The RESFOOD glossary provides basic explanations for the terminology related with the project activities.

Basic organic compounds of plant origin, containing combined nitrogen. Most alkaloids are found in plants, although some are produced by fungi and animals. They have a wide range of effects and are used as medicines and poisons. Morphine, quinine, strychnine, codeine, caffeine, cocaine and nicotine are all alkaloids. The RESFOOD project extracts al [..]

Renewable organic materials, such as wood, agricultural crops or wastes and municipal wastes, especially when used as a source of fuel or energy. At each stage of the agro-industrial fruit and vegetable processing industry, biomass by-products such as peels, seeds and unused flesh are produced. The RESFOOD project aims to minimise the biomass waste [..]

Any of a class of yellow to red pigments (chemically similar to carotene) found especially in plants, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria. Carotenoids can be produced from fats and other basic organic metabolic building blocks by all these organisms. In the RESFOOD project, carotenoids are extracted with three techniques (Supercritical fluid extract [..]

 Recent filtration process based on ceramic membranes. RESFOOD uses this process to eliminate organic matter in the process water.

Chlorine compounds are widely used in the food industry to kill bacteria and disinfect. Examples include treating pasteurizer cooling water, washing fruit and vegetables and disinfecting food contact surfaces. However, in light of concerns about the environmental and health risks associated with the possible formation of hazardous disinfection by-p [..]

DNA fragment-based method used by RESFOOD for rapid detection of pathogens.

a process used  to remove undesired ions from a solution by means of a direct current passing between two electrodes. RESFOOD will test this technique in purge water to achieve the separation of monovalent and multivalent ions and obtain a concentrate with an optimal and steady level of sodium.

Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by humans or animals either in the home or by the food processing industry. Food processing typically takes clean, harvested crops or butchered animal products and uses these to produce attractive, m [..]

Horticulture is the science, technology and business involved in intensive plant cultivation for human use. It is very diverse in its activities, incorporating plants for food (fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, culinary herbs) and non-food crops (flowers, trees and shrubs, turf-grass, hops, medicinal herbs). RESFOOD aims at reducing the intake of fres [..]