[Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology] Bio-Farms for Nutraceuticals Volume 698 || Biosensors for Functional Food Safety and Analysis

✍ Scribed by Giardi, Maria Teresa; Rea, Giuseppina; Berra, Bruno

• Book ID: 120522925
• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 385 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1441973478
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7347-4_20

✦ Synopsis

Bio-farms For Nutraceuticals Can Be Said To Have Been Born Of The Nutra-snacks Project Within The Sixth Framework Programme Priority On Food Quality And Safety. One Objective Of Nutra -snack S Was To Improve The Nutritional And Eating Properties Of Ready-to-eat Products And Semi-prepared Foodstuffs Through Better Monitoring Of The Quality And Safety Of Raw Materials And The Development Of Innovative Processes Along The Production Chain. Another Main Objective Of The Project Was The Production Of Ready-to-eat Snacks With High Nutraceutic Activity. Seven Research Institutes And Three Companies In Six European Countries Were Involved In This Effort. The Co-operation Resulted In The Production Of Food Having A High Content Of Natural Metabolites With The Following Beneficial Health Effects: Anticancer, Antilipidemic, Anticholesterol, Antimicrobial, Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antiviral, Antihypertensive, Anti-inflamatory And Antioxidant Activities.