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ChallengeUpdated on 27 January 2026

Pork by-products valorisation.

R&D Director at weRfoods

Riudellots de la Selva, Spain

About

The pork food industry produce an important amount of by-products like for example liver, spleen, lungs, fat, etc. Most of these by-products have a low value and low price but they are food grade. There is an opportunity to re-process and add value to these materials in order to being introduced again in the food industry value chain.

Topic

  • Foodtech
  • Food supplements
  • Nutritional supplements
  • Sustainability
  • Natural pigments
  • Food processing
  • Food innovation
  • Natural Food Ingredients
  • Food engineering
  • Valorisation of by-products

Organisation

weRfoods

Corporation

Riudellots de la Selva, Spain

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