Brewers' spent grain for organic thin-film transistor application

Authors

  • Assunta Marrocchi
  • Ilary Belardi
  • Ombretta Marconi
  • Choongik Kim

Abstract

Brewer's spent grain (BSG) represents the main by-product of the brewing industry, accounting for ∼85 % of the total by-products. The annual global production of BSG is massive, that is ∼40 million tons. In the European Union, the production is ∼3,4 million tons/year [1]. Currently, BSG is mainly sold to farmers (∼30 % in EU) as animal feed, with a low market value of ∼35 Euro/ton or landfilled. Finding alternatives, higher value uses for BSG is therefore particularly attractive from the point of view of brewery economics [1].

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2022-08-31

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Vol. 75 No. 7/8 (2022): BrewingScience

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Marrocchi A, Belardi I, Marconi O, Kim C. Brewers’ spent grain for organic thin-film transistor application. BrSc. 2022;75(7/8):Best papers / best posters of the 38 EBC congress in Madrid. Accessed June 15, 2026. https://brewingscience.de/index.php/brewingscience/article/view/203