VALORTECH ERA Chair is organising a webinar "Valorisation of vegetal waste and by-products: An eminent source of natural bioactive ingredients" on December 11th, 2020.

The webinar gives an overview of various methods and strategies for minimization and valorisation of food waste/by-products to obtain value-added bioactive ingredients for potential food applications. A series of interactive online lectures are provided, followed by discussions and group/individual activities relevant to sustainable food production.

The webinar will cover:

• Introduction to the basic knowledge on food waste/by-product generation and management.
• Knowledge of various strategies to minimize agri-food wastes and future trends.
• Information on agri-food waste valorization for obtaining different bioactive ingredients.
• Role of bioactive compounds from agri-food waste in functional foods.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.

The completed course provides 1 ECTS credit points (a certificate of attendance will be awarded upon completion of all sessions).

If interested, please register your attendance before or on the 8^th of December HERE.

For further information and program, please see the attached file.

The webinar is conducted by the ERA Chair for Food (By-) Products Valorisation Technologies at the Estonian University of Life Sciences (European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 810630).