Nutritional iron deficiency (ID) is estimated to affect 1.5–2 billion people worldwide. In the Western society, consumers are increasingly adopting a preventive dietary strategy to reduce food intake or the consumption of specific foods, thus leading to the decrease of micronutrient intake correlated to ID. BAKE4FUN responds to the needs of food SMEs of innovating food formulations and technologies to overcome the negative effect of iron fortification of bakery products on their sensorial characteristics in order to produce bakery foods with an improved nutritional profile and health-promoting effects. In particular, BAKE4FUN aims to provide design, validate and develop innovative health-promoting bakery products based on a new iron microencapsulation technology and on the use of non-conventional high-added value whole grain flours, able to obtain healthy, sustainable and ethically correct products, to increase antioxidant intake and to improve the gut microflora. Research activities to be carried out within BAKE4FUN will be focused on i) the bioavailability of microencapsulated iron in fortified breads, their effects on the iron status, on biomarkers of oxidation and inflammation; ii) the effect of bread obtained by the sourdough fermentation of non-conventional grains on the gut microbiota, the glycaemic load, and the inflammatory and oxidative status. The BAKE4FUN project brings together 7 partners from 3 EU Member States: 3 RTD Performers will make their multidisciplinary and complementary expertise in the areas of food technology, microbiology and in vitro/in vivo analyses available to 4 SMEs operating in the food market. The project results are expected to have a significant impact on the competitiveness of SME Participants that will be able to expand their business by adding to their product range new food formulations and healthy bakery products, obtained through a combination of non conventional grains and innovative bread-making processes.

BAKE4FUN Soluzioni tecnologiche innovative per la produzione di nuovi prodotti da forno funzionali Le carenze nutrizionali di ferro riguardano circa 1.5-2 milardi di persone nel mondo. Nei Paesi sviluppati le carenze di micronutrienti possono essere legate a regimi dietetici finalizzati alla riduzione dell’assunzione di cibo o di alimenti specifici. Il progetto BAKE4FUN è finalizzato all’innovazione nell’ambito di formulazioni e tecnologie per l’ottenimento di prodotti da forno fortificati con ferro aventi caratteristiche sensoriali, nutrizionali e salutistiche migliorate. Durante il progetto verranno messi a punto e validati prodotti da forno innovativi contenenti sia ferro micro incapsulato che farine integrali ad elevate caratteristiche nutrizionali e salutistiche prodotte nel rispetto dell’ambiente. In specifico verrà studiato: 1) l’effetto del processo di panificazione con lievito naturale e della microincapsulazione sulla biodisponibilità del ferro e sulle proprietà funzionali delle farine; 2) l’effetto “in vivo” su modelli animali dei prodotti da forno aventi le funzionalità sia di reintegrare carenze di ferro che di migliorare lo stato infiammatorio e ossidativo e l’ indice glicemico oltre che capire il ruolo della microflora intestinale. BAKE4FUN avrà durata di due anni e coinvolgerà 7 partner europei (3 enti di ricerca e 4 PMI) appartenenti a 3 stati membri. Esso in definitiva è finalizzato ad incrementare il business delle PMI coinvolte fornendo loro due vantaggi competitivi: a) la disponibilità dei protocolli produttivi di prodotti da forno funzionali; b) le basi scientifiche delle caratteristiche funzionali dei prodotti, indispensabili per successivi studi clinici finalizzati all’ottenimento di claim salutistici.

BAKE4FUN: INNOVATIVE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NEW BAKERY FUNCTIONAL FOODS (Grant agreement no. 606476)

GIANOTTI, ANDREA
2015

Abstract

Nutritional iron deficiency (ID) is estimated to affect 1.5–2 billion people worldwide. In the Western society, consumers are increasingly adopting a preventive dietary strategy to reduce food intake or the consumption of specific foods, thus leading to the decrease of micronutrient intake correlated to ID. BAKE4FUN responds to the needs of food SMEs of innovating food formulations and technologies to overcome the negative effect of iron fortification of bakery products on their sensorial characteristics in order to produce bakery foods with an improved nutritional profile and health-promoting effects. In particular, BAKE4FUN aims to provide design, validate and develop innovative health-promoting bakery products based on a new iron microencapsulation technology and on the use of non-conventional high-added value whole grain flours, able to obtain healthy, sustainable and ethically correct products, to increase antioxidant intake and to improve the gut microflora. Research activities to be carried out within BAKE4FUN will be focused on i) the bioavailability of microencapsulated iron in fortified breads, their effects on the iron status, on biomarkers of oxidation and inflammation; ii) the effect of bread obtained by the sourdough fermentation of non-conventional grains on the gut microbiota, the glycaemic load, and the inflammatory and oxidative status. The BAKE4FUN project brings together 7 partners from 3 EU Member States: 3 RTD Performers will make their multidisciplinary and complementary expertise in the areas of food technology, microbiology and in vitro/in vivo analyses available to 4 SMEs operating in the food market. The project results are expected to have a significant impact on the competitiveness of SME Participants that will be able to expand their business by adding to their product range new food formulations and healthy bakery products, obtained through a combination of non conventional grains and innovative bread-making processes.
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