Brussels, 11/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has announced that a research project co-funded by the European Union (1.16 million euro of a total cost of 3.86 million) has allowed for a protein to be extracted from alfalfa with the same nutritive value as cows' milk and higher than that of soya. This protein is extracted from alfalfa leaves; the extraction technology mainly belongs to the Swedish firm Alfa-Laval. The protein, that contains nine main amino acids is called...