Andersone, AnnaJanceva, SarmiteLauberte, LigaZaharova, NatalijaChervenkov, MihailJurkjane, VilhelmineJashina, LilijaRieksts, GintsTelysheva, Galina2023-08-242023-08-242023-07Andersone, A, Janceva, S, Lauberte, L, Zaharova, N, Chervenkov, M, Jurkjane, V, Jashina, L, Rieksts, G & Telysheva, G 2023, 'Granulated Animal Feed and Fuel Based on Sea Buckthorn Agro-Waste Biomass for Sustainable Berry Production', Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 15, no. 14, 11152. https://doi.org/10.3390/su1514111522071-1050https://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/14846Funding Information: This work was financially supported by the ERDF project no. 1.1.1.1/19/A/146 “Biorefinery processing of sea buckthorn non-fruit biomass using innovative techniques and comprehensive analytical investigation, for obtaining prospective high value-added products for the Latvian bioeconomy, including serotonin”. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.The industrial harvesting of sea buckthorn (SBT) berries with twigs and subsequent pruning creates a large volume of lignocellulosic agro-waste. This study aimed to valorize this agro-waste as a raw material for animal feed and fuel granules, for developing a sustainable cascading SBT production scheme. Five SBT cultivars’ biomasses were characterized by analytical pyrolysis, mass spectrometry, and GC analysis. Condensed tannins, which are undesirable components for animal feed, were separated by extraction. The residue was analyzed for total protein, vitamins (A, C, and E), ash, crude fat, wood fiber, and macroelements (P, K, Ca, and Na), and showed great potential. The heavy metal (Cd, Hg, and Pb) content did not exceed the permitted EU maximum. Granulation regimes were elaborated using a flat-die pelletizer, KAHL 14-175. The digestibility and the amount of produced gas emissions were determined using in vitro systems that recreate the digestion of small ruminants. The investigation proved that SBT leaves and stems are a unique underutilized source of animal feed, used alone or in combination with others. Twigs, due to their thorns, were granulated and valorized according to standards for application as fuel. The scheme offered in this study enables SBT agro-waste utilization and sustainable SBT berry production.3948395enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessagro-wasteanimal feedcondensed tanninsdigestabilitygranulated feedgranulated fuelgreenhouse gas emissionslignocellulosic biomasssea buckthornsmall ruminants4.3 Veterinary science4.4 Agricultural biotechnology1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus databaseComputer Science (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and DevelopmentRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyHardware and ArchitectureComputer Networks and CommunicationsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/article10.3390/su151411152http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85166183481&partnerID=8YFLogxK