ANNUAL REPORT 2014
CARTIF
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WORDS FROM CARTIF CEO GENERAL INFORMATION
CARTIF is Members of the Board CARTIF in figures CARTIF around the world Excellence Platforms and associations
PROJECTS 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63
INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS MODINTECO CALYPSO LASHARE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT AVANRES INSPIRE DIOXDETECTOR CITyFiED CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SITEER PREFEX SHBuildings HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE SIMAFE SOFTWARE TO PREDICT THE RISK OF RUPTURE OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS AGROFOOD FUNGIFAR ENINVACUM INNOLIVO
WORDS FROM CARTIF CEO fessionals, fully able to carry out real work while managing the financial and administration resources needed for project development, at the same time.
In 2014 CARTIF celebrated its 20th anniversary. The Center was born in 1994, driven by a group of professors from the School of Industrial Engineering at the University of Valladolid, with the aim to serve as a bridge between the academic institution and the business world, helping companies to advance technologically to achieve high levels of innovation and productivity and to start pioneering areas of research, being able to transfer this technology to companies.
These two decades of work got reflected in our figures. More than 1,100 projects carried out, a turnover of 145 M€, 400 direct jobs, 25 M€ invested in facilities and technology, more than 100 international projects carried out and an economic return for companies in our region that exceeds 200 M€.
The structure of the Center was always a mixed model combining research center and business management. Researchers at CARTIF are characterized precisely for being very complete pro-
From a theoretical point of view, the basic knowledge of science gives the possibility of generating
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useful products and manufacturing processes
launched two of the most ambitious projects of our history: CITyFiED and REMOURBAN. The first one’s purpose is to develop a replicable, systemic and integrated strategy to transform European urban ecosystems into smart cities of the future. This replication plan should lead to 100 potential projects in other cities with over 500,000 dwellings retrofitted in 10 years.
more and more perfect. Applied Research in every field requires a level of theoretical and practical knowledge so high, that without them the accelerated pace of current progress could not be maintained. The development of science and technology since the Industrial Revolution has given us all sorts of examples of circular advances in theory and in practice.
The second one, it’s a project selected under the EU’s Lighthouse project scheme whose guiding principles are impact and replicability. REMOURBAN is a 22-strong European partnership whose ultimate goal is drive forward urban regeneration in towns and cities to ensure social progress and environmental sustainability.
In 2014 CARTIF celebrated its 20th anniversary. These years of work got reflected in our figures: 1,100 projects carried out, a turnover of 145 M€, 400 direct jobs
Besides, 2014 was an extraordinary year for our Environment Area. The RESCATAME Project was selected as one of the Best LIFE- Environment projects completed during 2013 and we reached the figure of 10 LIFE project ongoing, leading 7 of them.
The most effective tool to streamline the bidirectional process cited is undoubtedly the
openings in the UK, are good examples of that.
Now that we are currently 20 years old, I am confident that the group of men and women that constitutes CARTIF, their ability for working, their scientific preparation and emotional intelligence, as well as their collaborative spirit, will keep providing us with future celebrations of success.
In another vein, last year was very successful
Dr. José R. Perán
in the European Projects framework. We have
CARTIF CEO
Technology Center. The tech center phenomenon began in Germany and soon spread to the rest of Europe. TNO in the Netherlands, VTT in Finland or Sintec in Sweden, plus recent
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GENERAL INFORMATION
WHAT IS CARTIF? CARTIF IS...
TURN OPPORTUNITIES INTO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
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IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP BUSINESS CHALLENGES
COMMITTED TO DRIVING BUSINESS INNOVATION AN EFFICIENT AND PROACTIVE ATTITUDE
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BOARD
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TECHNOLOGY ADVISERS
QUESERÍAS ENTREPINARES, S.A. (PRESIDENCY)
CECALE
(VICEPRESIDENCY)
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID (SECRETARY)
ACCIONA ADE
PARQUES TECNOLÓGICOS DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN, S.A.
BODEGAS MATARROMERA
Mr. Fernando Bécker Iberdrola Corporate Resources Director
DRAGADOS
Mr. Fernando Aldana Ex-general Secretary of CYTED Programme
GALLETAS GULLÓN, S.A.
Mr. Lucio Gabriel de la Cruz University of Valladolid Mr. José R. Perán CARTIF CEO
GRUPO SIRO SEADM
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ASSOCIATED COMPANIES AYUNTAMIENTO DE BOECILLO
INDUSTRIAS RÍOS, S.L.
ACITURRI
MAXAM
CAJA ESPAÑA-DUERO
PRODUCTOS SOLUBLES S.A.
CARBUROS METÁLICOS, S.A.
