METROFOOD-IT: Integrated Methodologies for Authenticity, Traceability and Nutritional Quality of Agrifood |
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| P. Adamo, F. De Filippis, R. Ofano, L. Ruggiero, P. Vitaglione |
- Abstract:
- METROFOOD-IT 'Strengthening of the Italian Research Infrastructure for Metrology and Open Access Data In support to the Agrifood' is a project funded by European Union,NextGenerationEU, PNRR - M4C2, Investment 3.1: Fund for the realisation of an integrated system of research and innovation infrastructures - IR0000033 (D.M. Prot. n.120 del 21/06/2022) (https://www.metrofood.it/en/). METROFOOD-IT aims to support research and innovation in the agrifood by providing integrated and advanced services, boosting the digitalization of agrifood systems and their efficiency, traceability, and sustainability, increasing the reliability of products and processes and information provided to citizens, authorities, and food system actors. Within METROFOOD-IT Consortium the Department of Agricultural Sciences of University of Naples Federico II (OU UNINA1) possesses facilities and expertise to assess the Authenticity, Traceability and Nutritional Quality of the agri-food products through application of a flow of analytical methodologies. The facility will also provide TNA and host a PhD programme. The Authenticity and Traceability laboratory is specialized in applying a fingerprinting strategy based on spectroscopy (NIR and MIR) and geochemical (multielement and isotopic signatures) analysis combined with chemometric data treatments to predict quality properties and for authentication of high-quality (PDO, PGI) agri-food products according to their geographical area of origin. The Food, Nutrition and Health laboratory is specialized in the assessment of the Nutritional Quality and functionality of the agri-food products and side streams to improve also processing sustainability through food innovation. Metabolomics is applied using high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC/HRMS Orbitrap, LC/MS/MS, GC/MS), liquid and gas-chromatography (HPLC/DAD, GC/FID), Luminex technology (BioPlex200). The laboratory of Microbial Ecology provides the expertise in food microbial ecology through the application of novel metagenomics-based techniques for identification of microbiome profiles (isolated strains, metagenomics profiles) as markers of food quality or origin tracer of food products (anaerobic cabinet, PCR machines and cabinets, Bioanalyzer of DNA quality for Shotgun metagenomics).
- Keywords:
- multielement fingerprinting, isotopic signatures, metabolomic, microbiome, metagenomics profiles
- Download:
- IMEKO-TC23-2023-082.pdf
- DOI:
- 10.21014/tc23-2023.082
- Event details
- IMEKO TC:
- TC23
- Event name:
- 7th IMEKOFOODS Conference
- Title:
Worldwide food trade and consumption: quality and risk assessment
- Place:
- Maisons-Alfort/Paris, FRANCE
- Time:
- 25 October 2023 - 27 October 2023