Research Projects
4-SEASOMed
Social media: https://x.com/4SEASOMed/status/1718998942673772683?mx=2
4-SEASOMed is a multi-center observational study which aims to assess the adherence to a seasonal diet, mainly for fresh fruit and vegetables, in a cohort of Italian adults involving 3 different areas (North-Centre, Centre-South and South Italy), monitoring the dietary habits across the seasons, to establish the association between the adherence to a seasonal diet, the Mediterranean Diet, and lifestyle habits. Moreover, the impact of adhering to a seasonal diet will be evaluated for its ability to modulate microbiota composition and microbiota derived metabolites.
Title: 4-SEASOMed - Discovering the role of SEASOnal dietary choices on Mediterranean diet adherence and effect on human microbiota
Program/Funding: PNRR-M4C2- I1.1 – MUR Call for proposals n.104 of 02-02-2022 - PRIN 2022 - ERC sector LS4- Project Code 2022A34JY8 - CUP Code D53D23014160001 - Funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU
Start/End: 2023-2025
PI: Letizia Bresciani
Partecipants (Human Nutrition Unit): Alice Rosi, Nicole Tosi, Federica Bergamo, Arianna Gallina
Other partecipants: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italia, Coordinatore), Università di Catania (Italia), Neuromed (Italia)
BEST
Title: Bioactive compounds to extend food shelf-life through innovative technologies
Program/Funding: PRIN PNRR 2022/ MUR-NextGeneration EU
Start/End: October 2023-October 2025
PI: Antonella Cavazza
Participants: Elena Bancalari (UNIPR)
Bio R&R
Bio R&R proposes a bio-based approach to the management of agri-food waste and bio-products that have a problematic end-of-life and the replacement of plastic-based packaging with packaging that can be discarded as organic waste or that can represent a growth substrate for insects.
Title: Bio R&R “Bioconversion of packaging residues and waste from food supply chains”
Program/Funding: PR-FESR EMILIA ROMAGNA 2021-2027 program, Priority 1: RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS, Specific objective 1.1: Develop and strengthen research and innovation capacities and the introduction of advanced technologies Action 1.1.2.
Participants: Prof. Augusta Caligiani (local PI), Prof. Martina Cirlini.
BIOSHOP
Title: Bioactive compounds from vitro-derived hop plantlets: a green opportunity
Program/Funding: Bando PRIN, MUR
Start/End: October 2023 - September 2025
PI: Benedetta Chiancone
Research Group: Martina Cirlini UNIPR, Valentina Bernini UNIPR, Valeria Guarrasi CNR, Debora Baroni CNR, Raffaella Barbieri CNR, Martina Nironi, PhD
CARE-DIET
CARE-DIET aims to develop a holistic framework to unravel the effect of plant bioactives on cardiometabolic response at individual level, deciphering the complexity of the interactions among different dietary components, the gut microbiome, and host physiology. CARE-DIET adds an improved, more complete dimension to the ERC PREDICT-CARE project, beyond (poly)phenols, considering also carotenoids, phytosterols, glucosinolates, alkaloids, thiosulfinates, and alkylresorcinols and other dietary components able to modulate the gut microbiome and interact with the host physiology.
Title: CARE-DIET - CArdiometabolic REsponse to plant-based DIETs at individual level: deciphering the complexity of plant bioactives
Program/Funding: FARE Ricerca in Italia: Framework per l’attrazione ed il rafforzamento delle eccellenze per la Ricerca in Italia - III edizione (2020)
Start/End: 2022-2026
PI: Pedro Mena
Partecipants (Human Nutrition Unit): Maria Sole Morandini, Cristiano Negro, Joana Maria Santos Rebelo, Cristiana Mignogna, Claudia Favari, José Rinaldi De Alvarenga, Costanza Michelini, Vicente Agulló, Letizia Bresciani, Laila Guimaraes Zeraik Cardoso, Elisa Monica, Nicola Bragazzi, Alice Rosi, Nicole Tosi, Francesca Scazzina, Sara Dobani, Elisabetta Viale, Furio Brighenti, Daniele Del Rio.
Other partecipants: Riccardo Bonadonna, Alessandra Dei Cas, Valentina Spigoni, Raffaella Aldigeri, Marco Ventura, Francesca Turroni (UNIPR), Rosalia Aloe (University Hospital of Parma), Raúl Domínguez-Perles (CEBAS-CSIC).
