"Bio-Farms for Nutraceuticals" can be said to have been born of the NUTRA-SNACKS project within the Sixth Framework Programme Priority on Food Quality and Safety. One objective of NUTRA -SNACK S was to improve the nutritional and eating properties of ready-to-eat products and semi-prepared foodstuffs through better monitoring of the quality and safety of raw materials and the development of innovative processes along the production chain. Another main objective of the project was the production of ready-to-eat snacks with high nutraceutic activity. Seven research institutes and three companies in six European countries were involved in this effort. The co-operation resulted in the production of food having a high content of natural metabolites with the following beneficial health effects: anticancer, antilipidemic, anticholesterol, antimicrobial, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antihypertensive, anti-inflamatory and antioxidant activities.
| ISBN: | 9781441973467 |
| Publication date: | 16th December 2010 |
| Author: | Maria Teresa Giardi, Giuseppina Rea, B Berra |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 334 pages |
| Series: | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology |
| Genres: |
Medical research |