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FOR Studentship: GImulsion - Process and Digestion Induced Changes in the Emulsion Structure of Industrially Relevant Nutritional Beverage

Reference	BBS/E/F/00042725
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Alan Mackie
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	4,680
Status	Current
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/01/2015
End date	31/12/2018
Duration	47 months

Abstract

Gimulsion - Process- and Digestion-Induced Changes in the emulsion structure of industrially relevant nutritional beverage The objective of the project is to evaluate and optimise protein-stabilised emulsions for nutritional beverages and to monitor structural changes during gastro-intestinal (GI) digestion. The more detailed specific objectives are to: 1. Establish formulation and process conditions for model emulsion (lab and pilot scale) 2. Physico-chemical characterisation of emulsions during processing, storage and simulated GI digestion 3. Incorporation of model emulsions into complex foods 4. Evaluation of bioaccessibility of oil-soluble nutrients such as carotenoids 5. To carry out an in vivo GI digestion of complex food, e.g. nutritional beverages The project hypothesis that will be tested is that industrial food processing profoundly affects the food structure, which will influence digestion process. Changing formulation and process conditions for protein-based emulsion have a profound effect on the underlying physico-chemical properties of the emulsion and therefore the rate and mechanism of GI digestion, bioaccessibility of nutrients and subsequently the health effects of food. The project will address the first three points and use appropriate laboratory

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Diet and Health
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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