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26 Oct 2021

Vitawatch: your agrifood intelligence round-up for October

By Anne-Laure

The impact of intestinal health on blood pressure and mental well-being, new processes for extracting pectin, innovative methods for evaluating soil health or for protecting crops from insects, consumer acceptance of lab-grown cheese...   Read the latest round-up of agri-food scientific intelligence in our Vitawatch bulletin for October 2021. Food and health Gut microflora and foods high in flavenoids work together to improve blood pres…

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15 Sep 2021

Vitawatch: agri-food intelligence round-up for September

By Anne-Laure

Sustainable agriculture, nutrition and health benefits, food formulations and processes, consumer behaviour, food safety...  Throughout the world, researchers are working on innovative solutions for tomorrow's food business.   The health benefits of insect protein, ingredient associations for boosting health, the discovery of a natural cyan blue colorant, recycling shrimp by-products for flavouring and nutritional ingredients, the diversity…

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16 Jun 2021

Organic, GMO-free… How to guarantee the compliance of your agricultural supply chain?

By Eugénie Cornu

French consumers are more and more concerned by the impact of their diets on their health and on the environment. According to a recent Kantar World Panel survey, 79% of French people fear that the food they eat is harmful to their health, and 67% say that they have changed their consumption habits due to environmental awareness. In the face of this evidence, several labels of quality are showing favour with consumers, for example regarding…

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02 Jun 2021

Vitawatch: agri-food intelligence round-up for June

By Anne-Laure

Around the world, researchers in nutrition-health, taste, food safety and technologies are providing us with exciting advances.   Bioactive compounds of citrus fruits may be effective in combatting age-related cognitive decline. Research programs are investigating the origins of increasing food allergies. Sensory science is shedding new light on the sensation of astringency. A research group is studying the use of insect flour adapted for…

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06 Apr 2021

Unlocking the power of mushrooms

By Anne-Laure

Porcini, morels, chanterelles, truffles… our forests and woods are full of fungal epicurean delights. Mushrooms, "the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus", are eaten by French people at a rate of 1.5kg per person per year (source).   More than 100,000 different species of fungus have been identified, including a little over 1,100 edible varieties, and around 500 varieties are used for traditional medicine (source).   Outside…

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10 Mar 2021

Vitawatch: agri-food intelligence round-up for March

By Anne-Laure

Plants that naturally have fewer allergens… Changes in gut flora as an early sign of type 2 diabetes… Ideas for reducing food waste in the home or for improving healthy eating… A new process for measuring the antioxidant capacity of foods… Rapeseed as the protein of the future... A "miracle" cure for bacterial plant infections...    Throughout the world, from the USA to Japan, scientists in the fields of health and nutrition, food behaviou…

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05 Nov 2020

Vitawatch: agri-food intelligence round-up for November

By Anne-Laure

Food and health, consumer behaviours, packaging, formulation, sustainable agriculture… What are the latest scientific advances for agri-food from around the world?   Identifying the brain cells controlling sugar craving, genetically modified rice as a treatment for hypertension, peanut waste products as a health ingredient in chocolate, Generation Z's doubts about lab-grown meat...   Read our Vitawatch monthly agri-food intelligence briefin…

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12 Jun 2020

Vitawatch: agri-food intelligence round-up for June 2020

By Anne-Laure

Food and health, consumer behaviours, packaging, formulation, sustainable agriculture… What are the latest scientific advances for agri-food from around the world?   The role of immunonutrition in the face of the Covid-19 crisis, diet and dementia, packaging made from the durian plant, breaksin the cold chain, fertilisers made from urine… areas of scientific research can sometimes be surprising but always in service of discovery and innova…

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28 Feb 2020

Vitawatch: agri-food intelligence roundup for February 2020

By Anne-Laure

Food and health, consumer behaviours, packaging, formulation, sustainable agriculture… What are the latest scientific advances for agri-food from around the world?   A beverage able to control your blood sugar level, a detailed analysis of your microbiota, satellite data used to improve agricultural yields in Africa, the influence of social media on diet... scientific research is ongoing in all areas of agri-food innovation.   Read our Vita…

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07 Feb 2017

UMR Agro-ecology and LabEx SPS: a fantastic potential for plant research

By Anne-Céline Renaud

Two world class reseach units within the Vitagora network group together over over 60 research teams and a total of nearly 900 research personnel, contributing vital knowledge to advance the practices of sustainable agriculture. For the good of our food, our health and our relationship to the environment.   Agro-ecology research unit (Dijon) Improving knowledge and understanding of microbial and plant biodiversity   In 2014, a new Agro-ecolo…

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