growth and reduce agricultural waste.DELIVERABLES-Scientifically analyse anthocyanin levels in our cherry juice and pomace, establish their bioactivity, health benefits and prebiotic properties.-This will provide us with routes to new markets, increasing production and sales, and providing data for a new business plan to use the pomace effectively.-Scale-up (double) our juice production, enabling us to sweep up all local cherry waste, significantly decreasing food-waste and carbon emissions.

UPCycled食品：从樱桃废料中获取益处我们将通过使用樱桃废料来创造富含对健康有益的化合物的新食品，从而创新农业食品生产。利用农业废弃物改造食品生产肯特是英国最大的樱桃生产商，这对经济增长和就业非常有利。樱桃是作为高级新鲜水果出售的，但超市不会出售低级水果，如擦伤，软或变色（60吨/年）。这些被浪费的樱桃被卡车运到垃圾填埋场，对生产力、碳排放和可持续性产生负面影响。“废物”樱桃是一种高价值的营养食品。我们的业务使用它们来生产一种非常美味，营养和健康的樱桃汁。在过去的10年里，我们的产量从2000升/年增长到35,000升/年，需求也在不断增长。由于榨汁，我们产生樱桃POMACE -皮肤和肉的副产品。尽管它的营养含量很高，但它还是会被填埋。果渣具有生物活性成分，可开发成具有保健功效的新食品，或作为营养品或着色剂添加到现有食品中。利用研发来发展和壮大我们的业务樱桃汁和果渣中含有丰富的花青素分子，这些物质已被科学证明具有广泛的健康益处。在世界范围内，由于这些好处，樱桃汁被广泛消费。在这个项目中，我们将与肯特大学合作，以确定我们的樱桃产品中花青素的水平及其健康特性。有了这些准确的信息，我们可以做两件事：1）针对大型超市开发独特的卖点和新的营销策略; 2）制定新的商业计划，以加工和使用我们的健康樱桃果渣。消费者对减少浪费的可持续和健康产品的需求不断增长，这为扩大客户群提供了一个重要的机会。这将创造就业机会，促进经济增长，减少农业浪费。DELIVERABLES-Scientists分析我们的樱桃汁和果渣中的花青素含量，确定其生物活性，健康益处和益生元特性。这将为我们提供通往新市场的途径，增加生产和销售，并为有效利用果渣的新商业计划提供数据。扩大果汁生产规模（两倍），使我们能够清除所有当地樱桃废料，显著减少食物浪费和碳排放。