Anfaco laboratory. (Photo: Anfaco-Cecopesca)
Nanotechnology becomes new technological tool to develop seafood
SPAIN
Monday, November 23, 2015, 08:30 (GMT + 9)
Anfaco-Cecopesca, through its Technology Centre, is developing an ambitious R+D+i project aimed at the enhancement of marine resources for the production of bioactive compounds and the design of functional foods, applying nanotechnology as essential facilitating technology.
This initiative of singular importance for the sea-agri food industry is funded entirely by the Secretariat of Economy, Employment and Industry of the Xunta de Galicia with a grant amounting to EUR 850,000.
The project, to be developed during 2016 and 2017, has as its main objective to effectively value by creating its own knowledge and technology, all the potential provided by the bioactive substances of marine origin.
To this end, the implementation of nanotechnology has the aim to improve the processes that concentrate the benefits of bioactive substances in small amounts, preserving their capabilities as much as possible, improving their bioavailability and developing new healthy foods, not just seafood, adapted to the nutritional needs of specific population sectors, such as the third age.
The development of this project will be carried out with aid of the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, given its expertise, capabilities and specific knowledge in the nanotechnology field.
Progress in research and implementation of nanotechnology to the sea-agri food industry is one of the priorities of the Technological Innovation Centre belonging to Anfaco-Cecopesca. This is because the control and exploitation of matter at nanoscale has completely new properties that facilitate the development of healthier foods and has many industrial uses that will help to make sea-agri food industry more competitive, efficient and sustainable.
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