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Potato crop waste is to be turned into skincare and makeup in a unique new project. Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are working in collaboration with farmers, in the hopes of turning potato waste into high value compounds that can be used for cosmetics, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products ‌

The Scottish seed potato industry, worth £24.2 million, generates over 51,000 tonnes of potato shaws annually - but stems and leaves of the plants, known as "shaws" are discarded as part of the process. ‌

The project aims to extract solanesol from the discarded shaws, a compound vital for producing coenzyme Q10 and vitamin K2, key ingredients in cosmeceutical , nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical products. ‌

Solanesol is currently sourced mostly from

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