CATERPILLAR
CATERPILLAR is part of the Italian hemp chain and aims to diversify production and increase the profitability of the crop, generating new by-products with high added value and opening up the opportunity for the farm to enter new markets. In particular, CATERPILLAR aims to strengthen the aspects related to the use of products and waste derived from the processing of fiber hemp in food.
Title: CATERPILLAR (Textile hemp for the production of functional food and proteic biomasses for animal feeding)
Program/Funding: Emilia-Romagna region as part of the Rural Development Program 2014-2020, measure 16.1.01 "Operational Groups of the Agricultural European Innovation Partnership", Focus Area 2A (Act n. 7038 of 27 April 2020).
Participants: Prof.Martina Cirlini (local PI), Prof. Augusta Caligiani, Prof. Chiara Dall’Asta, Prof. Gianni Galaverna
Other participants (UNIPR): Prof. Eleonora Carini
Circular-ability
Title: Rethinking packaging for circular and sustainable food supply chains of the future
Program/Funding: Cost action
Start/End: 2020-2024
PI: Emma Chiavaro, Francesca Bot (UniPR)
Paula Quinteiro (University of Aveiro; Porto, Portugal)
Research Group: Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro
Participants (Person, University): Anna Mengozzi (PhD fellow)
CLASSYFARM
Accordo tra il Ministero della Salute, l’Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna “Bruno Ubertini” per l’introduzione di un “protocollo AI” nel sistema Classyfarm per la valutazione del livello sanitario e di benessere al macello dei suidi.
Program/Funding: Ministero della Salute
Start/End: 24/10/2023 - 24/04/2025
Research Group: Inspection of Food of Animal Origin
CN AgriTech
Title: National Center for Technology in Agriculture
Program/Funding: PNRR/ Unione Europea, Ministero Università e Ricerca
- Spoke 3: Enabling technologies and sustainable strategies for the smart management of agricultural systems and their environmental impact
- Start/End: September 2022 - September 2025
- Responsible for UniPR: Tommaso Ganino
- Research Group: Various Research Groups from the University of Parma
- Participants: Various research groups from the University of Parma
- Spoke 8, Task 8.1.2 : Valorisation of the waste by biotechnology processes to obtain for high value molecules or new products
- Start/End: September 2022 - September 2025
- PI (Unit of UNIPR): Camilla Lazzi
- Participants: Jasmine Hadj Saadoun, Luca Fontechiari
- Spoke 8, WP 8.3, Task 8.3.2: Valorisation and biological regeneration of waste as resources, organic fertilizers, or amendments to improve carbon storage and soil quality
- Start/End: September 2022 - August 2025
- PI: Benedetta Chiancone
- Participants: Martina Cirlini, Elena Maestri, Anna Agosti, Samreen Nazeer
COCONUT
https://sites.google.com/view/coconut-prin/home
Title: miCrObial COnsortia for New plant-based fermented prodUcTs (acronym: COCONUT)
Program/Funding: PRIN PNRR 2022/ MUR-NextGeneration EU
Start/End: October 2023-October 2025
PI: Alessia Levante
Co-PI: Giulia Tabanelli (University of Bologna)
Participants: Monica Gatti, Emanuele Della Monica, Irene Nicolini (University of Parma); Fausto Gardini (University of Bologna)
Consorzio Parmigiano Reggiano DOP
The aim of the present agreement is to characterize the natural milk creaming in the Parmigiano Reggiano PDO production and to propose a laboratory model to assess this milk pre-treatment.
FAUST
Title: Fermented microAlgae as fUnctional SupplemenTs (FAUST)
Program/Funding: ONFOODS
Start/End: 16/01/2023- 31/12/2025
PI: Francesco Martelli
Research Group: Food microbiology group
Participants: Monica Gatti, Valentina Bernini, Benedetta Bottari, Elena Bancalari, Caterina Nicolotti
F.I.L.O.
