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Sustainable exploitation of bioactive components from the Black Sea Area traditional foods (BaSeFood)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

BaSeFood aims to promote sustainable development and exploitation of Traditional Foods containing emerging bioactive compounds with putative health effects in the Black Sea Region (BSR). The Consortium includes 13 partners covering the BSR, EuroFIR partners with experience on traditional foods and bioactive compounds at the pan-European level, and one representing 11 European Food and Drink Federa ...
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Instant emulsions stabilised by cellulose derivatives with specific digestion profiles (CELGESTANT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

...ctional instant foods minimising ingredient, process and supply costs, and providing healthier, affordable, and ready-to-eat options with the desired digestion profile and eventually, the delivery of bioactive components to specific locations."
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Food Recovery and Waste Reduction-FoodWard

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

... prices only, is about USD 750 billion. Processing techniques also fractionate food into different components, for example, extraction of juice from fruits resulting in loss of nutrient and bioactive components in non-utilized leftover residue including losses due to spillage and degradation during industrial or domestic processing, e.g. juice production, canning and bread baking. Losses may o ...
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Understanding key factors for the use of bioactive lipid nanoparticles to modulate the functionality of complex food systems (NANOLIPID)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

The use of lipid nanoparticles as carriers of lipophilic functional compounds is emerging as a promising way to efficiently deliver food ingredients. There are evidences that bioactive compounds incorporated in lipid nanoparticles present an enhanced bio-accessibility in the gastrointestinal due to their small droplet size. However, the incorporation of active nanosized ingredients in foods remain ...
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Marine microalgae-based functional foods and food supplements for the prevention of chronicdiseases (TetraFOOD)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...etraselmis chuii. The company, currently involved in microalgae production for aquaculture, cosmetics and human nutrition, aims to position itself as a leading company in the production of high-value bioactive compounds for the food sector.Building on the results of previous research work conducted by the company, FM aims to use T. chuii as a natural biofactory for the production of high value bio ...
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AYURVEDIC BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS STABILIZED PICKERING DOUBLE EMULSIONS- FABRICATION AND IN VITRO EVALUATION (Nano Structured Emulsion Foods)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Ayurveda is ~5000 years old healing science which was originated from India with the concept of use of natural ingredients for health purposes such as curcumin, quercetin etc. Ayurvedic bioactive compounds (ABC) can potentially be used to control chronic health problems such as obesity by the targeted and controlled release of bioactives. The use of these bioactives in complex food products is lim ...
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Bioactive materials for enhanced preventative and restorative dental solutions (BIODENSOL)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

"This project proposes three PhD studies to address the problems of (i) Caries and (ii) enamel erosion by acidic foods (leading to sensitive teeth). In both cases, encouraging re-mineralisation (the formation of new calcium phosphate) can help avoid these problems. Where restorative work is required, re-mineralisation has potential to enhance the lifetime of restorations and so further reduce the ...
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Study of Structure-Property-Process relations in real functional FOODs (FOODSPPROCESS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

...panies will help to achieve these challenges.This project raises the technological improvement of some functional food manufacturing processes by in-depth analysis of the interactions between certain bioactive components, food ingredients with technological functionality and food matrices with cell structure. It will also determine the effect of some changes in the process conditions.
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Convenience Food Enriched with Marine based Raw Materials (ENRICHMAR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

...nd to favour functional foods over supplementary pills as means to prevent diseases. The market for these types of products is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. By adding marine-based bioactive ingredients from low value by-products and underutilised raw material to foods they obtain added value, both economical, for health and more sustainable use of resources. Few natural food a ...
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BIOtechnology for the recovery of valuable peptides from industrial RICE by-products and production of added value ingredients for nutraceuticals, functional foods and cosmetics (BIORICE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

...ined by environment-friendly extraction processes and testing methods. Of particular importance is the re-cycling and valorization of agro-food industry by-products as feedstocks for the isolation of bioactive molecules.The BIORICE project aims to fill the gap of knowledge of the involved SMEs on rice protein by-product pre-treatment, peptide isolation and relative bioactivity and safety testing. ...
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What is the mechanism of the true chronic effect of dietary polyphenols? (POLYTRUE?)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

