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Sensory Gymnastic for the Elderly: program for the maintenance of sensory capacities in the elderly

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Sensory Gymnastic for the Elderly, GYMSEN is a training project which aims the maintenance of sensory capacities for the elderly with the consequences for the improvement of their wellness and quality of life. Aging is accompanied by changes in both physiological and psychological level that lead to loss of sensory abilities of individuals. This can trigger changes in diet and lifestyle. Inappropr ...
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Food Use for Social Innovation by Optimising waste prevention Strategies (FUSIONS)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

FUSIONS (Food Use for Social Innovation by Optimising waste prevention Strategies) will contribute to achieving a Resource Efficient Europe by significantly reducing food waste. It will achieve this through a comprehensive and experienced European partnership covering all key actors across the food supply chain, including regulatory, business, NGOs and knowledge institutes, all with strong links t ...
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Enabling small-to-medium sized oven technology producers and bakeries to exploit innovative Low Energy Ovens (LEO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The LEO project will enable small-to-medium sized oven producers and bakeries to exploit two key research results from the completed FP6 EU-FRESHBAKE project, “Freshly Baked Breads with Improvement of Nutritional Quality and Low Energy Demanding for the Benefit Of the Consumer and of the Environment” (Project no. 036302).The key results to be exploited in the LEO project consist in an Infrared ove ...
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Development of antibiofilm coatings for implants (COATIM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

"The aim of the SME-driven COATIM consortium is to tackle the increasing problem of infections due to biofilms, groups of microorganisms that stick together on different surfaces within the human body and escape conventional antibiotic treatment. Biofilms are typically found on medical devices like implants. The most recent generation of implants with open porosity enable fast osseointegration, bu ...
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Ecoefficient Biodegradable Composite Advanced Packaging (EcoBioCAP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

EcoBioCAP will provide the EU food industry with customizable, ecoefficient, biodegradable packaging solutions with direct benefits both for the environment and EU consumers in terms of food quality and safety. This next-generation packaging will be developed using advanced composite structures based on constituents (biopolyesters, fibres, proteins, polyphenolic compounds, bioadhesives and high pe ...
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Integrating research training in particle & powder technology to deliver efficient products with high functionality (POWTECH)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

"Approximately 80% of all products are or were a particle at some point in their processing lifetime. Particle and colloid technology has been described as the ""Growth Engine of Tomorrow"" with the market projected to grow from $2T to $10Tr over the next decade. Alongside with this challenge, the number of researchers active in powder technology is limited and only a few universities, public and ...
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HarmoniSed ENvironmental Sustainability in the European food and drink chain (SENSE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

SENSE will deliver a harmonised system for the environmental impact assessment of food&drink products. The research will evaluate existing relevant environmental impact assessment methodologies, and consider socio-economical, quality and safety aspects, to deliver a new integral system that can be linked to monitoring and traceability data. The system will integrate: (a) (regionalised) data gather ...
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Automated and differentiated calculation of sustainability for cod and haddock products (WHITEFISH)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The European whitefish catch and processing industry is dominated by SMEs, and it is currently facing several challenges. Worldwide many stocks have collapsed, and environmental organizations warn against consuming captured whitefish. Strict regulations with respect to documentation and traceability have been imposed on the European captured fish industry in the last few years, and fulfilling thes ...
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Development of novel and advanced decontamination sustainable technologies for the production of high quality dried herbs and spices (GREENFOODEC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

"GREENFOODEC will set up novel and advanced decontamination technologies, overcoming existing limitations for high quality preservation and microbial decontamination of herbs & spices.To solve the present limitations related to the use of the current technologies used for the preservation of spices, this project will focus on four novel technologies: High pressure CO2+ultrasound (HPCD+US), cold pl ...
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Processing Raw materials into Excellent and Sustainable End products while Remaining Fresh (PRESERF)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

