Project description
Innovative tech for natural colour generation by yeast fermentation
Colour is an essential characteristic of food, linked to quality, freshness, and taste. Natural and synthetic dyes are added to processed foods to enhance their appearance. However, many synthetic colours can cause hyperactivity in children, trigger allergic reactions, and some have been shown to be carcinogenic in animal studies. In contrast, natural colours do not have these adverse effects and can promote health. The ERC-funded NaturalCOLOURS project aims to develop a novel technology for producing natural colours through yeast fermentation. This project will offer consumers a range of natural colours with health benefits, create new industrial processes and jobs in Europe, and contribute to a sustainable bioeconomy.
Objective
Colour is an essential characteristic of food, associated with quality, freshness, and taste perception. Natural and synthetic food dyes
are added to processed foods to enhance or correct variations and give an expected colour to colourless foods, such as soft drinks or
candies. Many synthetic colours cause hyperactivity in children, trigger hypersensitivity reactions, and some are carcinogenic in animal
studies. Natural colours do not have such adverse effects and are even health-promoting. While natural colours are in high demand,
their natural sources are limited.
The goal of NatureCOLOURS project is to create a novel technology for making natural colours by yeast fermentation. The project
will bring a pallet of natural colours with health-beneficial effects to the consumer, create new industrial processes and new jobs in
Europe, and contribute to the sustainable bioeconomy.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology materials engineering colors
- engineering and technology materials engineering synthetic dyes
- social sciences sociology anthropology science and technology studies
- social sciences economics and business economics bioeconomy
- engineering and technology industrial biotechnology bioprocessing technologies fermentation
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) ERC-2023-POC
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