Ainia Participates in a European initiative that has helped to 118 SMEs to innovar in foods healthier

In the last years, the politics of the European Union is heading to to promote a healthier feeding. In this field, after three years of work, the project of cooperation interregional Foodsme-Hop, in which Ainia participates of form very active, has attained to help to 118 SMEs of the European southwest to innovar in his products doing them healthier. The decrease of salt, the alternatives to the utilisation of additives no natural and the incorporation of fats insaturadas that reduce the level of cholesterol in the foods have been the thematic head offices of the project centred, besides, in improving the capacity of innovation and competitiveness of the SMEs.

Between the activities developed, have llevar actions demostrativas technicians beside companies. In these practical activities, realised in pilot plants, have participated four technology centres of Spain, France and Portugal.

In concrete, the Institut give Corps Gras (ITERG) of Pessac (France) llevar an enrichment in Omega-3 of cheese of goat in the company Fromagerie Lemance. By his part, the Institut of Recerca i Technology Agroalimentaries (Irta, Spain), has worked in the reduction of the content of salt in ham cured in the company Pernils Llémena, whereas Ainia technological centre (Spain) based his investigations in the reduction of the content of salt in olive of table in the company Olives Edeta. Finally, the IPVC, Polytechnical Institute of Viana do Castelo (Portugal), has realised a replacement of synthetic preservatives in products cárnicos cured by means of the addition of bacteria acidolácticas in the company Minhofumeiro enchidos artesanais.

The project, cofinanciado by the European Bottom of Regional Development (Feder) that now concludes, has developed besides a total of 7 tools for the technological transfer to companies; 14 technical seminars and of innovation, as well as the edition and distribution of 7 diptyches and practical guides. A work that, with the participation of the technology centres, has arrived to more than 270 companies of Andalucia, Catalonia, Valencia and Extremadura in Spain, Aquitania in France, and north and centre in Portugal.