PROINGESA
HARINERA CASTELLANA
SEDET
IBERDROLA, S.A.
TALLERES PASAHI VALLADOLID, S.L.
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CARTIF AROUND THE WORLD CARTIF WORKS TO SUPPORT THE SPANISH COMPANIES INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES, COMMITTED DRIVING TO BUSINESS INNOVATION.
CARTIF INVOLVEMENT IN THE EU 7FP (2007-2014) NUMBER OF APPROVED PROJECTS: 23 NUMBER OF PROJECTS LED: 7 RETURN: 7 M€
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CARTIF INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER EU PROGRAMMES (2007-2014) NUMBER OF APPROVED PROJECTS: 21 NUMBER OF PROJECTS LED: 11 RETURN: 6 M€
CARTIF INVOLVEMENT IN LATINAMERICAN PROJECTS (2007-2014) NUMBER OF APPROVED PROJECTS: 8 NUMBER OF PROJECTS LED: 6 RETURN: 3 M€
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EXCELLENCE Our Laboratories have these accreditations: Environmental Trials. Accreditation Nยบ 335/LE656 (accredited by AENOR). Trials in compound materials, paints, varnishes, and pellets. Accreditation Nยบ 335/LE1276 (accredited by AENOR). Non metallic materials testing AS 7003 (accredited by Nadcap). The Centre has different certifications in quality, environmental management, research and development management and Ecodesign. The Department of Quality works with an Integrated Management System.
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PLATFORMS AND ASSOCIATIONS
·· European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP) ·· E2B (Energy Efficient Buildings) ·· EFFRA (European Factories of the Future Research Association) ·· EERA (European Energy Research Alliance): JPs: E3s, Smart Cities
·· EIP Water (Action group: Industrial Water reuse and recycling)
·· Artemisia (JTI Artemis)
·· EIP Raw materials (Commitment Metal Recovery from Low Grade Ores and Wastes)
·· BIC (Bio-based Industries Consortium) ·· EARMA: European Association of Research Managers and Administrators
·· EIP Smart Cities and Communities
·· ENVITECH: International Scientific Thematic Network for Environmental Technology
·· euRobotics AISBL ·· JPI CH (National Consultation Panel for the JPI Cultural Heritage and Global Change)
·· IEA: International Energy Agency. Annex 34 “Thermally driven heat pumps for heating and cooling”
·· COST Action FP1205: Innovative applications of regenerated wood cellulose fibres
·· ISES: International Solar Energy Society. ·· IWA: International Water Association.
·· COST Action TD1203: Food Waste Valorisation for Sustainable Chemicals, Materials and Fuels (EUBis)
·· EIP Agriculture (Focus Group, Protein Crops)
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PROJECTS
INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS If there’s something that defines CARTIF’s activity is our ability to provide end customers ready-touse industrial solutions. The efficient manufacturing and the transition towards the Factory of the Future are at the core of our fundamental objectives. To achieve them, we rely in our research lines, continuously updated, and according the market needs. These research lines include, the flexible manufacturing, intelligent and efficient manufacturing processes and collaborative robotics and advanced automation, among others. In addition to this research work, we also keep track of the needed profitability four our customers so they maintain their market position.
MODINTECO ADVANCES IN THE SECTOR OF CAPITAL GOODS CARTIF works in collaboration with others companies and research centres to develop automatic tool changers for mechanizing machines with modularity, autonomy, intelligence, universality and ecodesign features, providing added value compared to other changers existing in the market.
ries of features that distinguish them from competitors, from the point view of mechanics, environment, automation and control. Up to now, ATCs configuration modules have been optimised in order to make them able to fit in 7 different types of tool machines. This led a competitiveness improvement of the manufacturer company, reducing supply times, maintenance costs, and an alignment with the future ecodesign requests in the Frame of ErP Directive.
MODINTECO aims to promote the collaboration work between entities belonging to different parts in the value chain, both at the level of small company and research organizations, designing automatic tool changers with a se-
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CALYPSO PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE IN WIRE ROD PRODUCTION Non-destruc tive testing based on eddy currents is used in hot wire rod production to assure quality in a precise, efficient and robust way.
processing, machine learning and pattern recognition techniques. Non-super vised defec t classif ication is able to perform flaw classification with no prior knowledge about the existing defect classes. The system performs defect class discovering by itself, relying in the similarity found among defects. This approach leads to a dynamic system able to adapt itself to changing conditions.
