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The BIOACTIVE-NET project is a Specific Support Action (SSA) funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Program.
Project details:
Full title: Assessment and dissemination of strategies for the extraction of bioactive compounds from tomato, olive and grape processing residues
Acronym: BIOACTIVE-NET
Contract number: FOOD-CT-2006-43035
Project duration: November 1st, 2006 - October 31st, 2008
Project objectives:
The primary objective of bioactive-net is to assess and disseminate to the SME processors, strategies for the extraction of bioactive compounds from tomato, olive, and grape processing residues.
AIMS AND MILESTONES OF THE BIOACTIVE-NET PROJECT:
- CREATION OF A BROAD INFORMATION PLATFORM REGARDING THE EXTRACTION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM TOMATO, OLIVE, AND GRAPE PROCESSING RESIDUES AS WELL AS THEIR APPLICATION FACILITIES IN THE FOOD AND COSMETIC INDUSTRY
- IMPLEMENTATION OF DISSEMINATION WORKSHOPS IN THE SOUTH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (SPAIN, ITALY, GREECE AND FRANCE) AIMED AT TRANSFERRING KNOW-HOW AND EVALUATING ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES OF THE EXTRACTION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS TO THE RESIDUE GENERATING COMPANIES (SMES), TO THE TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS, TO THE INDUSTRIAL RESIDUE EXTRACTORS AND TO THE END-USERS OF THE RESPECTIVE NATURAL INGREDIENTS
- STRENGTHENING OF THE EUROPEAN MARKET ON NATURAL INGREDIENTS, WHICH HAS AN ENORMOUS ECONOMIC POTENTIAL DUE TO HIGH AVAILABILITY OF THE RAW MATERIALS
- INCREASE OF THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE EUROPEAN FOOD INDUSTRY BY PRE-EMPTING THE COMPETITION IN THE USE OF BIO-ACTIVE COMPOUNDS DERIVED FROM NATURAL, RENEWABLE AND ECONOMIC SOURCE PROCESSING RESIDUE
- INCREASE OF THE USE OF BIO-ACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN THE EUROPEAN DIET
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