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It attains the previous step for his development and industrial production allocated to the consumption

Biscuits and sauces that reinforce the immune system, from microalgas

Editorial Interempresas01/10/2012

The project Inmugal has achieved to develop the first prototypes of healthy foods from the microalgas 'Chlorella' and 'Spirulina'. It treats of traditional biscuits and sauces of low acidity (type mahonesas) that they can help to stimulate the human immune system thanks to the properties inmuno-estimuladoras that contain this type of microalgas, used like ingredients.

The prototypes developed of biscuits are elaborated to the oven and to base of traditional ingredients (flour of wheat, yeast, egg, butter, sugar). The sauces of low acidity have prepared with a base of oil, salt, yema of egg and juice of lemon, –characteristic ingredients of sauces mahonesas and aliolis of Spanish origin, so extended in the western gastronomy as I prepare–. So much to the biscuits as to the sauces has incorporated them during his manufacturing the microalga with effect inmunoestimulante, that is to say, with capacity to reinforce the immune system.

Microencapsulación Of the microalga

Inmugal Has studied, in this last phase of the project, the distinct processes to incorporate the microalgas in different traditional products of feeding of face to analyse his functionality, characteristic organolépticas or the microbiological useful life. Finally, the incorporation has realised by means of microencapsulación with the end that the function inmunoestimuladora initiate once the substance is in the stomach, treating to guarantee like this to the maximum his efficiency.

Studies of biodisponibilidad

Once incorporated the microalgas to the prototypes have realised proofs of biodisponibilidad to evaluate the functionality of the food and like this know the capacity of absorption of the substance by part of the organism. They have llevar simulations gastrointestinales través of an artificial stomach (biodigestor dynamic in vitro) by which has checked that after the digestive process keep the properties inmuno-estimuladoras of the prototypes of foods, as well as his intestinal resistance. Besides, also it has confirmed his bioactividad, that is to say his effect inmunoestimulante by means of cellular crops.

The results in both cases have been positive and open the road for the creation of new alimentary products, for which will be necessary to realise the corresponding clinical analyses that validate his potential inmunoestimulante in these new products that allow his back development and production to scale industrial.

The microalgas like nutritious value for the people

It has checked that some microalgas are a source of substances with high nutritious value like vitamins, sour grasos or essential amino acids, that are complementos exceptional for the feeding and can contribute beneficial effects for the people. That is the reason by which increasingly arouses the interest of his investigation and his application directs to the field of the biotechnology applied to the feeding.

In a first phase, Inmugal evidenció of scientific way the application of the microalgas 'Chlorella' and 'Spirulina', rich in vitamins, sour grasos, essential amino acids and polysaccharides, like ingredients for foods oriented to stimulate the immune system.

Investigation applied in collaboration

The project Inmugal is funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), through the program Profit of Technological Centres for the Investigation Applied and Programmed of Projects of Experimental Development (Profit). It has had a length of two years and have participated in him ainia technological centre, that leads the project, and Azti-Tecnalia, Tecnalia Research & Innovation and the technological centre Inbiotec like partners.