Development and implementation of innovative functional foods aimed at preventing diet-related diseases

In November 2023, Laboratorium Galenowe Olsztyn signed a co-financing agreement with the National Centre for Research and Development for a project selected in the 1st call of the NUTRITECH programme – “Nutrition in the context of challenges of improving societal well-being and climate change”. The project is being implemented in consortium with the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn.

Project Title:

Development and implementation of innovative functional food aimed at the prevention of diet-related diseases

Diet-related diseases are among the most serious public health challenges. The objective of the project is to develop and prepare new functional food products, whose composition and technology will be focused on supporting nutritional prevention. We will focus on safety, quality, and repeatability of health-promoting parameters, so that the final products can enter regular production and distribution.

What will be developed in the project?

• scientifically validated concepts of functional food recipes,
• developed and tested technological processes ready for industrial implementation,
• documentation necessary for launching production and for the quality and stability evaluation system,
• organizational and technological solutions implementing sustainable development principles in manufacturing and logistics (e.g. waste reduction, rational use of raw materials and energy, responsible distribution).

Benefit for consumers:
Consumers will gain access to a new category of functional food products that support healthy nutrition, and LGO will gain technological and operational readiness for stable, scalable production.

Funding:

• Total project cost: PLN 3,520,758.61
• NCBR funding: PLN 2,900,617.66
• Own contribution: PLN 620,140.95

Partnership:
The project is implemented as a consortium including a scientific institution: the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn.

The project is funded by the National Centre for Research and Development under the NUTRITECH programme – Nutrition in the context of challenges of improving societal well-being and climate change.