Projet FRIETS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Maintaining a healthy diet requires sufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables. However, nowadays, the fast pace of modern lifestyle discourages individuals from reaching their optimal daily intake via consumption of fresh fruits/vegetables, ultimately creating an increasing demand for natural, nutritive, healthy and personalized ready-to-eat snacks. It is also an accepted actuality that there is a lack of healthy food snacks for personalized nutrition in the market. Hence, the development of such products, which can also be tailor-made to the needs of specific groups (young children, elderly, diabetic, sportive etc.), is a long-awaiting innovation. FRIETS project aims in training crossdisciplinary scientists from 5 European countries, in collaboration with international SMEs, for the development and marketization of personalized, nutritious and innovative, soft fruit smart snacks that contain no added sugar, sodium or chemical preservatives, as a palatable way to increase daily fruit consumption. FRIETS smart snacks will include novel processed berries (strawberry, raspberry and blackberry) with superior quality and nutritional characteristics, as well as extended shelf-life. Pre-harvest management practices will be optimized for cultivating high-quality berries. Low impact post-harvest technologies will be developed and optimised including (1) mild and energy efficient drying techniques (e.g. osmotic dehydration, freeze drying, microwave vacuum drying or their combination) using limited or no sugar or salt, and low temperatures, (2) composite or multi-layered edible coatings, based on micro- and macro-algae components, including encapsulated or non-encapsulated natural functional ingredients. Life Cycle Analysis and socio-techno-economic analysis will be implemented for the sustainable development of new products. FRIETS implementation will be based on staff secondments, strengthening collaborative research among different countries and sectors.

Mots clés : smart snacks, osmotic dehydration, freeze drying, microwave vacuum drying, low sugar salt, microbial analysis, bioactives extraction and encapsulation, pre and post harvest management

Participants :
- Mgarr farming co ltd (Malte) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 147200.0 €
- Agricultural University of Athens (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 165600.0 €
- Rezos brands anonymi emporiki eteria idon diatrofis (Grèce) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 276000.0 €
- Mountain berries pitsilia nv ltd (Chypre) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 147200.0 €
- Gogou e - soulis m fysika prostheta trofimon oe (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 110400.0 €
- Dignity idiotiki kefalaiouxiki etaireia (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 220800.0 €
- Cencira centrul de cercetare si inovare agroalimentara srl (Roumanie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 165600.0 €
- University of Huddersfield (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 193200.0 €
- University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca (Roumanie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 174800.0 €
- Cyprus University of Technology (Chypre) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 193200.0 €
- University of Malta (Malte) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 188600.0 €
- National Technical University of Athens (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 230000.0 €
- Kpad ltd (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 220800.0 €