DEMETER

Demeter is an ERA-NET research project from the FACCE SURPLUS co-fund that strives for sustainable and resilient agriculture in relation to the agro-food chain.

The project's objective is to valorise by-products from vegetable processing chains into high-quality products such as juices and soups as well as functional ingredients via biorefinery.

Flanders’ FOOD is a subcontractor of Verduyn in this project. The following companies and research institutes from Flanders and France are responsible for the execution of this project: 

• Verduyn 
• Juicy Group
• Verduyn France
• INRAE, Research Unit Biopolymers Interactions Assemblies (BIA) (France)
• INRAE, Research Unit Safety and Quality of Processed Fruit and Vegetables (SQPOV) (France)