Title: Italian Supply Chain of Hops and Barley for the Brewing Sector
Program/Funding: PNC/Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (MASAF)
Start/End: September 2024 – June 2031
PI: Tommaso Ganino
Research Group:
- Cro.P.S. - Crop and Plant Science, University of Parma
- Food Technologies, University of Parma
- IoTLAB, University of Parma
Participants (Individuals, Universities):
Tommaso GANINO, Margherita RODOLFI, Deborah BEGHÈ, Massimiliano RINALDI, Davide BARBANTI, Marcello ALINOVI, Gianluigi FERRARI, Riccardo RAHELI, Alberto BONONI, Nicola DELMONTE, Laura BELLI, Luca DAVOLI
F.L.O.R.A.
Title: Fermentation of Leftovers to Obtain biofeRtilizer for sustainable Agriculture
Program/Funding: ALIFAR project, funded by the Italian Ministry of University through the program “Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2023-2027
Start/End: March 2024-March 2025
PI: Jasmine Hadj Saadoun
Participants: Luca Fontechiari, Ilaria Marchioni, Samreen Nazeer
FRUREFINERY
FRUREFINERY aims to extract the maximum value from by-products from the fruit processing industry, through the creation of a database that organizes information on the types of fruit by-products in the Emilia Romagna Region and the development of stabilization procedures, innovative pre-treatments and cascade biorefinery protocols optimized to produce ingredients for food and cosmetic applications.
Title: FRUREFINERY - ‘Production of high value-added ingredients from fruit supply chain by-products through a cascade bio-refinery approach’
Program/Funding: PR-FESR EMILIA ROMAGNA 2021-2027 program, Priority 1: RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS, Specific objective 1.1: Develop and strengthen research and innovation capacities and the introduction of advanced technologies Action 1.1.2.
Participants: Prof. Augusta Caligiani (project PI), Prof. Camilla lazzi, Prof. Valentina Bernini.
GI-SMART
Title: Geographical Indications’ contribution to smart territorial development and sustainability. Insights for GIs producers, policy makers, consumers and local communities.
Program/Funding: HORIZON programme, European Union
Start/End: June 2024 – May 2028
PI: Filippo Arfini (University of Parma)
Research Group: Agricultural and Food Economics
Participants: Davide Menozzi, Chiara Biggi (University of Parma)
Helv4DairHy
https://site.unibo.it/helv4dairhy/it
Title: A 50 years evolutionary history of Lactobacillus helveticus from traditional dairy environments: biodiversity of strains as an opportunity for technological exploitation and new products (Helv4DairHy)
Program/Funding: PRIN2022/ MUR-NextGeneration EU
Start/End: September 2023-September 2025
PI: Giulia Tabanelli (University of Bologna)
Co-PI: Alessia Levante
Participants: Monica Gatti, Emanuele Della Monica (University of Parma); Fausto Gardini (University of Bologna)
HISTABJUICE
Title: Establishing a strong and lasting international training network for innovation in food and juice industries: a 4D-research approach for fruit juice processing
Program/Funding: FOSC e SUSFOODS2
Start/End: 2021-2025
PIs: Massimiliano Rinaldi, Davide Barbanti.
Research Group: Food science and technology, Food microbiology, Applied Physics
Participants (Person, University): Karen Louise Lacey (PhD fellow)
Other participants: Technische Universität Wien, Wein & Obst Klosterneuburg RTD, Univerza V Ljubljani, Universitaet Hohenheim, Stazione Sperimentale Per L'industria Delle Conserve Alimentari, Catelli Food Technologies spa, GfL Gesellschaft für Lebensmittel-Forschung mbH, Institut National De Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation Et L'environ, Universität Hamburg, International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association, SVZ International, Centre Technique Agroalimentaire, Elea Vertriebs- und Vermarktungs-gmbH, HPP Italia s.r.l., Sumol+Compal Marcas, Austria Juice GmbH, AB enzymes.