The project objective is to provide eddy current inspection systems with non-supervised defect classification capabilities and the abilit y to generate knowledge useful for roll mill predictive maintenance. To develop such a s ystem, C ARTIF will apply signal
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LASHARE FROM PROTOTYPES TO ENTERING NEW MARKETS Small and medium-sized enterprises are often confronted with the challenge of how to take new manufacturing processes, designed to facilitate efficient production, and make them accessible to users in industry. This is an area where laser-based manufacturing processes have long led the way. Yet making these developments usable in industry, and opening up new markets, calls for a precise definition of the technical requirements, as well as in-depth knowledge of the market, combined with networking between users, suppliers and research institutes.
techniques employ specif ic, standalone solutions that have previously only been demonstrated in a laboratory setting. In many cases these innovations are developed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which possess the flexibility required to find a speedy solution to the problem at hand. However there are many possible pitfalls in getting from a lab-demonstrated solution to industrially robust manufacturing equipment. It may be, for instance, that parts of the solution were developed at a time when the final specifications were still unknown or that the components are not sufficiently robust for everyday use.
LASHARE project, co-funded by the EU, has been launched to give more than 30 SMEs a helping hand, bringing together six of the most renowned European research institutes under the leadership of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT. The ambitious aim of the project is to enhance the competitiveness of the European laser industry by accelerating technology transfer.
As an SME’s business success relies heavily on a quick market launch, and securing user acceptance for its new technologies and products, LASHARE will help minimize the risks involved in this process and strengthen Europe as a leading manufacturing location, by helping innovative manufacturing technologies get to market more quickly.
O f ten, new laser-based manufac turing
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ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT We have 16 years’ experience in technologies, R&D projects and developments for the companies that concern to all the stakeholders in the Energy and Environment sector. We were pioneer in renewable energies and biofuels research in Spain and now, we have one of the most prepared research group in Energy all over Europe.
AVANRES OPTIMIZATION OF C&D WASTE MANAGEMENT will adjust the reliability of the existing model progressively, through the comparison and analysis of new information coming from the current waste generation data, once the building works have started.
Project goal is to develop a set of knowledgebased computational models for evaluation of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste management alternatives. By integrating all variables and knowledge that affect the generation of the C&D waste, an accurate estimation is obtained for each type of waste produced per working unit.
CARTIF, as technological partner, works on computational model development. Dragados and Vias y Construcciones construction companies and Gestora de Runes de la Construcci贸n, as C&D waste management company, complete the project consortium.
The result will be a proof-of-concept tool to support decision making, enabling the systematic and flexible application of the developed computational models. The system
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INSPIRE A FULL ANALYSIS OF BUILDING STOCK ACROSS EUROPE The FP7 project iNSPiRe aims at conceiving, developing and demonstrating Systemic Renovation Packages, through the innovative integration of envelope technologies, energy generation (including RES integration), energy distribution, lighting and comfort management systems into deep energy renovation of buildings, both in the residential and tertiary sectors.
three Demo Case Studies (located in Spain, Italy and Germany). The optimal integration of such systems will lead to major cumulative energy savings with respect to consumption prior to renovation (therefore to extreme reductions of the CO2 emissions), assuring at the same time enhanced users’ comfort conditions. The final target of the systemic renovation packages will be to reach an overall Primary Energy consumption of the building lower than 50 kWh/m²/year.
During the project, Multifunctional Industrialized Renovation Kits will be developed, manufactured and installed at
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DIOXDETECTOR A NEW ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR THE QUANTIFICATION OF DIOXIN incineration facility, and not on the point source (the chimney).
The project main objective is the application of a new analytical technique for the quantification of dioxin, tracking continuous PCDDs/ PCDFs concentrations in air, soil and biota (vegetal) at the surroundings of a MSW incineration facility. The new analytical technique will help to evaluate these pollutants dispersion and deposition in the environment, in order to reduce this environmental problem.
This projec t proposes a new analy tical approach based on an equipment combining a Secondary Electrospray Ionizer that achieves very high ionization efficiency, a Dif ferential Mobility Analyzer that select ions according to their mobility and that has ver y good transmission, and a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer.
Actual dioxins emission measure methods are performed on point source and they are limited to once or twice per year. The lack of a continuous measure method entails the risk of overlooking emissions peaks and therefore, unrepresentative results. The project will measure the dioxins concentration in the atmosphere surrounding of an
The proposed technology is capable of detecting vapours below the ppq level; this would facilitate the detection of these compounds and could establish security measures to prevent exposure of the population and the environment to such compounds.
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CITyFiED A REPLICABLE, SYSTEMIC AND INTEGRATED STRATEGY INTO SMART CITIES OF THE FUTURE CITyFiED is a 5-year endeavour co-funded by the EU and led by CARTIF. The consortium comprises 18 partners from Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Belgium and Germany.
to maximise replication potential and developing cost-effective pioneering methodologies for planning, deploying and replicating energy efficient retrofit solutions.
