Enzymatic acylation of anthocyanins extracted from food waste for advantageous, high-value industrial application in cosmetics and food (AnthoLip)

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Keracol is a highly innovative small company developing natural chemical technologies. This project is acollaborative feasibility study with The University of Porto (UoP) to develop international cooperationand initiate novel approaches to produce more stable and oil-soluble natural colorants for food andcosmetic applications. Keracol extracts natural pigments from food waste (berry skins), we aim to use theexpertise of UoP to develop new methods for step-change applications. This is a challenging project due tothe complex chemistry of natural colorants. More stable anthocyanins able to be incorporated into oil-based media are needed and novel methods developed by UoP could prove the most effective strategy toachieve this. Food and cosmetic colorants are multi-billion dollar industries, and applications representsignificant value. Few researchers are working on this type of chemistry globally, and an opportunity todevelop this area with UoP would be step-changing for Keracol.