Adding value to waste products from the brewing industry

增加酿造行业废品的附加值。该项目旨在从啤酒酿造行业的主要副产品--废弃大麦谷物中提取价值。目前作为动物饲料出售，这些废物是有价值的碳水化合物和蛋白质的原材料，用于功能食品、包装材料和液体生物燃料。该项目将结合多学科方法来表征废弃谷物的成分，并优化生物活性分子的释放，以用作益生菌、抗氧化剂、营养食品和啤酒质量的改良剂。这项研究预计将产生资源，用于研究酿造行业的大麦籽粒、知识产权、专利和新的在线工艺。

Adding value to waste products from the brewing industry. This project aims to extract value from spent barley grains, the major by-product of the brewing industry. Currently sold as animal feed, this waste stream is a raw source of valuable carbohydrates and proteins for functional foods, packaging materials and liquid biofuels. This project will combine multidisciplinary approaches to characterise spent grain components and optimise release of bioactive molecules for use as prebiotics, antioxidants, nutraceuticals, and modifiers of beer quality. The research is expected to generate resources for studying barley grain, intellectual property, patents and new in-line processes for the brewing industry.