National Pasta Formulation and Shelf-Life Evaluation of a High Protein Drink for New Health Markets

针对新健康市场的高蛋白饮料的国家面食配方和保质期评估

• 批准号: 536662-2018
• 负责人: Fennessy, Barbara
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=650613
• 关键词: National; Pasta; Formulation; Shelf; Life

National Pasta Corp. (NPC), located in Cambridge Ontario, is a producer of Italian pasta. NPC is launching a new line of "high protein" food products (drinks) for two growing, international, health-conscious market segments; 1) Strength & Fitness; and 2) Senior Healthcare. ****High protein food products fall under the category of functional foods (or "super foods"), in which foods are enhanced to have an elevated nutrient profile for different applications, for example to aid proper diet and weight management, to naturally increase muscle or sports performance, or to manage digestive health or clinical nutrition in older patients. However, balancing the flavour, texture and appearance of a new health food product is challenging because of effect of adding functional ingredients (whey protein isolate, sucrose, erythritol, acetic acid (flavour), ascorbic acid (stability) to enhance the nutritional profile and shelf-life of the product.****The research team at Conestoga College's Institute for Food Processing Technology (IFPT) will conduct experiments to refine the formulation for a high protein drink to optimize the flavour, texture and appearance, fine tune the pasteurization conditions, and evaluate the shelf stability of the pasteurized drinks. National Pasta will benefit through increased sales into fitness and health food sector markets; expansion into a new production facility; and creation of new employment opportunities for production staff. ****

国家面食公司（NPC），位于剑桥安大略，是一个意大利面食生产商。NPC正在为两个不断增长的国际健康市场推出一系列新的“高蛋白”食品（饮料）; 1）力量和健身; 2）高级保健。* 高蛋白食品属于功能性食品（或“超级食品”）的范畴，其中食品经过增强以具有针对不同应用的高营养成分，例如帮助适当的饮食和体重管理，自然增加肌肉或运动表现，或管理老年患者的消化健康或临床营养。然而，由于添加功能性成分（乳清蛋白分离物、蔗糖、麦芽糖、乙酸（风味）、抗坏血酸（稳定性））以增强产品的营养特征和保质期的影响，平衡新健康食品的风味、质地和外观是具有挑战性的。Conestoga学院食品加工技术研究所（IFPT）的研究小组将进行实验，以优化高蛋白饮料的配方，以优化风味，质地和外观，微调巴氏杀菌条件，并评估巴氏杀菌饮料的货架稳定性。国家面食将受益于增加销售到健身和健康食品部门的市场;扩大到一个新的生产设施;和创造新的就业机会，为生产人员。****