From Brewery Waste to Sustainable Resource: How the CHEERS Project Rethinks By-Products

By |2025-09-23T10:53:42+00:00September 23rd, 2025|Project activity|

Industrial by-products are often treated as waste, leading to an inefficient use of resources. The EU Green Deal aims to change this by ensuring that such materials are no [...]

Pioneering Sustainable Protein from Insects produced with Brewery By-Products

By |2025-07-15T08:49:58+00:00July 15th, 2025|Project activity|

At Thunder Foods, innovation and sustainability go hand in hand. That’s why we’re proud to be a part of the groundbreaking CHEERS Project — an EU-supported initiative aimed at [...]

Exploring Public Values in the Circular Economy: CHEERS Zooniverse Project

By |2025-07-03T09:34:58+00:00July 3rd, 2025|Project activity|

In our journey towards a sustainable future, it’s easy to focus on technologies, policies, and environmental impact. But equally crucial is understanding the societal values that underpin meaningful change. [...]

Ectoin and caproic acid: key bioproducts in the biorefinery of the CHEERS project

By |2025-06-02T11:01:09+00:00June 6th, 2025|Project activity|

Within the framework of the European CHEERS project, financed by the Horizon Europe programme and coordinated by Mahou San Miguel, the aim is to transform underused by-products from the [...]

The growing role of novel protein sources in the EU’s bioeconomy strategy

By |2025-05-30T09:56:27+00:00May 30th, 2025|Project activity|

Novel protein sources, such as insects, algae, duckweed, and other alternative biomass-based ingredients are becoming increasingly important in the EU bioeconomy due to their sustainability, nutritional value, and improved functionalities. [...]

SAT testing and commissioning of SCP and ectoine production equipment

By |2025-05-09T06:43:21+00:00May 9th, 2025|Project activity|

The Site Acceptance Test (SAT) is a crucial process to ensure that the industrial equipment developed within the CHEERS project meets the technical and operational requirements before its final commissioning. [...]

Tenebrio molitor insights: Considerations about setting up a stable production

By |2025-05-08T14:19:26+00:00March 21st, 2025|Project activity|

As we have mentioned on countless occasions, the darkling beetle species Tenebrio molitor, known as mealworm in its larval stage, is a sustainable alternative for the production of biomass [...]

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