The interdisciplinary capacity of GLECEX's scientific team allows it to develop turnkey solutions for the specific needs of each company and to provide customized services with high technological content. GLECEX offers support to entities that do not have a defined R&D department or laboratory and to those that have a well-defined R&D department and require external support in more complex and specialized tasks.
- Extraction processes: Development and optimization of extraction processes of bioactive compounds with emerging and environmentally sustainable technologies.
- Biotechnological processes: Development and optimization of microbial fermentation and enzymatic hydrolysis processes for the generation of high added value products.
- Bioactive ingredients and/or extracts: Custom manufacturing of extracts and/or functional ingredients.
- Healthy products: Formulation of functional foods and product improvement.
- Analytical services: Physicochemical and functional characterization of ingredients, extracts and final products, and development of customized analytical assays.
- Bioactive properties: In vitro assays in cell-free systems for bioactivity screening. Enzyme inhibition assays related to metabolic syndrome (diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, inflammation, etc.). Cosmetic efficacy tests (antioxidant, depigmenting, anti-wrinkle, anti-inflammatory, etc.).
Following the experience accumulated in the field of natural extracts and their functional properties, GLECEX creates in 2015 its own brand of healthy and organic food Berries&Friends (www.berriesandfriends.com). GLECEX also manufactures for third parties tailor-made blends of natural ingredients or extracts for the formulation of food, functional beverages and cosmetic products.