The underlying purpose of CITyFiED is to develop a replicable, systemic and integrated strategy to transform European urban ecosystems into smart cities of the future. It will focus on reducing energy demand and GHG emissions while increasing the use of renewable energy sources. CITyFiED aims to achieve this by developing and implementing innovative technology and methodologies for building renovation, smart grids, district heating networks, and mobility.
The CITyFiED consortium drawing on partners from RTD, industry, public authority, exploitation and communication, expects to induce high replication potential thus accelerating smart retrofit uptake for low energy efficient district stock by 2020. The replication plan should lead to 100 potential projects in other cities with over 500,000 dwellings retrofitted in 10 years. Business models for energy providers and SMEs are set to benefit from CITyFiED solutions and there will be wider benefits for citizens and society as a whole. Furthermore, the project outcomes will inform policy at European level and will result in raising standards in both the energy and building sectors.
There are three main strands to CITyFiED’s activities allowing the project to fully embrace all the facets of the challenges to be addressed: large scale demonstrations, clustering cities
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CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
To answer the needs of this competitive market, we have developed one specific research line based in Smart and Sustainable Construction with the aim to help our clients to get the transformation and sustainability of the construction industry through building integration of renewable energy systems, the implementation of digital home and new technologies for the building rehabilitation with one special mention for the cultural heritage. All of this is inside the global concept regeneration of the urban environments (Smart City)
We also develop other research lines in infrastructure, logistic and transport through the application of Computer Intelligence techniques to the domain of transport infrastructures preservation, both roads and railways: knowledge extraction and intelligent modeling.
SITEER TOTAL SAFETY IN TUNNELS INSPECTION At present day, road and railway tunnels inspection is done in eye way. One or more technicians periodically walk through the tunnels, trying to find weakness or faults. These anomalies are recorded, sometimes accompanied by photographs and rarely by thermal images.
and railway tunnels, detecting failures or states of deterioration and improving the safety of this type of infrastructures while increasing their lifespan and the corresponding expenditure for these works is reduced (predictive maintenance allows to repair the failures before they become a real spending).
CARTIF and GEOCISA Inc, are jointly studying how to automatically perform these inspections, achieving a complete predictive maintenance in tunnels by means of the development of a tailored system to organize the data collected.
To automate the process, researchers are planning to combine and implement two NDT: thermography (detects radiation in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum) and reflectance (measures the ability of the surfaces to reflect light). Data recorded will be georreferenced as well.
The aim is knowing the current status of road
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PREFEX ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE EXCAVATION FRONT In underground works projects is needed to have tools and methodologies allowing the analysis of the excavation front behaviour and predicting which lies immediately after. Advanced forecasting techniques for excavation front will help to choose optimal solutions in terms of tunnel supporting.
At the same time, a new sensor based on optical technology is going to be developed. This new sensor will join Jumbo drills in order to collect more information, supplementing this way the existing acquisition systems and optimizing the characterization of the excavation front.
To improve the terrain characterization, CARTIF collaborates with other companies and research centres in order to develop new computational models based on computational intelligence techniques. The main technical objectives of the models are: to characterize the excavation front, to predict its future evolution and to support decision making.
At the finalization of the project it is expected to be produced a new methodolog y for measuring and analysing more accurately the information on materials and rock structure in excavation front. In that way a better prediction of RMR (Rock Mass Rating) will be done.
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SHBuildings A SYSTEM OF INTEGRATED HERITAGE BUILDING MANAGEMENT This project responds to the need to boost R & D, competitiveness, and ensure sustainability SUDOE Space, promoting energy efficiency and promoting efficient public management.
between companies that use the project management system. For the whole of the conservation sector, the project will help transform intensive sector labor and low-tech, a sector supported by the latest technology.
The proposal to create a system of integrated building management requires a number of developments related to R & D relating to the sensors, Internet of things and cloud computing and will be specified in both models as new tools aimed control and decision making.
This sector accounts for almost 0.5% of GDP in Spain and clearly influences the cultural tourism sector, which is a major economic driver in the area SUDOE, and partial support adjustment in the construction sector energy orienting toward rehabilitation, the functional and towards preventive conservation. Finally better achieve the objectives of the 2020 strategy on energy efficiency applied to the building.
The implementation of the project area will be the historic building, and it’ ll generate, transferring results, increased competition
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HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE We are committed with the future’s greatest challenge: to improve people’s quality of life, particularly for the ageing phenomenon from different health perspectives, by developing and marketing highimpact life-transforming products and services.
