R+D, research proposals

R+D research projects

• CoolSAVE 

  (Contract n:IEE/11/003/SI2.615920), IEE
  Development and dissemination of cost effective strategies to improve energy efficiency in cooling systems in the food and drink sector.
  Website: under development

• SUSCLEAN, EU FP 7 

  (Contract n. FP7-KBBE-2011-5, project agreement no. 287514):
  SUSCLEAN will contribute to the development and implementation of a new generation of environment-friendly equipment sanitation and food product decontamination technologies ensuring food safety. SUSCLEAN is focused on minimally-processed vegetables (MPV) i.e. vegetables physically altered from their original form by slicing and cutting but remaining in a fresh state.
  Website: under development

• FoodManufuture, EU FP 7 
  

  (Contract n.: FP7-KBBE-2011-5-289327):
  Conceptual Design of a Food Manufacturing Research Infrastructure to boost up innovation in Food Industry, Theme “Food Factory of the Future – Design Study” (KBBE.2011.2.3-02)
  www.foodmanufuture.eu

• SmartAgriFood 
  

  Future Internet for Safe and Healthy Food from Farm to Fork
  The Future Internet Public Private Partnership (FI-PPP) supported by the EU FP7 programme aims to make public service infrastructures and business processes significantly smarter (i.e. more intelligent, more efficient, more sustainable) through tighter integration with Internet networks and computer capabilities to increase the competitiveness of the European industry. Within that programme the SmartAgriFood project focuses on use case scenarios and early trials in the agri-food sector.
  The project consortium includes 21 beneficiaries from 7 countries (from Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Finland, Greece, Hungary, and the UK). The project has a balanced consortium representing both the ICT and the users’ community from the agri-food chain.
  www.smartagrifood.eu

• CAPINFOOD 
  

  The main objective of CAPINFOOD project is to improve the enabling environment for food innovation
  • by building the capacity of the supporting institutional framework
  • by reducing the barriers of innovation and
  • by promoting the public awareness on benefits of innovation in the food sector
  • through transnational collaboration
  www.capinfood.eu

• EcoBioCAP FP7 
  

  Ecoefficient Biodegradable Composite Advanced Packaging
  Within the EcoBioCAP FP7 project a next generation packaging will be developed using advanced composite structures based on constituents derived from the food industry by-products only and by applying innovative processing strategies to enable customisation of the packaging properties to fit the functional, cost, safety and environmental impact requirements of the targeted fresh perishable food.
  www.ecobiocap.eu

• SALSA, EU FP 7 (FP7-KBBE-2010-4)  
  

  Knowledge-based Sustainable vAlue-added food chains: innovative tooLs for monitoring ethical, environmental and Socio-economical impActs and implementing Eu-Latin America startegies
  www.salsaproject.eu

• SALUS, EU FP 7 
  

  SALUS - a european network to follow-up the reformulation of manufactured foods in terms of the reduction of the levels of fat, satured and trans fat, salt and sugar. Identification and exchange of good practices on the technical and economical aspects of reformulations in small and medium sized enterprises.
  SALUS project aims to follow-up the reformulation of the manufactured foods in order to promote healthier ways of life and reduce major diseases and injuries, assisting citizens nutrition through working in tight contact with SMEs, food industries associations, consumers associations, public authorities and NGOs coming mainly from the 12 EU Member States participating in the project: Italy, Finland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, UK, France, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary and Spain.
  www.salus-project.eu

• DREAM, EU FP 7 
  

  Design and development of Realistic food Models with well characterised micro- and macro-structure and composition
  http://dream.aaeuropae.org

• NAMASTE, EU FP 7 
  

  New Advances in the integrated Management of food processing waste in India and Europe: use of Sustainable Technologies for the Exploitation of by-products into new foods and feeds
  www.namaste-eu-india.org

• TRANSPARENT_FOOD, EU FP 7 

  Quality and integrity in food: a challenge for chain communication and transparency research
  www.transparentfood.eu

• PRO PRALINE 

  Structure and Processing for High Quality Pralines
  

• TRUEFOOD, EU FP7 

  The overall objective of the TRANSPARENT_FOOD Project is to contribute to the development of transparency in the sector by supporting understanding of its complexities, identifying the present state-of-the-art, learning from experiences, making stakeholders aware of specifying deficiencies and research needs, and formulating a research framework for facilitating future research initiatives.
  www.truefood.eu

• HELENA 

  Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence
  Adolescence is a crucial period in life and implies multiple physiological and psychological changes that affect nutritional needs and habits. The HELENA proposal includes cross-sectional, crossover and pilot community intervention multi-centre studies, as an integrated approach to the above-mentioned problem.
  Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence,(EU FP6-2003-Food-2-A, FOOD-CT-2005-007034 program)
  http://www.helenastudy.com
• SMEs-Net , EU FP6
  Assessment of the research needs and research practices of the food producer SMEs
  http://smes-net.ciaa.be
• INPLISTA, EU FP6
  Provides information about food quality and safety standards for EU-based small and medium enterprises
  www.inplista.eu
• EUREKA-AGRITOOL, DÉRI TRACE_06, OMFB-00718/2007
  Development of a Food Traceability and Safety System based on Electronic Data Capture and Management
• WINDAIR LEONARDO / "Lifelong Learning" program EU FP7
  Food safety systems in winemaking and in the manufacture of cheese, Training courses for implementing HACCP systems
  www.windair.org
• AgriFoodResults support, EU FP7
  European initiative for a better use of the results of agri-food research
  www.agrifoodresults.eu
• "IMSFood" (Innovation Management System for Sustainable Food Industry), ERA-Net, Cornet 7th calls
  The objective of the project is to develop particularly applicable, efficiency increasing and cost reduction techniques, which adjusted to specific conditions, facilities and resources of the SMEs working in the food chain.
  
• Risk assessment of typical Hungarian cooked, ready-to-eat meat products to determine their safe shelf-life (GVOP-3.1.1.-2004-05-0152/3.0)
• Technology and product development for construct a structure of a more effectively product ground in milling (ALK-00161/2002.)
• The effect of food processing technologies on the analytical detection of GMOs in products contain Soya based additives (OMFB - 00247/2002)
• Development of industrial risk assessment methods for GMO contamination from processed food (OMFB - 00401/2003)
• Developing modularly adjusted food products for a calorie watcher diet (GVOP-3.1.1.-2004-05-0352/3.0)
• Novel technologies and methods to improve the competitiveness of the Hungarian food industry (NKFP - 4/013/2001)