PROTECH: Nutritional enhancement of probiotics and prebiotics - Technology aspects on microbial viability, stability, functionality and on prebiotic function

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 00.0409

Key words (English)

Technologically induced stresses; Bifidobacterium longum; molecular analisis;
Agriculture; Economic Aspects; Food; Industrial Manufacture; Life Sciences; Medicine; Health; Safety

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: QLK1-2000-30042

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.1 Food, nutrition and health

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: TU Berlin (D)

Abstract (English)

The purpose of the project is to address and to overcome specific scientific and technological hurdles that impact on the performance of functional foods based on probiotic-prebiotic interactions such as lack of strong knowledge on the primary factors for probiotic viability, stability and performance as well as on probiotic-prebiotic interactions.

The project will:
(1) systematically explore effects of processing on functionality of probiotics and on probiotic performance;
(2) apply selected processing techniques for prebiotic modification and;
(3) use the information generated for new process and (probiotic-prebiotic) product options.

Expected achievements include the identification of critical process parameters for probiotics and prebiotics, optimisation of probiotic viability and stability at pilot plant scale and processing induced new prebiotics. The project is highly interdisciplinary with strong industrial participation and commitment.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0409