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Chips for key sectors, artificial intelligence, precision fermentation and innovations to protect natural capital are technology trends for 2025

2025-01-10T13:35:14+01:00December 13th, 2024|Automotive, Autonomous and professional robotics, Big Data, Food, ICT, Materials Processing and Capital Equipment, Nutrition and Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Designing and manufacturing specific chips for key sectors of the economy is one of the technological trends set to shape 2025 says the scientific team at the Eurecat technology centre. They also predict that generative artificial intelligence will continue to grow in the coming year with disruptive applications and greater integration with technologies including [...]

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Study explores improving families’ eating habits based on the Mediterranean diet

2024-12-24T10:00:23+01:00November 13th, 2024|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

Ninety families are improving their eating habits based on the Mediterranean diet by taking part in a nutritional intervention study and educational programme designed by dieticians and nutritionists in the European SwitchToHealthy project. The initiative aims to increase adherence to the Mediterranean diet “of all family members, including children, teens and adults, by encouraging [...]

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Eurecat develops nutraceutical ingredient to enhance body composition and metabolic health in menopausal women

2024-10-25T12:49:00+02:00October 17th, 2024|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has developed a multi-ingredient amino acid to ameliorate the impact of overweight, obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the health of menopausal women where the build-up of belly fat can lead to metabolic disorders and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease which accounts for 47 percent of deaths in [...]

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Catalan firm Enkitek robotises fruit harvesting in soilless agriculture with technological support from Eurecat

2024-10-25T12:24:49+02:00September 23rd, 2024|Autonomous and professional robotics, Food, Press Notes|

The Catalan company Enkitek with the technological support of Eurecat has designed a robot for monitoring fruit and vegetable crops in soilless agriculture, checking their quality and point of ripeness and harvesting them. The system adds to traditional labour operations by enhancing their productivity through the combination of various Industry 4.0 technologies such as [...]

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Centre for Omic Sciences to address the role of microbiota in nutritional, clinical and environmental studies

2024-09-24T10:54:51+02:00September 12th, 2024|Food, Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes|

This October, the second Symposium of the Centre for Omic Sciences, a joint unit of the Eurecat technology centre and Rovira i Virgili University (URV), will address the latest advances in understanding microbiota and their role in clinical studies in various fields of health, nutritional interventions and the environment with academic and industry experts. [...]

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Study reveals benefits of red-fleshed apples for cardiovascular health

2024-09-24T09:34:42+02:00July 18th, 2024|Food, Health, Nutrition and Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes|

Red-fleshed apples are the ones with red skin and flesh. They belong to the Red Sun variety derived from commercial cultivation of red-fleshed “Redlove” apples originating in Switzerland, and in Catalonia they are mainly grown in Mollerussa. This red fruit stands out for its high anthocyanin content, a pigment from the flavonoid family that [...]

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Cutting-edge solution for designing new high-value food products is one of Eurecat’s innovative technologies at Food4Future

2024-06-05T12:14:06+02:00April 17th, 2024|Autonomous and professional robotics, Fires, Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

At Food4Future, which is taking place in Bilbao until 18 April, the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing a connected, smart device for controlling the cooking of meat and fish in real time which gives instructions in the kitchen to optimise the quality of the process together with a cutting-edge solution harnessing solid-phase fermentation technology [...]

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Eurecat takes part in OPTIPROT network in search of the best combination of proteins for a healthy and sustainable diet

2024-06-05T12:08:14+02:00April 11th, 2024|Food, Nutrition and Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the Cervera Network of Excellence OPTIPROT project, coordinated by AZTI, which seeks to furnish the food industry with tools to find the best combination of protein sources and shift towards a healthy and sustainable food system. AZTI, the project's coordinador, together with the technology centres Eurecat, [...]

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New Eurecat technology unlocks novel alternative protein ingredients from plant sources, insects, nuts, mushrooms and algae

2024-06-05T11:38:03+02:00March 19th, 2024|Fires, Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

At the Alimentaria trade fair, the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing fermentation technology as an innovative tool for getting novel ingredients based on alternative protein from plant sources, insects, nuts, mushrooms and algae while also optimising the sensory and nutritional properties of plant-based proteins to help make the agri-food industry more sustainable. With the [...]

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Eurecat studies new treatment for obesity and fatty liver disease in menopausal women

2024-06-05T11:33:44+02:00March 14th, 2024|Food, Health, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is studying the effectiveness of a new therapy based on a multi-ingredient amino acid to ameliorate the impact of obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the health of menopausal women. Specifically, Eurecat’s Nutrition and Health Unit is to run a three-month nutritional intervention with menopausal women to investigate how [...]

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