SIMAFE TRAINING OF RAILWAY MAINTENANCE STAFF Companies performing railway infrastructure maintenance suggest the need to improve their training procedures, as well as saving in terms of time and costs associated to the staff training.
HMI (Human Machine Interface), eLearning, e-training, intelligent tutoring, training simulator and so on. The consortium involved Vias y Construcciones , CE T REN , A NMOPYC and CI T EF. CARTIF brings its experience in intelligent systems based on knowledge to assess student performance.
In order to develop a platform for training and development for railway maintenance staff this project arises based on advanced
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SOFTWARE TO PREDICT THE RISK OF RUPTURE OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS Together with the Clinical Hospital of Valladolid and research groups in Brazil, Cuba and Barcelona, CARTIF is developing a tool to help surgeons make the right decisions in the course of treatment in these pathologies. The tool, developed based on computer simulations, is a multiscale model to estimate, with sufficient accuracy to be clinically relevant, the risk of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms based on personalized patient data.
for making medical decisions. The above activities fall within the field of mechanical engineering, although they have interconnections with other branches of engineering as automation, information technology or medicine. Up to now, more than 200 real scanners have been studied to which the corresponding algorithms have been applied to obtain relevant information, in each case, on the risk of rupture based on geometric biomechanics factors. Based on this information, it’s possible to predict if there could be a significant risk of breakage.
Through biomechanical factors, are able to formulate the so-called “risk index” used as a tool
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AGROFOOD The concern of modern society about controlling their health through their diet, makes essential a thorough control of the manufacturing process of food, which guarantees maximum quality and safety. We work on offering solutions to the industry and the consumers, paying attention to their needs. To accomplish this, we optimize the manufacturing processes, develop new products, and do agrofood waste recovery, besides of undertaking physicochemical, microbiological and sensory analysis.
FUNGIFAR EXTRACTION OF ACTIVE PRINCIPLES FROM MEDICINAL FUNGI ical interest, Grifola frondosa and Ganoderma lucidum, characterizing the active principles of interest in each of these species to obtain them subsequently. The selection of these species is based on their productivity and adaptability to production in Spain and Mexico.
The aim of this project is to develop a complete process of extraction, purification and stabilization of active principles obtained from medicinal fungi for its evaluation as antioxidant and immunomodulatory compounds (focused on the European market) and the evaluation of antioxidant, cardiotonic and anticarcinogenic effects (focused on the Mexican market).
The active principles that are obtained from this process will be evaluated and tested at pilot level. The project will finish with the preindustrial escalation of the entire process and industrial feasibility study to place the principles obtained in the market.
The research focuses on the study of four different species of the genre Pleurotus cultured in Mexico, and two species of great pharmacolog-
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ENINVACUM IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND SHELF LIFE OF CHEESE WITH EDIBLE COATINGS thetic coatings as polyvinyl acetate or some other type of plastic coating solutions. However, these coatings are chemical based and most of them includes an antifungal synthetic additive and thus not edible.
The current demands of consumers regarding the quality and shelf life of food products have been increased in recent years. Consumers want more natural products rich in beneficial nutrients to health and long life time and packaging with low impact on the environment.
For this reason CARTIF has developed edible films for different types of cheese coated with a thin, continuous layer of natural material whose composition serve as protection method for transport antimicrobial agents. They have been incorporated naturally occurring antioxidants, from grape, olive and tea. The films were applied by vacuum impregnation (VI) to promote penetration of a thin layer of the coating solution and perfectly cover and protect the cheese.
Therefore, the main objective is to improve the quality and shelf life of cheese by applying a coating developed from natural ingredients applied with vacuum impregnation technique. The main causes of deterioration of cheese are due to growth of microorganisms, hardening of the surface or fat rancidity. Until now, the cheeses are coated with syn-
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INNOLIVO NEW APPLICATIONS OF THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS OF OLIVE WITH HEALTH BENEFITS The overall objective of this project is to find new applications of active ingredients from the olive tree in food matrices, using their beneficial health properties. It’s expected to develop new functional foods for humans and improve the properties of feed for feeding farm animals and aquaculture.
this project has been chosen to study the influence of the introduction of new ingredients in three phases: food processing; formulation to include a new ingredient in the food matrix and bioavailability of the compound once included in the new product.
The concentration and biological effects of bioactive compounds added to a food affected by production stages, the type of food matrix and how they are digested by the body. Given the multiple causes that affect the design of functional products, in the development of
It has been selected different food matrices and monitoring the effect of the inclusion of an active substance compared to the control feed. Subsequently, the properties of the product will be evaluated to ensure that it could be considered functional.
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