ICON Collaboration-Tracing health impacts of natural and added nutrients in foods – approach for next-generation validation of the function of foods

Bennett, Louise (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
Bucking, Mark, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (Chief Investigator (CI))
McCaffrey, Tracy (Chief Investigator (CI))
Robinson, Andrea (Chief Investigator (CI))
Haynes, John (Chief Investigator (CI))
Williamson, Gary (Chief Investigator (CI))
Murray, Margaret (Associate Investigator (AI))
Selby-Pham, Sophie (Associate Investigator (AI))
Coelho Marques, Francine (Associate Investigator (AI))

Project: Research

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Project Description

The direct relationship between food ingredients and health is well known. In contrast, it is unknown which conversion products - with which kind of health impact – are formed during digestion and food processing.
Therefore, novel molecular research tools for interdisciplinary nutritional life sciences are needed to achieve technology breakthroughs:
 Unravel the fate of nutrients during digestion / processing by employing novel analytical techniques
 Impact of chemical products towards nutrition and health
 Provision of optimized processing and a deep understanding of pathways within human digestion
The project addresses two aspects:
1) Public health / healthy food choice / healthy society
2) Market potential for food companies / sector: new products and processes

Short title	Food functional ingredient validation
Acronym	ICON
Status	Active
Effective start/end date	1/08/18 → 1/08/21

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