InsectFish
Title: The use of insect meal in the fish sector: creating value from farm to fork
Program/Funding: PRIN PNRR - European Union - Next Generation EU
Start/End: December 2023 – November 2025
PI: Giovanni Sogari (University of Parma)
Research Group: Agricultural and Food Economics
Participants: Giovanni Sogari, Cristina Mora, Rungsaran Wongprawmas, Giulia Andreani (University of Parma)
IPSUS
Title: Climate-smart food innovation using plant and seaweed proteins from upcycled sources
Program/Funding: SUSFOOD2, Horizon Europe’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), FOSC-ERANET
Start/End: April 2021 – November 2025- https://ipsus.org/en/work-packages/
PIs: Maria Paciulli, Marcello Alinovi, Elena Bancalari, Giovanni Sogari (University of Parma)
Research Group: Agricultural and Food Economics, Food Microbiology, Food Technology - https://ipsus.org/en/team/
Participants: Irene Fenga, Giulia Andreani, Saverio Monica, (University of Parma)
Other participants: University of Greenwich Natural Resources Institute (NRI), UK; Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey; Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknes, Morocco; Mohammed V University, Morocco, Stazione Sperimentale per l'Industria delle conserve alimentari (SSICA), Parma, Italia; KEDGE Business School, France; BEIA Consult International, Romania; Kaanlar Food Inc., Turkey.
ItPrePlate project
The main objective of this project is creating an evidence-based, educational tool to help Italian pregnant women eat properly. ItPrePlate will provide practical information on how to combine foods in the various meals, choosing different foods along the week to get the wide range of nutrients pregnant women need to match their increased nutritional requirements.
Title: ItPrePlate project
Program/Funding: Bando di Ateneo per la Ricerca 2023 Azione B: progetti annuali riservati a ricercatori T.D. DR 438 prot. 53353 del 16.02.24
Start/End: 1 March 2024 – 1 March 2025
PI: Alice Rosi
Participants: (Human Nutrition Unit): Francesca Scazzina, Silvia Callegaro, Beatrice Biasini, Elena Bertolotti
Other participants: Giovanni Sogari, Giulia Andreani
LAIHFF
Title: Lactic acid bacteria Improving Health and foods through fermentation
Program/Funding: ONFOODS
Start/End: 16/01/2023 - 31/12/2025
PI: Monica Gatti (University of Parma)
Research Group: Food Microbiology Group
Participants: Benedetta Bottari, Elena Bancalari, Annalisa Ricci, Camilla Lazzi, Martina Marella, Luca Bettera, Saverio Monica, Claudia Dellapina, Francesco Martelli, Caterina Nicolotti, Noemi Martinengo
MED4Youth
The MED4Youth project has the aim to strengthen the link between the Mediterranean Diet and the health benefits against youth obesity and associated cardiovascular disease risk factors. The project has also the objective to elucidate whether the health effects of Mediterranean Diet are associated with changes in gut microbiota and gut-derived metabolites. Project partners carry out a multi-center interventional study targeting 240 adolescents with obesity from different Mediterranean countries (Italy, Spain and Portugal) and including Mediterranean products. The study is complemented with an educational web-application to encourage and sustain healthy behaviours.
Title: MED4Youth - Mediterranean Enriched Diet for tackling Youth Obesity
Program/Funding: PRIMA - Initiative Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area, Section II, 2018
Start/End: 2019-2023
PI: Daniele Del Rio
Partecipants (Human Nutrition Unit): Alice Rosi, Elena Bertolotti, Perla Degli Innocenti, Vicente Agulló, Nicole Tosi, Claudia Favari, Pedro Mena, Francesca Scazzina
Other participants: Federico Bergenti, Eleonora Iotti, Davide Beretta e Susanna Esposito (UNIPR), Maddalena Petraroli e Maria Elisabeth Street (AOUPR), EURECAT (Spagna, coordinatore), University of Coimbra (Portogallo), SHIKMA (Israele), Scientific Food Center (Giordania) e Novapan (Spagna).
MENTORING
The MENTORING project aims to improve the nutritional and metabolic status of patients with lung cancer through a personalized nutrition approach. Specifically, the project seeks to provide tailored nutritional recommendations in line with the established nutritional treatment guidelines for individuals undergoing oncology care for lung cancer, ultimately enhancing their quality of life.
Title: MENTORING - Addressing Malnutrition and mEtabolic health in Non-communicable diseases ThrOugh pRecIsion Nutrition: impact in quality of life and proGnosis of lung cancer patients.
