DOI: 10.54050/prj2724941 ISSN: 2632-4067

CIPROMED advances sustainable protein innovation for Mediterranean food and feed systems

Loizos Georgiou, Christos Athanassiou

CIPROMED advances sustainable protein innovation for Mediterranean food and feed systems

CIPROMED strengthens Mediterranean agri-food resilience by valorising local crops, agri-industrial residues, and alternative proteins from insects, legumes, microalgae, and fermentation. Using circular, sustainable processes, it trans-forms sidestreams into high-value food and feed ingredients, enriches soils with insect frass, and applies microbial fermentation to enhance protein quality, supporting a resource-efficient, climate-smart agri-food system.