The aim of the ALIFUN project is to develop, on an industrial scale, prototypes of functional foods in the main agro-food sectors typical of the Mediterranean diet (dairy, cereal, meat products, fruit and vegetables, oil, wine).
Functional foods are foods that, in addition to their basic nutritional properties, offer additional health benefits. These foods are rich in bioactive substances that can positively influence the physiological functions of the body, contributing to general well-being and disease prevention.
The development of functional foods will be pursued by characterizing the presence of bioactive components naturally present or added in food, applying established chemical, agronomic, biotechnological and microbiological methodologies, and developing new process technologies.
during the project will also be carried out activities of prototyping novel food of interest for the health sector of the agri-food sector and development of technological and innovative tools for digital marketing research.
The research will be carried out in close collaboration with the main companies of the area that focus on innovation of processes and products as a tool to improve competitiveness on national and international markets.
The project will be managed through a public-private partnership that will facilitate the advancement of knowledge in different scientific fields aimed at transferring technological solutions for innovation of typical Italian food products.
Industrie Fracchiolla SpA will carry out activities aimed at the production of new functional wines with a high resveratrol content, Quercetin and total polyphenols through the re-pasting of musts/wines on grape marc with a high content of these substances using an experimental prototype in stainless steel. The review process will also be tested and optimized to correct wine defects (production of 4-ethylphenol, ethanethiol, geosmin, H2S).
