The current sources of these proteins are soy, cereals or potatoes (mainly imported into Europe and environmentally unsustainable). The scarcity of this kind of resources in Europe, whose availability does not meet the demands of the region, forces the search for new sources of protein, which have not been exploited until now.

In this project, the main objectives are:

1. taking advantage of the remains from botanical origin materials processing (legumes) and residual macroalgae as feedstock, which can provide demanded proteins in an eco-friendlier way.
2. optimising the processing of algal biomass in biorefinery, in order to increase the protein harvest with respect to other processes at laboratory scale, with specific involvement in terms of quality and quantity.