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Sustainable chemistry from tomato skinsat Azienda Agricola Virginio Chiesa

SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY FROM TOMATO SKINS

PILOT PLANT INAUGURATION at Azienda Agricola Virginio Chiesa


SSICA is a Public Institute for applied research, established in Parma in 1922 withthe specific aim of promoting the technical and technological progress in theItalian fruit, vegetable, meat and fish processing industry.

SSICA

Experimental

Station for the

Food Preserving

Industry

Through research, assistance to the companies, training and dissemination thestructure provides answers to general and specific problems of the Italian canningindustry.


from renewable resources to metal packaging

THE KEY-IDEAstarting from tomato industrial by-products to formulate

a natural lacquer (BIO) to protect cans and closures.


• The tomato cutin is a natural polymer of polyester type

• The main component of tomato cutin is the 10,16 dihydroxyhexadecanoic acid (70-80%), starting substance for the polymerization

Each year in the EU-28 more than200,000 tonn of solidtomato residues(peels and seeds) areproduced.

The initial substance is cutin, a component of the cuticle of the tomato peels.


In the first project, Biocopac FP7, ended in November 2014, the extraction methodof cutin has been set up, developed and patented.(BI n. 0001419412)

BY-PRODUCTS

EXTRACTION WITH THERMAL TREATMENT

FILTRATION

ACIDIFICATION + PRECIPITATION

CUTIN

POLYMERIZATION

EXHAUSTED PEELS AND

SEEDS

BIOGAS


•The bio-lacquer has been formulated (patent registered)

•The cans were produced and filledwith tomato and fish products

The results of the pack-test

were very interesting and

promising.


Based on Biocopac’s LCA results a

new proposal, BiocopacPlus,

was submitted under the Lifeprogramme.

The comparison of the new bio-lacquer with a standard lacquer offossil origin were really impressive: lower emissions of CO2, equal to

130.7 mg in the CO2 produced (or avoided) for each can.

The LIFE programme is the fundinginstrument of European Union for the environment and action for climate.

“BiocopacPlus”/LIFE13 ENV IT 00590 Sustainable bio-based coating from tomato processing by-products for food metal packaging

The project, started in June 2014, lasts 3 years


Site of the plantCanneto sull’Oglio (MN)c/o Azienda Agricola Virginio Chiesa

Objectives

• Prove on semi-industrial scale the technical feasibility of the production process of the bio-lacquer.

• Evaluate yields and costs

• Realize a pilot plant

Total cost: € 2.056.045(LIFE+ contribution: 50%)


BIOCOPACPLUS: Experimental Plan

Action B.1 : “Specifications and Requirements for CutinExtraction Plant Production and Pre-polymerization”

Action B.2 : “Plant Design and Prototypes Assembling for Cutin Extraction and Polymerization”

Action B.3 : “Plant Testing and Cutin Extraction Analysis”

Action B.4 : “Bio-lacquer Formulation, Production and Analysis”

Action B.5 : “Demonstration of the Bio-lacquer Production and Application including Pack Test”

Action B.6 : “Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)”


Optimization plant components

Evaluation test lacquering system

Reduction environmental impact of the process

Capacity of the pilot plant: 100Kg/h,

equivalent to 10-20% of a future industrial line

Yield of extraction : 5-10%


The bio-based lacquer we are developing meets the demand for sustainable production and

for the safeguarding of consumer health, it doesn’t contain BPA, it improves the

recyclability of the can


The project meets the criteria of circular economy

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