Spent hop derived from beer production is incorporated into sunscreen (IMAGE)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Spent hop derived from beer production is incorporated into sunscreen

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“When we compared spent hops and hops that hadn’t gone through the brewing process, we found that the reused substance is more active, likely due to the elimination of volatile substances,” says Daniel Pecoraro Demarque of FCF-USP 

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André Rolim Baby/FCF-USP

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