Phytochemicals, Bioactivity and Process Development

Phytochemicals, Bioactivity and Process Development Group is is focused on: - The revalorization of vegetable by-products by the characterization and…

Bioprocesses for the Circular Economy

Microbiology and Quality of Fruit and Vegetables

The group has a multidisciplinary approach with a strong background in microbiology and quality of fruit and vegetables, from an overall quality…

Chlorophylls and Carotenoids in Foods

The Group focus the research activities on coloured foods, ingredients and additives. In line with food quality and safety area, the chemical and…

Plant Hormones

Hormonal, metabolic and ecosystemic aspects of source-sink relations in plants. Optimisation againts enviromental stresses.

Phytochemistry and Healthy Food Lab

The group includes scientists covering fundamental and applied research areas, related to the quality and bioactivity of new foods of plant origin,…

Sustainable Innovation in the Food Industry

Lines of research on Circular Economy in the food industry: Process Development and Valorisation of By-products. These research lines aim to…

Mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture

The group studies soil and organic waste management strategies to mitigate the impact of agricultural practices on greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, N2O…

Interactions between soils. plants and microorganisms

Food Proteins and Immunonutrition (PROT-IN)

The group works on obtaining and characterizing bioactive food compounds, mainly proteins and peptides, from by-products and products of the agri-…