Development of innovative fruit products with high pro-health potential, intended especially for people with specific nutritional needs

PROJECT OBJECTIVE: The aim of the project is to develop recipes and technologies for innovative products of beverages, jellies and concentrated desserts, with high fruit content and reduced energy content, sweetened with steviol glycosides. These products will constitute a valuable component of the diet of the general population, providing valuable bio-components contained in fruits, i.e. vitamins, antioxidants and mineral salts. Each of the product groups will be at the same time intended for a defined group with specific nutritional needs: overweight and diabetic people, children and the elderly. Fruit with recognized pro-health properties will be used for production; Rosa rugosa, sea buckthorn, chokeberry, cranberry and acerola. Recipes and production technology will focus on obtaining products with the highest possible content of bioactive ingredients, high antioxidant capacity and sensory attractive. EXPECTED RESULTS: The result of the project will be the development of recipes, technologies and the launch of industrial production of three lines of energy-reduced products sweetened with stevia preparations, rich in health-promoting nutrients. These products have a great chance for commercialization and implementation into industrial practice by Polish producers of processed fruit and vegetables. The implementation of these products is possible in virtually any, moderately equipped processing plant The project is carried out in a consortium consisting of the Medical University of Warsaw, Premium Rosa Sp. z o.o and the Leader- Prof. Waclaw Dabrowski Institute of Agriculture and Food Biotechnology.