- Oscar Ramírez
- Project Manager
- [email protected]
- +34 620480444
- Spain
- FUNDITEC
- Research Organisation (Private)
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Fundación Tecnológica Advant (FUNDITEC) is a non-profit technological center located in Madrid. The Funditec Technological Center plays a key role in the value chain of technological development, offering sustainable and safe R&D projects to its clients and industrial partners in accordance with current economic and social needs. The Funditec Technological Center develops innovative projects in our own laboratory facilities in three strategic areas: Advanced Materials, Cybersecurity and Agro-food.
- Topic 1.3.1-2024 (IA) – Developing cost-effective and sustainable technologies adapted to Mediterranean Food Systems to decrease food loss and waste.
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We are interested in participating in a consortium to build a proposal for reduction of food loss and waste; we could be involved in increasing shelf-life of products through use of Edible films and coatings with the aim of:
1. Replace “single use” plastic materials for food packaging.
2. Reduce losses in harvesting, conditioning and subsequent treatments of fresh products.
3. Maintain the quality of food products through the use of natural compounds and environmentally friendly techniques.The benefits will be:
1. Extend shelf-life.
2. Preserve food properties.
3. Reduce transfer of water, volatile flavors, and gases (O2, CO2).
4. Improve sensory (appearance, odor, flavor) and nutritional properties.
5. Enhance mechanical properties to maintain the product quality.
6. Carrier of ingredients, such as antioxidants, antimicrobials, flavors, and nutrientsWe can also print food product prototypes based on edible, develop of clean label (additive free) formulations as superficial coatings for food products, valorization of by-products fractions from plant and fish industries (minimally processed, preserves, frozen, etc.) as ingredients for new food product developments.
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food packaging, antioxidant, antimicrobial, edible coatings, clean label formulations.