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Integrated plant biotechnologies applied to safer and healthier food production: The Nutra-Snack manufacturing chain

2011; Elsevier BV; Volume: 22; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.tifs.2011.04.005

1879-3053

Giuseppina Rea, Amina Antonacci, Maya D. Lambreva, Sandro Pastorelli, A. Tibuzzi, Simone Ferrari, Dirk Fischer, Udo Johanningmeier, Wiesław Oleszek, Teresa Doroszewska, Angela Maria Rizzo, Patrizia Berselli, B. Berra, Alessandra Bertoli, Luisa Pistelli, B. Ruffoni, Carole Calas‐Blanchard, Jean‐Louis Marty, Simona Carmen Lițescu, M. Diaconu, Eleftherios Touloupakis, Demetrios F. Ghanotakis, Maria Teresa Giardi,

Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

The EU project Nutra-Snack established an integrated scientific and technological framework to introduce conventional and new biotechnologies into the nutraceutical industry. The purpose was to promote novel ready-to-eat snacks enriched with natural antioxidant/radical-scavenging compounds. Enhancement of valuable compounds production in plant cells and in vitro cultures were achieved by different elicitation strategies, and exhaustive metabolites profiling obtained by high-resolution analytical techniques. Finally, innovative enzyme-based biosensors were developed for food products functional activity and safety properties assessment. This review provides an overview of the technologies selected, integrated and tested in NUTRA-SNACK and recent literature strengthening integrated approaches in modern food process manufacturing.