IV RANGE DISINFECTION Operational Group: Innovative technologies for disinfection and preservation of IV range vegetables and fruit
- Type Operational group
- Execution 2018
- Assigned Budget 5.385.177,00 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Andalucía; Comunitat Valenciana; Murcia, Región de; Navarra, Comunidad Foral de; Rioja, La
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
Description
This Operational Group was created to develop a sustainable and natural alternative, guaranteeing the shelf life and organoleptic quality of fresh-cut vegetables and fruits, through innovative alternative methods to current ones (hypochlorite), and using active edible coatings with biopolymers with the possible addition of compounds with antioxidant and/or antimicrobial effects.
Objectives
- Evaluate different innovative alternative methods to those currently used for sanitizing IV gamma plant products, ensuring safety.
- To study the use of active edible coatings composed of biopolymers with the possible addition of compounds with antioxidant and/or antimicrobial effects.
Results
- Obtaining more natural and healthier IV range plant products that offer an alternative to the use of chlorine as a disinfectant.
- Ensure the food safety of fresh-cut plant products by increasing their shelf life.
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: Anecoop S. Coop
- Coordinator/entity email: njuste@anecoop.com
Beneficiaries
- Anecoop S. Coop
Outsourced
- AGROFIELD
- Grupo riberebro
- DOMCA
- Ctic-Cita
- IRTA
- Tecnalia
- Food+i
- FIAB
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