Program/Funding: HORIZON–EIC–2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01
Start/End: 2024-2028
PI: Pedro Mena
Partecipants (Human Nutrition Unit): Alice Rosi, Federica Bergamo, Francesca Scazzina, Letizia Bresciani, Nicola Bragazzi, Claudia Favari, Daniele Del Rio
Other partecipants: Marcello Tiseo, Marco Ventura, Francesca Turroni (Microbiome Research Hub, UNIPR), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, IMDEA Alimentación (Spagna, coordinatore), German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg (Germania), I3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde dell’Università di Porto (Portogallo), Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems (Germania)
MoreMedDiet
The MoreMedDiet project aims to promote the adoption of the traditional Mediterranean Diet in different population groups. This goal wants to be achieved through the creation of healthy and tasty recipes considering consumers' ideas and suggestions while raising awareness of the overall benefits of the Mediterranean Diet.
Title: MoreMedDiet- More on the adoption of a healthy Mediterranean diet
Program/Funding: PRIMA - Initiative Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area, Section II, 2022
Start/End: 2023-2026
PI: Gianni Galaverna
Partecipants (Human Nutrition Unit): Alice Rosi, Federica Bergamo, Francesca Scazzina, Perla Degli Innocenti, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
Other partecipants: Martina Cirlini, Cristina Mora, Giovanni Sogari, Audrey Cavalieri – UNIPR (Italy), Universidad de Extremadura, Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos - UEx (Spain), CICYTEX Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura (Spain), Damanhour University - DU (Egypt), Centre de Recherche Institut Paul Bocuse (France), JASSP SAS (France), Télécom Sud Paris, École de Institut Mines-Télécom (France), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Bioeconomia - CNR-IBE (Italy), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali - UNIFI-DAGRI (Italy), Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre - ipleiria-MARE (Portugal), Université de Tunis El Manar – UTM (Tunisia), Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi (Turkey)
MYTOXA
Does feed-borne exposure to emerging mycotoxins during the freshwater phase affect salmon growth and performance later in life?
The project aims at investigating the accumulative toxicity of feed-borne emerging mycotoxins on salmon smolt robustness, microbiota, growth and survival prior to and post seawater transfer.
The project integrates in vitro, in silico and in vivo methodologies to study at the diverse level of complexity and the mechanisms of action of emerging mycotoxins on salmons' development and wellbeing.
Program/Funding: Norvegian Research Council
Partecipants: Luca Dellafiora (local PI)
NEFERTUM
Title: iNfluEnce of FERmenTation and cUltivation on spirulina aroMatic fraction ()
Program/Funding: ALIFAR project, funded by the Italian Ministry of University through the program “Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2023-2027
Start/End: March 2024-March 2025
PI: Francesco Martelli
Participants: Caterina Nicolotti, Luca Bettera
OnFoods
https://www.onfoods.it/research-projects/
Title: Research and innovation network on food and nutrition Sustainability, Safety and Security - Working ON Foods
Program/Funding: National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3 and European Union NextGenerationEU programme.
Start/End: november 2022 – october 2025
PIs: Letizia Bresciani, Daniele Del Rio, Pedro Mena, Cristina Mora, Francesca Scazzina (University of Parma)
Research Groups: Economia Agraria, Ispezione degli Alimenti di Origine Animale, Nutrizione Umana.
Other participants: Aldigeri Raffaella, Barbarese Alessandro, Barili Valeria, Bettini Ruggero, Bianchera Annalisa, Bonadonna Riccardo, Corradi Massimo, Dall’Asta Chiara, Dei Cas Alessandra, Ranzieri Silvia, Spigoni Valentina, Turroni Francesca, Ventura Marco, Zanotti Ilaria, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma (Italy), Bolton Group (Italy) University of Bologna (Italy), CEBAS-CSIC (Spain) University of Bari (Italy), Council for research in agriculture and the analysis of the agrarian economy (CREA, Italy), De’Longhi Group (Italy), Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology (United Kingdom), University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy).
PEFLAB
Project title: PEF in LAB fermentation for the production of innovative plant-based milk alternatives
Program/Funding: ALIFAR project, funded by the Italian Ministry of University through the program "Departments of Excellence 2023-2027
Start/End: March 2024-March 2025
PI: Marcello Alinovi
Participants: Elena Bancalari (UNIPR), Saveri Monica
PREDICT-CARE
https://hnu.unipr.it/en/predict-care/
The ERC PREDICT-CARE project aims at implementing integrative tools for the prediction, at individual level, of the cardiometabolic response to the consumption of dietary (poly)phenols, taking into account inter -individual differences in both metabolism and health effects of these plant food bioactives. The project consists of two intervention studies, one in acute and one under chronic conditions, and the development of an integrative,
high-throughput platform. A top-research project on personalised nutrition with plant bioactives.
