Objective According to the EU-India Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement, there is a converging Indian and European interest in finding promising valorization routes and markets for fruit and cereal processing by-products and wastes. NAMASTE will develop innovative, comprehensive and industry-relevant approaches for the valorization of citrus, mango and pomegranates by-products and wastes as well as of wheat and rice bran, thought the environmentally and economically sustainable conversion of these by-products/wastes into healthy food ingredients, foods and feeds. NAMASTE-EU will particularly focus on citrus and wheat bran processing, and will develop and assess laboratory-scale experimental protocols to convert by-products/wastes into food ingredients and new foods with improved nutritional properties (e.g. fruit paste, citrus filled snacks, citrus-based snacks, fruit enriched breakfast cereals, citrus paste-based self-stable fillers for bakery products, a new citrus/mango based feed for aquaculture). NAMASTE-India will adopt complementary/synergic strategies, technologies and processes for turning by-products/wastes of mango/pomegranate processing and rice bran in similar ingredients, new foods and feeds. A proactive EU-India cooperation effort will be adopted to enhance mutual benefits, in terms of both knowledge generation and market expansion for the global food and drink industry. NAMASTE joint consortia will strictly collaborate on common by-products and shared food technologies as well as on activities aimed at investigating the nutritional quality, chemical and microbial safety of the resulting foods/feeds, and the environmental benefits and economic opportunities associated to industrial production. The direct involvement of strongly committed EU and Indian industries (and of an external Industrial Platform) will provide the high added value of guaranteeing the validation of developed processes and products, thus ensuring fast and effective industrial uptake Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriesengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growingagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedscereals Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE-2009-2-7-02 - Valorisation of by-products in food processing Call for proposal FP7-KBBE-2009-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA Address Via zamboni 33 40126 Bologna Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Bologna Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Bandini Verdiana (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 401 417,00 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all QUADRAM INSTITUTE BIOSCIENCE United Kingdom EU contribution € 318 000,20 Address Quadram institute bioscience norwich research park NR4 7UQ Norwich See on map Region East of England East Anglia Breckland and South Norfolk Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mary Anderson (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FUNDACION AZTI - AZTI FUNDAZIOA Spain EU contribution € 354 607,00 Address Txatxarramendi ugartea z/g 48395 Sukarrieta See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Bizkaia Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Rebeca Garitaonaindia (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CAMPDEN BRI MAGYARORSZAG NONPROFITKFT Hungary EU contribution € 195 024,80 Address Haller utca 2 1096 Budapest See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Budapest Budapest Activity type Other Administrative Contact Gyula Dégen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH Netherlands EU contribution € 140 985,00 Address Droevendaalsesteeg 4 6708 PB Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jan Broeze (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Grupo Leche Pascual Spain EU contribution € 44 946,00 Address Carretera palencia 09400 Burgos See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael De José (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window J RETTENMAIER & SOHNE GMBH & CO KG Germany EU contribution € 45 015,00 Address Holzmuhle 1 73494 Rosenberg See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Ostalbkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Betha Haefele (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window
