Project Financed by UEFISCDI – Programme 3 – European and International Cooperation – Sub- programme 3.5 Other initiatives and European and international programmes, EUREKA traditional projects (network), EUREKA cluster, EUROSTARS Financing contract no. 99/2016 Link to project page on Eureka website: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/project/id/9936 UEFISCDI – Romanian Contracting Authority, link: https://uefiscdi.gov.ro

Σ! 9936 SOYZYME

Developing innovative, enzyme-based technologies for structuring and processing soy protein

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Project director:  Dr. ZORICA KNEZEVIC-JUGOVIC, zknez@tmf.bg.ac.rs

Responsible for the project Sojaprotein: BSc. MILAN SEVO, milan.sevo@victoriagroup.rs

Responsible for the project Natural Ingredients R&D: ing. PETRU BARZAN, petrubarzan@gmail.com

Responsible for the project Expergo Business Network: ing. CATALIN BILBIE, catalin@expergo.ro

Responsible for the project INCDBA-IBA: Dr. ALINA CULETU, alinaculetu@gmail.com

 

Project Summary:

A protein hydrolyzate with special characteristics will be obtained. In addition, a pilot plant for producing this hydrolyzate will be carried out in Serbia. Hydrolyzate (both solid and liquid variants) will be sent to Romania for characterization, analysis and additional research to be transformed into a food supplement.

The Serbian industrial partner is a soybean producer and processor, who also has a health program called SojaVita. Unit Research from Serbia – University of Belgrade, Faculty of Metallurgical technologies, has excellent expertise on enzymatic treatments and will generate an innovative enzymatic technology (by non-thermal treatment).

The Romanian Coordinator (Natural Ingredients R & D SRL) is an innovative technology company that produces ingredients for cosmetic and food industries and wants to introduce soybean suppliments into its product portfolio. The food supplement, improved with the help of Romanian research specialists (INCDBA – Institute of Food Bioresources) will be tested in food (bakery and meat), obtained at the pilot stations of the institute. The Institute seeks to extend food standards, which it capitalizes on its pilot plant. The third Romanian partner – Expergo Business Network SRL – is an innovative company specializing in sensorial analysis, which will perform both the hydrolysates sensorial profile study and descriptive sensory analysis tests as well as quantitative product testing, functional product testing on consumers and the degree of acceptance and preference of consumers.

The Romanian-Serbian partnership in the project has a durable character and, after the end of the project, the Serbian side ensures the raw material (pilot plant) and the Romanian part the market opportunity of the food supplement and of the new food products, standardized on the pilot stations of IFB.

Participation in conferences, congresses, symposiums:

Participare la conferinta Food Tech 2018 Novi Sad, Serbia, link: http://foodtech.uns.ac.rs/

Postere cu rezultate din proiect, prezentate la conferinta Food Tech 2018, 23-25 Octombrie 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia:

Poster CEFood

Poster Soyzyme Foodtech Serbia

Prezentari postere

Poster cu rezultate din proiect, prezentat la conferinta Food Quality & Safety, Health & Nutrition (NUTRICON), 12 – 14 June 2019, Ohrid, Macedonia:

Poster Ohrid Macedonia

Poster Imekofoods

 

Activities carried out in the project:

Stage 1 / 2017

Stage 2 / 2018

Stage 3 / 2019

Stage 4 / 2020

 

Intalnire de proiect:

Romania, Bucuresti, 8 iunie 2017, la sediul IBA București

Serbia, 23-25 octombrie 2018

Romania, Bucuresti, 4 iunie 2019

 

Vizite tehnologice:

2018, BUCURESTI

2019, BUCURESTI