Fiber hemp industrial chain for the production of functional food and animal feed additives - CATERPILLAR
The Plan is based on organic cultivation of monoecious hemp, enhancing its maximum potential by the generation of new high added value products and by-products. Seeds will be used for the production of oil and flour; stalks, for the production of fiber and shives. Oil and flour will be used for new functional and gluten-free foods formulations. Stalks water retting will be carried out in a prototype bioreactor. Hermetia illucens larvae will be fed with biofilm and pectic substrate on retted fibers, thus incrementing their biomass that will be investigated for the production of feed industry additives
Test plot and field trials aimed to the comparison of crop performance by organic farming in different
environments (flatland vs hilly and inner lands). Seed harvesting, drying and pressing by a prototype
engyne aimed to the identification of the best pressing condition to preserve organoleptic, nutritional
and durabilitiy properties of hemp oil and four (panel). Hemp stalk retting by a prototype bioreactor
and retted fiber cleaning by H. illucens larvae feeding; recovery of larval biomass. Hemp food
products (oil and panel), and larval biomass characterization, and development of new bread "gluten
free" formulations for food industry; production of additives for feed industry by larval biomass.
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