Natural Antioxidants from Olive Oil Processing Wastewater
Project EU n.CT973039

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PLANNING

TASK 1	Characterization and evaluation of phenolic fractions of olive oil processing wastewater (OWW)
TASK 2	Development of an extraction technology of phenolic fraction from OWW, fabrication of a pilot plant and optimization of preservation methodologies
TASK 3	Development of new products from OWW extracts suitable as health food supplements and/or natural food antioxidant ingredients

Technical deliverables

1st year

Evaluation of biological activity in vitro
Design of extraction process

2nd year

Full phenolic composition of olive oil processing wastewater
Evaluation of chemical antioxidant activity
Evaluation of biological activity in vivo
Pilot plant or prototype
First specimen of obtained extracts

3rd year

Evaluation of biological activity in humans

4th year

Specimen of new product formulations

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Events

25/September/1999

Second annual meeting in Granada

20/March/1999

Meeting held in Milan

10/November/1998

First annual meeting in Lisbon

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December 1997

Olives and wastewater collection

14/November/1997

First general meeting

1/November/1997

Project start

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