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Incapsulazione di principi attivi per il miglioramento di qualita' e sicurezza degli alimenti

Code PON01_02863

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Field/s	Food
Description	Encapsulation is an emerging technology in food science with a bewildering array of application. In this project different encapsulation technologies, well known in pharmaceutical field, will be used to develop encapsulated food ingredients that could be applied in different areas of food industry. The common objective of the various activities is to improve quality and safety of the products containing encapsulated ingredients The flow chart of the activity is • Selection of bioactive components (OR1) • Their encapsulation to develop bioactive ingredients (OR2) • Use of these ingredients in foods, active packaging and feeds (OR3) • Evaluation of quality and safety of the products containing these ingredients (OR4) • Implementation activity with validation of prototypes (OR5) Project is guided by the Department of Food Science (DSA) which has in the team researchers having a specific expertise on the encapsulation. DSA also coordinates a project on nanoencapsulation in the frame of FP7. Partnership includes Tecnoalimenti, a consulting society with long experience in this kind of project, CODAP that will work on vegetable beverages that could be used as alternative to cow milk; FLEXPACKAGING that will deal with flexible packaging in food sector and ICI which is a pharma company having expertise on encapsulation and that recently set up a research centre on probiotic and bioactive bacterial metabolites. Potentiality of encapsulation technology in terms of controlled delivery and release, dosing, thermostabilization of bioactive components in different food matrices, will be investigated using different bioactive compounds, namely: • Probiotic bacteria • Phages • Proteins such as bacteriocin and intensive sweet proteins • Low molecular weight phenol compounds having different applications Encapsulation of bacteriocins, phages and essential oils will be carried out to coat plastic materials with the final goal to develop active packaging. This innovative tool will be used to improve quality and safety and to prolong the shelf life of various foods. Encapsulation of nutritionally relevant compounds such as isoflavones, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and vitamins, which are largely destroyed during the processing, will be adopted to improve the nutritional quality of soy milk or almond milk as models of the vegetable beverages which are commonly used as alternatives to cow milk. Finally encapsulation will be used to develop new functional products using two approaches. In the first one probiotic bacteria will be encapsulated to increase their stability during shelf life and the efficacy of their administration. This material will be used to prepare feed able to reduce of antibiotics and improve the quality of the resulting meat. The second approach is to develop satiating food ingredients by encapsulating bitter compounds (polyphenols) and sweet compounds (edulcorating proteins) with the aim to deliver them directly to the intestinal taste receptors. These receptors trigger the secretion of intestinal hormones inducing satiety and therefore they have the potential to reduce the whole caloric intake. The controlled release can increase the functionality of this functional compounds and will open new perspectives in the products for weight management one of the most promising sector in the functional foods area. The achievements of project objectives will give to the company joining the project specific know how about this “habilitation technology” and development of new products tailored for their specific sector.
Total cost	4,845,689.70 euro
Public contribution		Total public contribution 3,387,555.58 euro NOP R&C contribution 3,218,771.49 euro PAC contribution 0.00 euro Contribution from other funds 168,784.09 euro
Distribution	Advancement of distribution in %	Total amount distributed 1,618,466.36 euro NOP R&C distributed amount 1,593,934.94 euro PAC distributed amount 0.00 euro Amount distributed with other funds 24,531.42 euro

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Amount distributed with other funds – amount distributed to financing of project with other funds

The distributions refer to the date of last update indicated at top.

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Small business	1
Research Organisation	1
Micro business	1
University	1
Total Beneficiaries	4

FLEX PACKAGING AL S.p.A.

Tax File Number: 02464370655
Unique Project Code: B71C11000740005
Location of financial commitments: Non disponibile

Type: Small business

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Presentation date	09/04/2010
Approval date	29/12/2015
Start of activity	Expected date 01/06/2011	Effective date 01/06/2011
End of activity	Expected date 31/12/2015	Effective date -
Total cost	1,361,071.84 euro
Public contribution	Total 737,624.15 euro	Eligible of NOP R&C 737,624.15 euro
Distribution	Total 93,734.66 euro	Amount of NOP R&C 93,734.66 euro Date of last distribution of NOP R&C -

TECNOALIMENTI Società Consortile per Azioni

Tax File Number: 01213260878
Unique Project Code: B61C11001500005
Location of financial commitments: Campania

Type: Research Organisation

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Presentation date	09/04/2010
Approval date	29/12/2015
Start of activity	Expected date 01/06/2011	Effective date 01/06/2011
End of activity	Expected date 31/12/2015	Effective date -
Total cost	142,784.50 euro
Public contribution	Total 121,366.82 euro	Eligible of NOP R&C 121,366.82 euro
Distribution	Total 58,558.63 euro	Amount of NOP R&C 58,558.63 euro Date of last distribution of NOP R&C -

I.C.I. International Chemical Industry S.p.A

Tax File Number: 03733831006
Unique Project Code: B41C11000560005
Location of financial commitments: Campania, Extra convergenza

Type: Micro business

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Presentation date	09/04/2010
Approval date	29/12/2015
Start of activity	Expected date 01/06/2011	Effective date 01/06/2011
End of activity	Expected date 31/12/2015	Effective date -
Total cost	1,247,442.71 euro
Public contribution	Total 748,332.56 euro	Eligible of NOP R&C 661,319.87 euro
Distribution	Total -	Amount of NOP R&C - Date of last distribution of NOP R&C -

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II

Tax File Number: 00876220633
Unique Project Code: B31C11000670005
Location of financial commitments: Non disponibile

Type: University

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Presentation date	09/04/2010
Approval date	29/12/2015
Start of activity	Expected date 01/06/2011	Effective date 01/06/2011
End of activity	Expected date 31/12/2015	Effective date -
Total cost	2,094,390.65 euro
Public contribution	Total 1,780,232.05 euro	Eligible of NOP R&C 1,698,460.65 euro
Distribution	Total 1,466,173.07 euro	Amount of NOP R&C 1,441,641.65 euro Date of last distribution of NOP R&C -

Axis - Operational objective	I - Scientific and technological fields, generators of industry transformation processes and creators of new sectors (Go to )
Action	Strategic scientific and technological areas
Action line	Industrial Research (Go to)
Instrument of implementation	Invitation to presentation of Industrial Research projects (DD 1/Ric 18/01/10)
NSF - objective	Strengthen and evaluate the whole chain of research and cooperation networks between the research system and businesses, to contribute to competitiveness and economic growth; sustain maximum distribution and use of new technologies and advanced services; heighten level of scientific and technical knowledge and skills in the production system and in institutions