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NAMASTE is a first joint project under the coordinated call between European Union (EU) and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, with participants from EU countries and India. The main aim of NAMASTE Project is to develop innovative, comprehensive and industry-relevant approaches for the valorization of citrus, mango and pomegranates by-products and wheat and rice bran through the environmentally and economically sustainable conversion of these by-products/wastes into healthy food ingredients, foods and feeds.

NAMASTE - EU

NAMASTE-EU will particularly focus on citrus and wheat bran processing, and will develop and assess laboratory-scale experimental protocols to convert by-products/wastes into food ingredients and new foods with improved nutritional properties (e.g. fruit paste, citrus filled snacks, citrus-based snacks, fruit enriched breakfast cereals, citrus paste-based self-stable fillers for bakery products, a new citrus/mango based feed for aquaculture).

NAMASTE - India

NAMASTE-India will specifically focus on mango, pomegranate & rice bran processing and will adopt complementary/synergic strategies, technologies and processes for turning by-products/wastes of mango/pomegranate processing and rice bran in similar ingredients, new foods and feeds. A proactive EU-India cooperation effort will be adopted to enhance mutual benefits, in terms of both knowledge generation and market expansion for the global food and drink industries.

Broad Objectives

Project has both technical and strategic objectives:

1) Technical objective:

To develop and assess laboratory-scale experimental protocols and processes for the economically and environmentally sustainable (bio)conversion of citrus and wheat processing by-products/waste into ingredients for beverages, new healthy foods and a new feed for aquaculture.

2) Strategic objective:

Interface the complementary and synergic needs and expertise of European Union and India and exploit common, industrially-driven, innovative protocols and sustainable processes for converting local abundant common/complementary fruit and cereal processing by-products and waste similar into new foods and feeds of local and transnational interest.