WHETLAC

Transformation of the residual whey permeate from the cheese manufacture: lactic acid production

Coordinatore	FUNDACION CARTIF    more  Organization address address: PQ TECNOLOGICO BOECILLO 205 city: BOECILLO postcode: 47151 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Julio Cognome: González Email: send email Telefono: -547453 Fax: -547470
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Sito del progetto	http://www.whetlac.cartif.com.es/
Totale costo	1˙262˙944 €
EC contributo	947˙618 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2007-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-11-01   -   2011-04-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	FUNDACION CARTIF  Organization address address: PQ TECNOLOGICO BOECILLO 205 city: BOECILLO postcode: 47151 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Julio Cognome: González Email: send email Telefono: -547453 Fax: -547470	ES (BOECILLO)	coordinator	0.00
2	BIOFARMITALIA SPA  Organization address address: VIA EGADI 7 city: MILANO postcode: 20144 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Diego Cognome: Maffioletti Email: send email Telefono: -29100182 Fax: -2910022183	IT (MILANO)	participant	0.00
3	F.LLI PINNA INDUSTRIA CASEARIA SPA  Organization address address: Via F.lli Chighine 5 city: THIESI postcode: 7047 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Gavino Cognome: Murittu Email: send email Telefono: -886049 Fax: -886049	IT (THIESI)	participant	0.00
4	HIGHLAND FINE CHEESES LIMITED  Organization address address: KNOCKBRECK STREET 10 city: TAIN postcode: IV19 1BJ contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Tina Cognome: Drake Email: send email Telefono: -893852 Fax: -893852	UK (TAIN)	participant	0.00
5	HIJOS DE SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ SA  Organization address address: CARRETERA DE MOZAR S/N city: ZAMORA postcode: 49620 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Marco Cognome: Rodríguez Email: send email Telefono: -632853 Fax: -636858	ES (ZAMORA)	participant	0.00
6	INDLACTO MURES SRL  Organization address address: STR PRUTULUI 20A city: TARGU MURES postcode: 540244 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alceo Cognome: Zanotti Email: send email Telefono: -253458 Fax: -253458	RO (TARGU MURES)	participant	0.00
7	NATEX PROZESSTECHNOLOGIE GESMBH  Organization address address: WERKSTRASSE 7 city: TERNITZ postcode: 2630 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Franz Cognome: Lang Email: send email Telefono: -3214609 Fax: -40750	AT (TERNITZ)	participant	0.00
8	PORTO CONTE RICERCHE SRL  Organization address address: S.P. 55 PORTO CONTE-CAPO CACCIA KM 8.4 city: ALGHERO postcode: 7041 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Paolo Cognome: Posadinu Email: send email Telefono: -998440 Fax: -998607	IT (ALGHERO)	participant	0.00
9	RAGACTIVES SL  Organization address address: PARQUE TECNOLOGICO PARCELAS 2 Y 3 city: BOECILLO postcode: 47151 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Marta Cognome: Rico Email: send email Telefono: -549021 Fax: -549062	ES (BOECILLO)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Whey is the major worl-wide disposal and pollution problem for the cheese making companies. The development of the project will reach the following results:  The solution for the profitability management of the whey as by-product.  The diversification of the whey product market avoiding strong whey prices fluctuations.  Production of a new high added value product (lactic acid) at low cost from whey. The general aim of this proposal is to design a process for the lactic acid production from deproteinized whey. New immobilisation techniques will be applied in fermentation process with near Infrared spectroscopy that will be set as analytical tool to control the process in a quantitative way, at real time. Green chemistry strategies will be used for the simultaneous reaction and extraction of lactic acid in supercritical fluids technology in order to get a whole sustainable and environmental friendly process. The potential market to produce lactic acid at a low cost with higher purity based on new production technologies will suppose a great increase in the demand and the evolution of new applications. Lactic acid and its derivatives are widely used in the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetic, …. Recently, in the pharmaceutical filed, there has been an increased interest in lactic acid production, since it can be used as a raw material for production of L()-polylactic acid, a polymer used for manufacturing high cost biomedical implants and environmental-friendly biodegradable plastic. This project requires the use of advanced facilities and the simultaneous collaboration of experts in biotechnology, supercritical fluids and processes developers. Three RTD performance has been selected to ensure the achievement of these objectives. At the end of the project relevant information required for the industrial application and exploitation of the solution will be obtained (economic prediction of production cost, chemical process designed)'