Title: PREDICT-CARE - Developing tools for the PREDICTion, at individual level, of the CArdiometabolic REsponse to the consumption of dietary (poly)phenols
Program/Funding: ERC Starting Grant 2020 (cordis.europa.eu/project/id/950050)
Start/End: 2021-2025
PI: Pedro Mena
Partecipants (Human Nutrition Unit): Cristiana Mignogna, Maria Sole Morandini, Cristiano Negro, Joana Maria Santos Rebelo, Claudia Favari, Vicente Agulló, José Rinaldi De Alvarenga, Letizia Bresciani, Laila Guimaraes Zeraik Cardoso, Elisa Monica, Nicola Bragazzi, Alice Rosi, Nicole Tosi, Francesca Scazzina, Sara Dobani, Elisabetta Viale, Costanza Michelini, Furio Brighenti, Daniele Del Rio.
Other partecipants: Other participants: Other Participants: Ruggero Bettini, Annalisa Bianchera, Ilaria Zanotti, Chiara Dall’Asta, Valeria Barili, Riccardo Bonadonna, Alessandra Dei Cas, Valentina Spigoni, Raffaella Aldigeri, Massimo Corradi, Silvia Ranzieri, Alessandro Barbarese, Marco Ventura, Francesca Turroni (UNIPR), Davide Martorana (AOUPR), Rosalia Aloe (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma), Ruggero Bettini, Federica Bergenti, Giulia Frigeri, Patrizia Riso, Cristian del Bo', Monica Laureati, Camilla Cattaneo (University of Milano), Michele Vacca (Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology), Raúl Domínguez-Perles (CEBAS-CSIC).
PROMEDLIFE
PROMEDLIFE aims to increase adherence to the Mediterranean Diet through a multi-actor approach by encouraging the adoption of a healthy eating lifestyle while decreasing the environmental and economic impact of food production and processing. It also aims to attain optimal food communication and education through training programs that target students as well as their families, from children to older adults.
PROMEDLIFE aims to reverse the decline in adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, adopting four lines of intervention: 1 - analysis of socio-economic, cultural and personal factors; 2 - promotion of tailored and country-specific educative actions; 3 - creation and acceptability test of new healthy snacks; 4 - valorization of local Mediterranean products.
Title: PROmedLIFE - Novel food products for the PROmotion of MEDiterranean LIFEstyle and healthy diet
Program/Funding: PRIMA - Initiative Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area, Section I, 2021
Start/End: April 2022 – June 2025
PI: Francesca Scazzina (University of Parma)
Partecipants (Human Nutrition Unit): Alice Rosi, Beatrice Biasini, Cinzia Franchini, Perla Degli Innocenti
Other participants: Davide Menozzi, Chiara Biggi (UNIPR), Fondazione Edmund Mach (Italy, coordinator), Università di Trento (Italy), Jozef Stefan Institute (Slovenia), INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Maroc (Morocco), University of Carthage (Tunisia), Association Tunisienne des Sciences de la Nutrition (Tunisia), Hortus Novus (Italy), ATLAS Safran (Morocco), Mlekarna Planika (Slovenia), Ellinogermaniki Agogi (Greece), Contento Trade SRL (Italy), ENEA - Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibili (Italy).
Proteins4Beverages
Title: Plant protein ingredients for innovative and sustainable fermented beverages
Program/Funding: ALIFAR project, funded by the Italian Ministry of University through the program "Departments of Excellence 2023-2027
PI: Francesca Bot
Participants: Elena Bancalari (UNIPR), Saveri Monica.
S.M.A.R.T 360
Title: 360° shelf-life: application of green,smart sensors to visual monitoring food quality and reduce food waste.
Program/Funding: PRIN2022/ MUR-NextGeneration EU
Start/End: October 2023-October 2025
PI: Elena Bancalari
Participants: Elena Bancalari, Luca Zignego
SWITCHtoHEALTHY
SWITCHtoHEALTHY project aims to generate a dietary behaviour change by demon- strating and reinforcing the role of the family in promoting a sustainable transition towards enhancing the adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern of the family members (adults, adolescents, and children). This will be done by making available to families a combination of hands-on educational material and digital tools and comple- menting the dietary and lifestyle recommendations with easy-to-eat healthier snacking products.
