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Circular Economy from Cocoa Shell, for Food and Non-Food Product

Beschreibung

Cocoa shell is removed from the cocoa bean before or after the seeds are roasted, with the composition approximately 10%‒17% of the total cocoa bean weight. It is considered a by-product of the cocoa industry that is usually underutilized or considered waste. Cocoa shell has high nutritional value consist of the variety of biocompounds as phenolic, dietary fibers, theobromine and a lipid profile that similar with cocoa butter . The main application of cocoa shell in the food industry is as a source of fiber, antioxidant agent and a promising ingredient in the food industry. For non-food product, cocoa shell also has been applied for fertilizer, animal feed, water treatment and biogas.

The comprehensive study about the potensial of cocoa shell for food and non-food resources, could give the information about the promising value of  this by-product to contribute to the circular economy benefits of cocoa production. The utilization of this by-product will reduce the environtal effect of the weste while give the aconomically advantage.

 

Beschreibung des interdisziplinären Teils des Projekts
Literature review will be done in this project, therefore the project can be participated by all disciplines
Projektzeitraum
Wintersemester 2022/2023
Bewerbungszeitraum
17.10. bis 04.11.2022
Durchführung
semesterbegleitend
Details zu Projektzeitraum und Durchführung

The student able to figure out and analyze the potential circular economy of cocoa shell based on literature studies

Studienfach
offen für alle Studienfächer
Betreuende
Institut
Institut für Ernährungswissenschaften (140) (Nutrition sciences)
Sprache
englisch
Teilnehmendenanzahl
min. 1, max. 2
Arbeitsaufwand
ca. 90 Stunden pro Teilnehmende:r | 3 ECTS-Punkte

Arbeitsaufwand (Stunden und ggf. ECTS) sind ungefähre Angaben. Die tatsächlich vergebenen ECTS-Punkte ergeben sich aus der tatsächlich geleisteten Arbeit.

 
Für dieses Projekt ist kein Motivationsschreiben des Studierenden erforderlich
Projektart
theoretisch/nicht experimentell
Lernziele

Die Teilnehmende lernen in diesem Projekt:

Mid Nov: First meeting

Nov-Feb: Literature research and review

mid March: Abstract and poster development

Anmerkungen für Studierende
Schlagworte
cocoa shell, circular economy, food and non-food product, by-product, waste utilization