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Waste not, want not: transforming the dregs of brewing Each  stage  of  the  brewing  process  produces  waste. A LIFE project has explored  converting  this waste into high value ingredients for use in the beverage,  nutrition   and  cosmetics  sectors.  The  impressive 

The Life Yeast Project has reached the end. Thanks a lot to our partners BDI biotech VLPbio Anheuser-Busch InBev It was great work with all of you🤝 We have been working very hard to achieve the objectives and the results

On 10th and 11th December 2019. Members of BDI biotech attended a workshop BioFIT2019 “leading European partnering event for early-stage deals and investment rounds in the field of Life Sciences” The event included different workshops, speakers and networking activities. We

Next Friday, the third monitoring meeting of the LIFE YEAST project will hold in Leuven (Belgium). During the meeting, all the progress of the project from May will present to the monitoring body of the LIFE programe (NEEMO).

Lat week the BDI biotech team attended BIOEUROPE. The most important biotechnology industry partnering event in Europe, organized by EBD Group. The event took place in Hamburg over 3 energetic days, from the 11th to the 13th of November. The

the largest pharmaceutical event in the world, which took place in Germany. The workshop lasted 3 incredible days, from the 5th – 7 th   November. The BDI biotech Business Development Manager was at the event to represent the LIFE Yeast Project. At the

On 23rd October 2019, members of BDI biotech attended a workshop dedicated to the role of the agri-food sector. International Fair of the fruit and vegetable field. The event included different workshops, speakers and networking activities. Members of BDI biotech

The European meeting place for innovation in Food and Feed On the 22nd and 23rd of October Members of BDI biotech attended the event, It was a great opportunity to get to know different participants in the one-to-one meetings and

On the 1st and 2nd of October, members of BDI Biotech attended the EFIB, the leading market annual event in Europe for Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy. Taking place in Belgium, The event included different workshops, speakers and networking activities.

LIFE YEAST project staff participated in the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Heraklion 2019, celebrated from 26 to 29 June 2019 in Heraklion (Greece). During the event the results about the production of yeast extract from spent

The results of the first tests carried out in the microbrewery in Boecillo (Spain) BDI biotech to test and evaluate the efficiency of reusing the yeast extract and B-glucan in the brewery process, have been transferred to be scaled. Anheuser-Busch

BDi Biotechnology has developed, during the second semester of 2018, a process for the extraction of β-glucan from the brewer’s spent yeast. β-glucans are a type of fiber with interesting physico-chemical properties, for example their gelling capability make their widely

On May 28th and 29th we had the pleasure of receiving a visit from the European Commission. These two days focused on explaining all the progress made with The LIFE Yeast Program. The first day focused on the financial review,

On May 28th and 29th, representatives of the European Commission will visit BDI Biotechnology to begin evaluation of the European project, LIFE YEAST. In the coming days, members of the European Commission and representatives of The LIFE Program, will visit

On the 6th of May 2019, The European Business Summit took place in Brussels, Belgium. The event brought together around 2000 participants and more than 250 key note speakers, including president Juncker and vice-president Katainen of the EU Commission. The

On 25th April 2019, members of BDI technology attended a workshop dedicated to the role of biotechnology in the agri-food sector. The event was organised by Asebio; The Spanish Association of Bio Companies. The workshop was an ideal opportunity for

The LIFE YEAST and LIFE REFRESHMENT projects were showcased during the New Food Conference, organized by Proveg in Berlin, last March 21st and 22nd, 2019. Our partner AB InBev had a booth there, to show the ingredients developed from the upcycling

On the 22nd March 2019, the Knighthood of the Brewers’ Paddle were visiting Jupille’s brewery in Belgium. The teams of LIFE YEAST, LIFE REFRESHMENT and LIFE BEVERAGE were present and used the occasion to organize a pilot demonstration event. The various

On the 05th of March 2019, AB-InBev participated to the Workshop on Circular Economy for Cities at the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe. This event was organised by TAIEX-EIR Peer 2 Peer and chaired by Andreas Versmann from the DG

On the 11 th march, the European University Miguel de Cervantes students from the technology and food innovation degree were visiting BDi Biotechnology facilities to discover the LIFE YEAST project goals and outputs. The aimed of this event was to

On 21th February at Agricultural Technology Institute of Castilla y León (ITACyL) a workshop dedicated to the agrotechnology day took place, “Alternative raw materials in Feeds for Aquaculture”. The objective of this workshop was to present the latest research on

From the 28th February and 1st March, the first agro-food industry Conference in Castilla y León took place in Avila, where innovation, sustainability and the circular economy were the focus points. BDi Biotechnology, the coordinators of Life Yeast project, were

The LIFE YEAST project will be at the HERAKLION2019 7th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management. This is aligned with our partner Anheuser-Busch InBev’s 2025 sustainability goals. Our abstract has been accepted by the HERAKLION 2019 Scientific Committee. So,

The team from BDi Biotechnology attended the Animal Health Investment Europe event, which took place on 26-27 February 2019 in London. This workshop gathers more than 400 specialist participants in animal health and nutrition. The workshop was a perfect place

After the set-up of the microbrewery at BDI Biotechnology facilities, firsts productions are running in order to evaluate the brewing fermentation process when using the yeast extract produced in the previous activities of the LIFE YEAST project as fermentation booster.

Colleagues from BDi Biotechnology attended the 14 th edition of National Congress on the Environment (Conama) took place on 26-29 November 2018 in Madrid (Spain). The conference was the benchmark for dialogue on environmental policy and innovation in Spain. The

María Elena Hernández from BDi Biotechnology attended on 8-9 October 2018 the LIFE food waste platform meeting held in Budapest (Hungary). The meeting was hosted by the National Food Chain Safety Office Hungary and the beneficiary of the project LIFE-FOODWASTEPREV (LIFE15

BDi participated with a stand at the 9th International Meeting on Biotechnology, BIOSPAIN 2018, celebrated from 25 to 27 September 2018 in Sevilla (Spain). BIOSPAIN is the largest biotech event organized by a national bioindustry association in Europe with more

After successful optimization of the extraction process to convert BSY into CYE, YCW and PAY at small scale, in January 2018 BDi Biotechnology started with the scale-up of this technology to semi-industrial scale (100 L pilot). During a 6 months

In May 2018, the final phase of the installation of the microbrewery plant took place at BDi Biotechnology facilities and the Site Acceptance Test (SAT) was successfully completed on June 4th. With a microbrewery at the facilities of BDi Biotechnology,

On May 15, 2018 the LIFE YEAST team evaluated the first prototypes developed by an external partner in Spain, Innofood I+D+I. Yeast extracts can have lots of different applications and the possibilities to use it in other industries are hence

On December 20, 2017 the LIFE YEAST project team accomplished a successful factory acceptance test for the microbrewery which is going to be installed at BDi Biotechnology facilities. The microbrewery is required to produce the amounts of brewers’ spent yeast