What are upcycled foods?
For us, upcycling is the way to use food that otherwise would not have gone to human consumption. We can extract high quality upcycled ingredients that keep their natural functionality, have a positive impact on the enviroment and are safe to eat.
Greencovery enables leading food companies to produce these sustainable ingredients from production side-streams.
Applying our technology to food manufacturing results on more productivity per unit of raw food, less waste and a reduction of carbon emissions.
Despite of this opportunity, most companies are busy with their daily business; even if they have the will to focus on recovery, it will take them too long to explore and develop feasible options.
Greencovery is here to accelerate the time-to-market of new ingredients recovered from side-streams making its customers business more feasible and sustainable.
The team have invested most of their life understanding the challenges around recovery of side-streams and developing feasible and scalable methods to extract ingredients, supplements, additives and esters from side-streams. The team at Greencovery are a group of top notch scientists and engineers that were looking for an opportunity to contribute to something unique– an opportunity to wake up everyday and contribute to a more sustainable world.
Reach out to us and let’s start exploring how can we start doing good together.
Team
The core of our team are top notch scientists and engineers that want to contribute to a more sustainable planet.
Dr. Carlos Cabrera
Director & Founder
Dr. Carlos Cabrera
Director & Founder
My dream is to contribute to a waste-free future. I am passionate about bringing sustainable technology innovations to implementation.
I lead the team to identify the applications of our technology in which we can have the highest impact.
I have dedicated 12 years of my career to identify and develop technologies to upcycle valuable compounds from side-streams at different levels of development and organizations (research, start-up and corporate).
Juan Cajiao, MBA and Industrial Eng.
Commercial Director & Founder
Juan Cajiao, MBA and Industrial Eng.
Commercial Director & Founder
I love when we use science and technology to solve customer problems and global issues.
My role is to build a network to unleash the impact of Greencovery globally. I bring partners, customers and funding around over shared purpose.
I have over 10 years’ experience successfully driving growth of new products and services within industry leaders (Maersk, Ericsson, P&G, AIESEC).
Dr. Petra Vossenberg
Business Development Lead
Dr. Petra Vossenberg
Business Development Lead
I am passionate about innovation and enjoy advancing new ideas to their full potential, combining my technical background with an enthusiasm for sustainable collaborations and adding value to the world we live in.
My role is to explore which upcycled ingredients have market potential, which market segments to focus on and connecting with representative parties in these segments for potentially joint development trajectories.
I have a background in bioprocess technology (BSc, MSc and PhD) and worked for more than 10 years in multiple roles in the food industry (i.e. process developer, open innovation manager, R&D valorisation officer).
Paco Caparros, PDEng
Process Development Lead
Paco Caparros, PDEng
Process Development Lead
I’m Greencovery first employee 🙂 and I like challenges, sustainable process development and circular economy.
My role is to explore how to create value to customers with our technology, design equipment and experiments, and estimate industry scale investments.
I am a Chemical Process Development Engineer with a Professional Doctorate in Engineering from TUDelft and plenty of experience on separation technologies at Lab scale.
Joana Leiros, PDEng
Process Development Engineer
Joana Leiros, PDEng
Process Development Engineer
I enjoy helping companies reduce how much waste they produce and contribute to a more sustainable world.
My role is to estimate the value of the target product and assess the feasibility of the recovery process.
I have background on Bioprocess Engineering and Process Design with Practical Lab experience.
Luuk Rook, MSc.
Food Technologist
Luuk Rook, MSc.
Food Technologist
I enjoy diving into complex problems and devising creative solutions.
My role is to analyse side streams and find the product application to extract the maximum value out of each stream, with a special focus on fibres.
I have a MSc degree in Food Technology from Wageningen University, with a specialisation in ingredient functionality.
Aris Amygdalaris
Jr. Process Development Engineer
Aris Amygdalaris
Jr. Process Development Engineer
I love solving problems, optimizing processes and contributing to a more sustainable world. My motto is “Don’t just dream it, but make it happen!”
My role is to characterize new side streams and recover the best out of them by optimizing the process and the product’s purity.
After obtaining my two MSc in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, I found in Greencovery the perfect place to implement my knowledge.
Interested in what we can do for your business?
We are here to accelerate the time-to-market of new ingredients recovered from sidestreams making your business more feasible and sustainable.