Funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3, Theme 10.
Funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3, Theme 10.
Evaluation of safety parameters in the novel food products from agri-f...
New breeding techniques like genome editing will be used to produce customised safety food and to generate lines with an improved nutritional profile covering both compounds with beneficial properties and reducing anti-nutritional components. Biotechnological processes will be used to eliminate toxic compounds to produce new food/beverages from novel substrates. Tailored (bio)technological approaches will be set up to valorise alternative protein sources (i.e., cricket powder, micro- and macro-algae, single cell proteins, and yeast biomasses, agri-food and fishery by-products, insect-based foods. Set- up of a safe system of cellular agriculture for the development of novel food, like cultured meat and cheese in connection with Spoke 2 and 4)
Protocol for the development of novel and innovative food/beverages (M36)
The world population is projected to increase from 7.8 billion in 2020 to ~ 10 billion by 2050. This will increase the global demand for alternative protein sources characterized by a lower environmental footprint and higher sustainability performance. Despite the increasing knowledge of the benefits of a dietary shift to these new sources, it is crucial to improve the understanding of the alternative protein’s nutritional, health, safety, and quality properties.
This task aims to evaluate the safety of the new food products obtained from the alternative protein sources valorization (e.g., agrifood by-products and insect-based foods) or obtained in task 2.1.3 (from Spoke2). Food safety evaluation will cover:
Analyses will be validated on ad hoc Matrix-Reference Materials (in close connection with task 3.3.1).
Application of analytical methodologies to evaluate the safety of new products and validation with ad hoc RM.
Expanded understanding of novel protein foods and their safety in terms of metal contamination.