Title: SWITCHtoHEALTHY - Switching Mediterranean consumers to Mediterranean sustainable healthy dietary patterns
Program/Funding: PRIMA - Initiative Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area, Section I, 2021
Start/End: 2022-2025
PI: Francesca Scazzina
Partecipants (Human Nutrition Unit): Alice Rosi, Perla Degli Innocenti
Other participants: Federico Bergenti (UNIPR), ENCO Consulting Srl (Italy, coordinator), Regione Campania (Italy), Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations - CEEBA (Egypt), Fundació EURECAT (Spain), Centro Nacional de Tecnología y Seguridad Alimentaria – CNTA (Spa Spain gna), Centre de Recerca en Economia i Desenvolupament Agroalimentari UPC-IRTA - CREDA (Spain), Delafruit SLU (Spain), Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural - DACC – (Spain), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas – CERTH (Greece), Consumers Lebanon (Lebanon), Université Ibn Tofail - Kénitra, Unité Mixte de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation - CNESTEN-IUT (Morocco), University of Mohammed Premier – UMP (Morocco), Soconarjiss Sarl (Morocco), Association Slow Food Tebourba (Turkey), Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi - BUÜ (Turkey), Kocahan Şekerleme (Turkey), İzmir Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism (Turkey).
TKPlate2.0
The overall objective of this procurement is to further develop biologically-based models for risk assessment and address more complex questions concerning single chemicals, multiple
chemicals, biological stressors and welfare conditions in farm and wild mammalian and bird species of relevance to food and feed safety.
The procurement aims at improving and further implementing the platform called TK Plate, which is a pilot, open-source platform that integrates PBK, PBKD, TK-TD and DEB models for humans and food-producing animals.
Program/Funding: EFSA (OC/EFSA/SCER/2021/07)
Partecipants: Luca Dellafiora (local PI), Chiara Dall’Asta, Gianni Galaverna.
Tra.Va.So.
Title: The Transformation and Valorization of By-products from the Food Supply Chain and Their Use as Elicitors in Agriculture
Program/Funding: Emilia-Romagna Region
Start/End: November 1, 2024 – October 31, 2027
PI: Tommaso Ganino (University of Parma)
Research Group: Plant Production, Food Microbiology, Food Chemistry, Food Technologies
Participants (Person, University): Camilla Lazzi, Massimiliano Rinaldi, Tullia Tedeschi (University of Parma)
UPea
Title: Upcycling pea waste side streams for developing future food ingredients
Program/Funding: Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN)
Start/End: 2023-2025PIs: Francesca Bot (UniPR), Stella Plazzotta (UniUD), Alessandro Zambon (UniBO)
Research Group: Food science and technology
Participants (Person, University): Emanuele Greco (PhD fellow)
VALDIMAR-ER
The project aims to enhance marine biological resources in a circular economy perspective, in order to obtain products of food and industrial interest and to develop new breeding techniques and technological processes for processing marine algae.
Title: VALDIMAR-ER: ‘Enhancement of the aquaculture supply chain through the use of marine waste’
Program/Funding: PR-FESR EMILIA ROMAGNA 2021-2027 program, Priority 1: RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS, Specific objective 1.1: Develop and strengthen research and innovation capacities and the introduction of advanced technologies Action 1.1.2.
Participants: Prof. Augusta Caligiani (local PI), Prof. Martina Cirlini.
Waste4Soil
Waste4Soil aims to develop technical recycling pathways applicable for transforming Food Processing Residues into Soil Improvers, through a circular, systemic and multi-actor approach at regional level. Waste4Soil aims to provide ecosystem solutions that include collaboration within and outside the project with the multiple and diverse stakeholders of this food waste value chain from farm to fork.
Title: Waste4Soil (Turning food waste into sustainable soil improvers for better soil health and improved food systems)
Program/Funding: European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation program under Grant Agreement n° 101112708.
Participants: Prof. Tullia Tedeschi (local PI), Dr. Barbara Prandi