ZEMĚ (Ministry of Agriculture)

Processing of waste products obtained during oil extraction from oil crop seeds on new commodities with nutritional and health benefits

• Principal Investigator: prof. RNDr. Zbyněk Zdráhal, Dr.
• Project partners: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích - coordinator; Agritec Plant Research s.r.o.; HEMP PRODUCTION CZ, s.r.o.; Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze
• Project type: QK - Applied Research Program of the Ministry of Agriculture for the years 2017-2025, ZEMĚ
• Implementation period: 1.1.2019 - 31.12.2023
• Budget: 19 068 000 CZK

Project description: 

The aim of the project solution is to find optimal way of oil cakes processing - the project will be focused on processing of qualitatively different varieties of oil flax, hemp, holy thistle and oil pumpkin. The project will be focused on processing of the cakes on protein concentrates, meals and fractions fortified by proteins, fibre and essential natural products with positive effects on human health, characterization of protein profiles and functional features, optimization of their stability and summary data with relationship to the qualitative and quantitative cultivar variability of proteins presented in flax and hemp seeds. 

The Tender Document is to be found here. 

This project is supported from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Program of Applied Research of the Ministry of Agriculture for the period 2017-2025 ZEMĚ, project no. QK1910302.