Project description
Advancing plant-based food fermentation technology for healthy diets
Food fermentation is a natural process in which food components are converted by microbial growth of desired yeast and bacteria and enzymes. It is an ancient technique purported to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut. Food and health experts on the EU-funded HealthFerm project will advance fermentation technology and enable the transition from traditional to sustainable grain-based fermented foods. These will be rich in protein and designed to offer maximum health benefits to EU consumers. For optimal results, they will unravel the relationship between fermentation, the gut microbiome, grain-based foods and health. Moreover, they will identify and employ suitable microorganisms in the development of novel grain-based food sources and assess their impact on gut health.
Fields of science
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiology
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybioprocessing technologiesfermentation
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-BasedCoordinator
3000 Leuven
Belgium
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Participants (20)
00014 Helsingin Yliopisto
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1165 Kobenhavn
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66386 St Ingbert
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39100 Bolzano
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1050 Brussel
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060031 Bucuresti
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2970 Hoersholm
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02150 Espoo
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750 07 Uppsala
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1702 Groot Bijgaarden
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70211 Kuopio
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9052 Zwijnaarde - Gent
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412 96 Goteborg
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20014 Turku
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69131 Ecully
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00370 Helsinki
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02150 Espoo
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Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
1010 Wien
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3723BC Bilthoven
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901 87 Umea
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Partners (2)
8092 Zuerich
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8310 Kemptthal
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