1. Integrated plant biotechnologies applied to safer and healthier food production: The Nutra-Snack manufacturing chain
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Rea, Giuseppina, Antonacci, Amina, Lambreva, Maya, Pastorelli, Sandro, Tibuzzi, Arianna, Ferrari, Simone, Fischer, Dirk, Johanningmeier, Udo, Oleszek, Wieslaw, Doroszewska, Teresa, Rizzo, Angela Maria, Berselli, Patrizia V.R., Berra, Bruno, Bertoli, Alessandra, Pistelli, Luisa, Ruffoni, Barbara, Calas-Blanchard, Carole, Marty, Jean Louis, Litescu, Simona Carmen, and Diaconu, Mirela
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PLANT biotechnology , *FOOD production , *SNACK foods , *BIOSENSORS , *FUNCTIONAL foods , *FOOD industry - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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