Upcycling beer byproduct into high-value ingredients
Products
Consortium Contribution
$593,738.75
Cluster Contribution
$485,786.25
Terra Bioindustries
Great Western Brewing Company
Goal
To transform a food-safe byproduct of beer production into high-value ingredients through an innovative upcycling process
Project Summary
Terra will leverage their proprietary technology to convert GWBC’s Brewers Spent Grain (BSG) into four new ingredients: TERRA Protina (a high-protein concentrate), TERRA Fibra (a dietary fibre), TERRA Choc (a cocoa extender) and TERRA Malt (a multifunctional barley syrup) — with the partners focusing on TERRA Malt in this project. Each ingredient has the potential to be used as a low-carbon base ingredient for food products.
GWBC is developing a non-alcoholic beer using the TERRA Malt, leveraging the syrup’s low fermentable sugar content to reduce alcohol production during fermentation, reducing transportation emissions and adding value to brewing byproducts.
