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Harnessing the microbial potential of fermented foods for healthy and sustainable food systems

Descrizione del progetto

È tempo di riconoscere i benefici per la salute dei cibi fermentati

La fermentazione di alimenti e bevande risale a 7 000 anni fa. Nonostante questa lunga storia, sappiamo molto poco sui benefici di questa dieta. Il progetto DOMINO, finanziato dall’UE, studierà l’impatto sulla salute di una dieta a base di alimenti fermentati (kefir di latte) su una popolazione sana e su una coorte affetta da sindrome metabolica, per focalizzare meglio i biomarcatori di salute e fornire informazioni utili per le raccomandazioni dietetiche. Mancano anche strategie per garantire la sostenibilità della produzione alimentare. Il progetto prevede la realizzazione di sei casi di studio su alimenti fermentati a base vegetale nell’ambito della scienza dei cittadini. Questi prototipi alimentari contribuiranno a sviluppare una banca dati a libero accesso e nuovi strumenti computazionali per profilare l’interazione metabolica dei microbiomi alimentari durante la fermentazione degli alimenti e la loro sovrapposizione con il microbioma intestinale sano.

Obiettivo

European consumers are expressing a clear demand for healthier and more sustainable food. Fermented foods (FFs) have the potential to meet these expectations but there is a need to demonstrate their health impacts scientifically, while developing innovative strategies to tackle both sustainability and nutritional health. In this frame, DOMINO will investigate the health impacts of FF-based diet on a healthy population and a cohort suffering from metabolic syndrome to better focus on health biomarkers. We will provide tailor-made microbial solutions using an integrated ‘omics’ strategy and computational biology modelling to address the challenges associated with sustainable food production and healthy nutrition. In six food case studies, selected as representative of the wide diversity of plant-based FF prototypes, we will involve key stakeholders in a multi-actor approach. These objectives will lead to key results: the characterization of the health effect of milk kefir; the application of diagnosis tools based on healthy microbiome/human biomarkers to inform dietary recommendations based on FF for people with metabolic syndrome; the development of an open access database and new computational tools for profiling food microbiomes metabolic interaction during food fermentation and their overlap with the healthy gut microbiome; the delivery of a research and innovation workflow to facilitate the smart design of functional healthy FF, bio-waste valorisation, sustainable processes on plant-based food case studies using the leverage of food microbiomes’ biodiversity; all supported by a federation of key stakeholders and citizens through several living labs and a tailored dissemination strategy. Together we will develop and move towards a vision of the future of FFs in Europe while enhancing the trust of citizens in the food value chain through their involvement and genuine integration of their perspectives, paving the way for citizen-friendly innovation.

Coordinatore

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 2 801 033,75
Indirizzo
147 RUE DE L'UNIVERSITE
75007 Paris
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Regione
Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris
Tipo di attività
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Costo totale
€ 3 065 158,50

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