The project focusses on development of novel solid food conservation techniques for a wide range of applications (frozen, dried and packaged) to extent shelf life and to meet the current need for convenient foods. Three innovative preservation techniques, partly interconnected, will be investigated for having the potential for better maintaining the product quality and freshness (nutritional value ...
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European Network for integrating novel technologies for food processing (HighTech Europe)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

The Network of Excellence HighTech Europe facilitates the implementation of high-tech processing at industrial scale via strongly connected regional knowledge transfer chains consisting of basic-applied science centres (12 in total), industry federations (4), Innovation Relay Centre (1) and SMEs (5). Its main aim is to identify, develop and demonstrate potential, cost-efficient, innovations to be ...
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Conceptual Design of a Food Manufacturing Research Infrastructure to boost up innovation in Food Industry (FoodManufuture)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

The FoodManufuture project will perform a Conceptual Design Study in order to provide the basis for decision making for a European Food Manufacturing Research Infrastructure. The Research Infrastructure will aim at boosting competitiveness and innovativeness of the food manufacturing sector through cutting-edge research, dedicated and involving knowledge transfer, and motivating education. The pro ...
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Development and application of environmental Life Cycle Impact assessment Methods for imProved sustAinability Characterisation of Technologies (LC-IMPACT)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2013,

"LC-IMPACT is a 3.5-year project and its main objective is the development and application of life cycle impact assessment methods, characterisation and normalisation factors. Impact from land use, water use, marine, mineral and fossil resource use, ecotoxicity and human toxicity, and a number of non-toxic emission-related impact categories will be considered in LC-IMPACT. First, new impact assess ...
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Training Requirements And Careers for Knowledge-based Food Science and Technology in Europe (TRACK_FAST)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

The food and drink industry is the single largest manufacturing sector in the EU and is mainly comprised by SMEs and microenterprises (99.1% of European food and drink businesses). The European food industry is in the lower part of the innovation performance ranking, and is losing relative importance in the global food market. This situation was a primary reason for the initiation of the ETP Food4 ...
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Development of innovative biodegradable packaging system to improve shelf life, quality and safety of high-value sensitive horticultural fresh produce (HORTIBIOPACK)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) is increasingly used with minimally processed fresh produce. Equilibrium Modified Atmosphere Packaging (EMAP) of Fresh Produce is also increasingly used to extend shelf-life of fresh produce. Increased MAP and EMAP usage coupled with negative environmental views associated with nondegradable synthetic packaging materials creates a societal and SMEs need for biod ...
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Food And Health Research in Europe (FAHRE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

FAHRE – Food And Health Research in Europe – aims to increase the structuring of food and health research and support cooperation towards the European Research Area. It will do this by providing a comprehensive map of research funding in the EEA, and identifying the key players and processes involved in research funding and policy at regional, national, and transnational level. Identification of t ...
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Natural Antimicrobials For Innovative and Safe Packaging (NAFISPACK)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

"The main objective of the present project is to develop novel packaging technologies that will avoid/reduce and detect the growth of pathogens and spoilage microoganism responsible for product lost in perishable food products of interest: fresh fish, fresh chicken and minimally processed vegetables (MPVs). The target foods were selected among many, for different reasons: the consumption of MPVs i ...
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Quality and integrity in food: a challenge for chain communication and research (Transparent_Food)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

The core relevance of transparency as a critical success factor and the need for the delivery of appropriate support by research has been emphasized in the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) of the European Technology Platform 'Food for Life' from where this proposal evolved. It utilizes its links with the European-wide network of more than 30 National Technology Platforms to link up with stakeholder ...
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Structure and processing for high-quality of chocolate pralines (ProPraline)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

Chocolate is a complex material, which can be damaged by means of bloom growth or cracking. This is a significant issue for filled products such as pralines or wafers. For SMEs and larger companies these problems can prevent the manufacture of products of sufficient quality. It is the aim of this project to study the phenomena of chocolate bloom and crack propogation in chocolate for filled swe ...
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