The Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia has rewarded the funding for the project "Functional products based on goat's milk proteins and bioactive compounds extracted from grape pomace and edible mushrooms" FUNPRO.

Beneficiary is the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, and the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade is co-beneficiary.

Abstrakt

The FUNPRO project aims to make functional additives based on goat's milk protein and bioactive components extracted from mushrooms and grape pomace. These additives can be added to various food products, improving their functional, sensory and techno-functional properties, which can contribute to maintaining the health of consumers.

Healthier and sustainable food production is one of the main challenges facing the food industry today. Food scientists are intensively researching new functional additives that will improve food quality, on the one hand, and ways to reduce environmental impact during food production, on the other.

One of the most widely used food additives is cow's milk protein, but about 3% of the population is allergic to these proteins. On the other hand, goat's milk proteins are poorly used and have excellent techno-functional properties, have low allergenic potential and are better digested than cow's milk proteins. Mushroom extracts are a rich source of bioactive compounds that exhibit anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, while grape pomace extract is a rich source of phenolic compounds known for their antioxidant properties. These extracts have been insufficiently used in the formulation of food products due to poor solubility, stability and bioavailability. In order to take advantage of all the benefits of these products and overcome their disadvantages, FUNPRO will develop three different functional additives based on these components and test them in three food products.

Team leader:

Dr. Mirjana Pešić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade

Team members:

Dr. Mirjana Pešić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade

Dr. Miroljub Barać, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade

Dr. Slađana Stanojević, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade

Dr. Aleksandar Kostić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade

Dr. Ivana Sredović Ignjatović, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade

Danijel Milinčić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade

Dušanka Popović Minić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade

Ana Doroški, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade

Ana Bjeković, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade

Dr. Jasmina Glamočlija, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade

Dr. Jovana Petrović, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade

Dejan Stojković, Institut za biološka istraživanja „Siniša Stanković“, Institut od nacionalnog značaja za Republiku Srbiju, Univerzitet u Beogradu