Assessing the beneficial effects of purple bacteria on human health? The CICN at the heart of the action
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Picture credit : UMONS - Baptiste Leroy
The Purple4Life1 project, funded by the Horizon Europe programme, is exploring a promising solution: using purple bacteria to produce innovative, nutrient-rich, and environmentally friendly ingredients.
The goal? To transform industrial co-products into food ingredients rich in protein, coenzyme Q10, and carotenoids, harnessing the remarkable potential of purple bacteria.
The project explores tangible applications: nutrition for the elderly or those with deficiencies, sustainable alternatives for aquaculture… and even the psychological barriers to their adoption.
UCLouvain's participation, and more specifically that of the CICN, will focus mainly on assessing the beneficial effects of purple bacteria on human health, with the setting up of a multi-centre interventional clinical study in collaboration with the universities of Seville and Bratislava.
On June 10 and 11, the official launch place at UMONS with all the European partners of the project.
1Purple4Life is a European project funded under a HORIZON Research and Innovation Action (RIA) – Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU).
It is coordinated by UMONS, in collaboration with the following partners: UAntwerp, TU Delft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), UCLouvain, Imperial College London, Nofima, Pablo de Olavide University, Fraunhofer Institute, SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, and Comenius University of Bratislava.