Objective
The project’s overall objective is to research new technological pathways for the sustainable generation of new fat structures, exploring different technological strategies in depth: advanced extraction processes capable of recovering oleosomes from plant material, protein oleogelation processes for structuring liquid oils, precision fermentation processes for the production of Single Cell Oils, and the development of an olive plant cell line, Olea europaea.
The application of these new fat structures will not only make it possible to advance in the mimicking of plant-based products and analogues, but also to improve the nutritional, sensory and sustainability properties of the food matrices in which they are applied.
Activities
- Obtaining purified and/or emulsified oleosomes through advanced extraction processes.
- Optimisation of protein oleogelation processes for oil structuring.
- Obtaining new structured/emulsified fats with proteins from vegetable oils.
- Selection and characterisation of strains producing Single Cell Oils.
- Obtaining the optimal production conditions for Single Cell Oils.
- Establishing the optimal conditions for generating an olive cell line.
- Study of the legal framework.
- Management and coordination.
- Technology transfer.
Dissemination/Transfer
- Poster
- Press releases
AINIA leads the BOILÀ project to develop healthy and sustainable fats in plant-based foods
Food technology to develop healthier and more sustainable fats
- Dissemination articles
Technological innovation for the development of new healthy and sustainable solid fats
New fats in food: healthier and more sustainable