...yphenol rich foods in epidemiological studies. The project involves a unique mixture of in vivo and in vitro experiments, the result of which will disconnect the inappropriate reliance of nutritional bioactive compound research on pharmaceutical thinking, and set the conduct of diet-relevant experiments on a new and more realistic path."
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Production of hypoallergenic soy products exhibiting bioactive peptides throughout fermentation technology (BIOPEPCURE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: Mar 22, 2011,

...ovide an adequate fermentation process that will allow reducing allergenicity enhancing the safety and availability of soy-derived products to sensitive individuals providing at the same time new bioactive peptides that may prevent age-related chronic diseases. These approaches will be of significant relevance to the community, decreasing health care costs by preventing allergic reactions and age- ...
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PIVOTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF BIOACTIVES ON HEALTH AND WELLBEING. FROM HUMAN GENOMA TO FOOD INDUSTRY - PATHWAY (PATHWAY-27)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

Scientific understanding of the role and mechanisms of bioactives is fragmented. Research often addresses the theoretical possibility of health improvement effects rather than their real, practical use for everyday diets. Bioactives cannot be considered as discrete chemical compounds and research must focus on bioactive-enriched foods (BEF), if consumer demands for foods delivering appropriate hea ...
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Controlled Environment Laboratory for Life Sciences (CELLS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

...f establishing LIT as a recognised centre of excellence for controlled environment production of plants. (3) Develop the facilities to determine the physiological capacity for production of bioactive constituents in functional foods from such sources as agricultural plants, algae, bryophytes and lichen. (4) Develop the facilities for biochemical and biological analysis of plants (5) Establish a fa ...
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Optimising plant polyphenols in LEGUMES for ruminant nutrition PLUS health PLUS environmental sustainability (LEGUMEPLUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

...ive, but ruminant animals make inefficient use of protein from most forage legumes. LegumePlus proposes to investigate alternative forage legumes, which increase feed use efficiency through their bioactive polyphenols. In addition to tackling such sustainability issues, they will also contribute to livestock health, welfare and reduce environmental emissions. LegumePlus will study the efficacy of ...
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Gastro-intestinal behavior of phytosterols and enzymatic modification thereof (GIST)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

...also change the physical properties of the phytosterols. So this research should improve the understanding of the bioconversion routes of phytosterols, and could contribute to the development of more bioactive formulations, which can be used in a broader range of products."
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"Study of functionality, nutritional and safety aspects of liquid foods, liquid food preparations and cosmetics processed by ultra-high pressure homogenisation" (FUNENTECH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

...obtain novel products with improved functional characteristics (better stability during storage; longer shelf-life; reduced immunoreactivity; containing nano and micro transport-delivery systems of bioactive-compounds; excellent organoleptic characteristics) that build up national and trans-regional new markets niches for the SMEs involved."
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Development of foods containing nanoencapsulated ingredient (NANOFOODS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2010,

"The preservation of bioactive food ingredients through product processing and storage, and their controlled release in the gastrointestinal tract is yet a major obstacle for the full exploitation of the health potential of many food bioactive components. In addition, conventional microencapsulation solutions often affect the textural sensory properties of the food. The overall objective of the NA ...
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Bioactive compounds from blackcurrant processing waste for brain health (BRAINHEALTHFOOD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

...ly been demonstrated to provide neuroprotection against oxidative stress induced neuronal damages in human cell cultures, and therefore it may hold a promising natural target for the preparation of bioactive food ingredients for a variety of applications. In this BrainHealthFood European consortium, our aim is to provide research support for SMEs by integrating the different expertise from chemist ...
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Colloidal delivery systems for phytochemicals; Ayurveda (Ayurveda)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

Ayurveda medicaments composed of herbs or mixtures of herbs is one of the world oldest medical systems. The medicinal value of herbs comes from the natural bioactive molecules collectively known as phytochemicals. Phytochemicals are diverse in nature and they have multiple applications and can be used as a pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical. Although thousands of phytochemicals have b ...
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