Descripción del proyecto
Una película para conservar la comida durante más tiempo
El almacenamiento de alimentos permite mantenerlos en un estado adecuado durante algún tiempo (normalmente, desde semanas a meses) tras su recolección y no solo inmediatamente después. El uso de sustancias químicas antibacterianas permite conservar los alimentos tras su cosecha. Por ejemplo, sin los inhibidores de brote, sería imposible almacenar patatas durante el invierno. Sin embargo, se sospecha que algunas de estas sustancias químicas tienen efectos nocivos a largo plazo para la salud. El proyecto EcoFoil, financiado con fondos europeos, comercializará un nuevo método de almacenaje de alimentos que reduce el uso de sustancias químicas en un 95 %. Los investigadores crearán una película (de nivel de preparación tecnológica 6) que contiene el ingrediente activo como depósito y que aumentará la conservación de alimentos básicos.
Objetivo
The availability and preservation of healthy food is fundamental. The consumer wants access to food over the whole year. At
the same time, they can only be harvested seasonally or in specific geographical regions.
Chemical antibacterials are currently used after harvesting to preserve food as long as possible. Chlorpropham (CIPC) or
1,4-dimethylnaphthalene are herbicides suspected of having long-term adverse health effects (carcinogenic). In addition it is
harmful to the environment, especially aquatic organisms.
Sema´s new product addresses the problem of the use of sprout inhibitors. Our project proposal includes the market
introduction of a new method for storing food, whereby it does not come into direct contact with the germ inhibitor and
reduces the use of chemicals by 95%. The idea is based on a newly developed film (TRL6) that contains the active
ingredient as a depot. Through air circulation, the active ingredient exits the depot film contactlessly, in a controlled, constant
and economical manner. The target customer is the entire food industry, but in particular companies specialising in the
storage of food (total market volume in Europe: > € 5 billion).
Our advantages are:
1. the efficacy of preservation
- Preservation of staple foods with excellent product quality
2. sustainable procedure
- Less use of chemicals
- energy-efficient storage
3. storage organisation
- Reduction of the use of chemicals with minimal changes to previous storage
- Plug-and-play - easy installation
- Low workload
4. economic advantages
- Low operating and investment costs
We are convinced we launch a product onto the market that meets the requirements of our target costumers . The ecological
pressure of the end consumers, the cost pressure of the storage companies and the increased environmental awareness
generate a high demand. With EcoFoil and our experienced and motivated staff we will realize a successfull
commercialisation. EcoFoil instead of chemical cocktail!
Ámbito científico
Palabras clave
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
Régimen de financiación
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinador
06869 Coswig
Alemania
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.