Abstract

A new opportunity has arisen to produce new biomaterials from agro-industrial organic waste, within a circular economy and bio-based strategy. IRODDI is an ambitious initiative that proposes the development of new, greener processes to obtain bio-based products with specific properties/functionalities derived from the Free Fatty Acids (FFA) contained in deodorization distillates, by-products obtained in the refining processes of vegetable oils/fats. It consists in the development of new sustainable processes to produce new bio-based products with specific properties/functionalities using innovative technologies based on supercritical CO₂ (scCO₂) and to isolate valuable minor compounds in gentler and environmentally friendly operating conditions, preserving their original quality and developing gentler extraction technologies.