Work Packages

Project Management & Quality Assurance

WP Lead: Universidad de Ejemplo de Canarias (UEC), Spain

WP1 provides the management infrastructure for the entire project. It encompasses governance structures (General Assembly, Steering Committee, Scientific Committee), financial management, legal coordination, risk management, quality assurance procedures, and ethics compliance. WP1 also coordinates reporting to the European Research Executive Agency (REA) and ensures timely delivery of all contractual obligations.

Biorefinery Process Development

WP Lead: Centre de Recerca en Bioeconomia Circular (CRBC), Spain

WP2 develops and optimises aqueous enzymatic fractionation protocols for four target agri-food side streams: olive pomace, tomato pomace, citrus peel and cereal bran. Work progresses from lab-scale screening (Task 2.1) through 50-litre pilot validation (Task 2.2) to 500-litre pre-industrial scale-up (Task 2.3). Process integration and water recycling loops are addressed in Task 2.4.

Ingredient Characterisation & Safety

WP Lead: Institut für Lebensmittelwissenschaft Dresden (ILD), Germany

WP3 characterises the nutritional composition, functional properties and safety profile of all recovered ingredient fractions. Tasks cover in vitro digestibility and bioavailability (Task 3.1), functional benchmarking against commercial reference ingredients (Task 3.2), allergenicity and contaminant screening (Task 3.3), and formulation trials in model food matrices (Task 3.4). All work is performed in compliance with EFSA guidance on novel food safety assessment.

Sustainability Assessment

WP Lead: Universiteit van Groningen (UvG), Netherlands

WP4 quantifies the environmental, economic and social performance of REVALOR biorefinery routes using ISO 14040/14044 life cycle assessment (Task 4.1), techno-economic analysis (Task 4.2) and social life cycle assessment (Task 4.3). LCA studies are conducted at each scale-up step and benchmarked against conventional disposal scenarios. Results directly inform process optimisation in WP2 and regulatory strategy in WP5.

Market Validation & Regulatory Pathways

WP Lead: BioNovation Partners SL (BNP), Spain

WP5 develops the regulatory strategy and market readiness framework for REVALOR ingredients. Task 5.1 analyses applicable regulatory frameworks (EU 2015/2283, Cosmetics Regulation EC 1223/2009, EFSA guidelines). Task 5.2 prepares two complete ingredient dossiers for regulatory submission. Task 5.3 validates market readiness through industry partner formulation trials and customer acceptance studies. Task 5.4 publishes an open regulatory decision-tree tool for SMEs.

Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation

WP Lead: Universidad de Ejemplo de Canarias (UEC), Spain

WP6 manages all communication, dissemination and exploitation activities across the project lifetime. This includes maintaining the project website and social media channels (Task 6.1), coordinating open-access publication of scientific results (Task 6.2), organising stakeholder events including the REVALOR annual conference and cascade funding open calls for SMEs (Task 6.3), and developing and implementing the exploitation plan and IP strategy (Task 6.4). WP6 ensures compliance with the Horizon Europe open science mandate.