Providing the scientific basis to create a new powerbrand in functional foods comprising plant-based raw materials selected to be naturally rich in phytonutrients.

为创建功能性食品的新动力品牌提供科学依据，该功能性食品包含精选天然富含植物营养素的植物原料。

• 批准号: 101125
• 金额: $ 32.65万
• 依托单位: UNILEVER PLC
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=101125
• 关键词: Providing; scientific; basis; create; new

This project aims to deliver a new range of food and beverages that provide health benefits by virtue of being produced from plant varieties that are naturally rich in phytonutrients, and not by fortification. Many varieties, both common and underutilized, from a number of different fresh produce types will be analysed to identify those that are naturally richest in health-giving nutrients. New processing technologies will be evaluated at lab scale on these naturally phytochemical-rich plant materials to produce improved food and beverage products.Central hypotheses are i) some older and underutilised varieties of plants will be richer in phytonutrients per fresh mass (many standard varieties have often been bred for yield, shelf-life and appearance rather than nutritional content); ii) high levels of phytonutrients can be maintained via milder processing technologies. Key activities include biochemical analysis of a broad range of different varieties of well-known UK and tropical crops, and design of food and drink prototypes for bioavailability and sensory studies.

该项目旨在提供一系列新的食品和饮料，这些食品和饮料通过天然富含植物营养素的植物品种而不是通过强化来提供健康益处。将分析来自不同新鲜农产品类型的许多品种，包括常见的和未充分利用的品种，以确定那些天然富含健康营养素的品种。新的加工技术将在实验室规模上对这些富含植物化学物质的天然植物材料进行评估，以生产改进的食品和饮料产品。主要假设是：i）一些古老的和未充分利用的植物品种将在每新鲜质量中富含植物营养素（许多标准品种的培育往往是为了产量、保质期和外观，而不是营养成分）; ii）通过温和的加工技术可以保持高水平的植物营养素。主要活动包括对英国和热带作物的各种不同品种进行生物化学分析，以及为生物利用度和感官研究设计食品和饮料原型。