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

Keracol是一家高度创新的小型公司，开发天然化学技术。该项目是与波尔图大学（UoP）合作进行的可行性研究，旨在发展国际合作，并开创新方法，为食品和化妆品应用生产更稳定的油溶性天然着色剂。Keracol从食物垃圾（浆果皮）中提取天然色素，我们的目标是利用UoP的专业知识开发新的步骤变化应用方法。由于天然着色剂的复杂化学性质，这是一个具有挑战性的项目。我们需要更稳定的花青素，能够融入到油基介质中，UoP开发的新方法可能是实现这一目标的最有效策略。食品和化妆品着色剂是价值数十亿美元的产业，其应用代表着巨大的价值。在全球范围内，很少有研究人员从事这类化学研究，而利用UoP开发这一领域的机会对Keracol来说将是一个转折性的机会。

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.