Food

Eurecat is at Hub Foodtech & Nutrition which powers economic and social transformation through the technology and food industries

2022-04-17T17:44:21+02:00February 23rd, 2022|Corporatiu, Food, ICT, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Antoni Gaudí Auditorium hosted the unveiling of Hub Foodtech & Nutrition, one of the most ambitious projects Reus Town Council is submitting for EU Next Generation European Funds. It is led by the Council through municipal firm REDESSA, Tarragona Provincial Council, Rovira i Virgili University, the Eurecat technology centre and the private sector, represented by the [...]

Eurecat seeks volunteers to research and identify new nutritional and preventive strategies for post-menopausal women

2022-04-20T15:12:13+02:00October 18th, 2021|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre’s Reus-based Biotechnology Division is calling for volunteers to take part in a new study with post-menopausal women to better shape future nutritional strategies and prevent associated symptoms and illnesses. The study is to examine a number of metabolic, hormonal and gut microbiota parameters in 200 post-menopausal women in order to identify by [...]

Eurecat takes part in the 1st World Food Design Day, an international online marathon held to mark World Food Day

2022-07-14T10:57:19+02:00October 15th, 2021|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is backing food innovation and design by taking part in World Food Design Day 2021, a 20-hour international online marathon run by the FORK organisation this Saturday, 16 October, to tie in with World Food Day. Design and creative solutions will take centre stage at this event which will share best practices, actions [...]

Study on teenagers from several countries to see whether the Mediterranean diet can help them attain a healthy weight and habits

2022-07-14T10:59:20+02:00October 15th, 2021|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is leading the European MED4Youth project, the first nutritional intervention study to evaluate the effects of a Mediterranean diet-based dietary intervention against obesity in teenagers across several countries with a view to encouraging and helping this population segment to adopt healthy habits. As of 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that youth obesity has [...]

Meat protein-based pre-cooked convenience food developed for healthy older people

2022-07-14T11:13:00+02:00September 30th, 2021|Food, Press Notes|

Gastrogust Cuinats and Mafrica (Matadero Frigorífico del Cardoner) together with the Eurecat technology centre have carried out the 5-PROTEG project which has developed three meat protein-based pre-cooked convenience food dishes which bring added nutritional value especially suitable for the elderly segment of the population in good health. The project has been [...]

Splendid Foods and Eurecat roll out system tapping artificial intelligence and big data for better cold cut curing

2022-07-25T16:40:46+02:00April 29th, 2021|Food, ICT, Press Notes, Smart Management Systems|

Food group Splendid Foods, whose core business is making cured cold cuts, has partnered the Eurecat technology centre on a project which taps artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics for better cold cut curing. The Embot-ITs project “has designed and deployed a monitoring system equipped with IoT devices which gathers data from the curing procedure for processing [...]

Volunteers sought to demonstrate the efficacy of the Mediterranean diet in attaining a healthy weight and habits

2022-07-25T17:30:30+02:00February 19th, 2021|Food, Nutrition and Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre’s Reus site has announced a call to find 80 teenagers who would like to take part in the MED4Youthresearch project. It is designed to demonstrate that a Mediterranean diet featuring produce such as pomegranates, chickpeas, hummus, nuts and sourdough bread is effective in helping young people to attain a healthy weight and healthy [...]

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