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Georgeta Madalina Arama

- INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE -DEZVOLTARE PENTRU ECOLOGIE INDUSTRIALA - ECOIND

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PRODUCTION OF LOW CHOLESTEROL CONSUMER EGGS, NEW PRODUCT ON THE ROMANIAN MARKET Call name: Dezvoltare Produse - Sisteme - Tehnologii - 2012
PN-II-IN-DPST-2012-1-0085 2013 - 2015

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: AVICOLA BUCURESTI S.A.

Project partners: AVICOLA BUCURESTI S.A. (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU BIOLOGIE SI NUTRITIE ANIMALA - IBNA BALOTESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE -DEZVOLTARE PENTRU ECOLOGIE INDUSTRIALA - ECOIND (RO); MARNEWS CONSULTING S.R.L. (RO)

Affiliation: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE -DEZVOLTARE PENTRU ECOLOGIE INDUSTRIALA - ECOIND (RO)

Project website: http://www.avicolabucuresti.ro/proiect

Abstract:

Since the feeding habits of the population changed considerably during the past 50 years, with a higher consumption of animal foods, the number of people with cardio-vascular diseases increased in a worryingly manner. This created a constant pressure on the national budget for social insurances. The eggs have a particular place among the foods that supply essential nutrients for the humans, but the hen egg is perceived by the consumers as being rather unhealthy because of its high cholesterol. Within this context, the decrease of the hen egg cholesterol and the improvement of the feeding quality of the eggs, in general, is a priority for the poultry research. For this food with outstanding feeding qualities, readily available, the reduction of the cholesterol level might not just protect or improve the health state of the consumers, but will also produce economic-financial benefits because the reticence of the consumers will decrease and thus the demand for consumer eggs will increase.

The project aimed to develop innovative feeding solutions based on natural local resources, which to decrease the egg cholesterol. Such kind of egg is something new for the Romanian market; it represents a clear way of transforming ideas into innovative products with potential on the real market. A functional food is obtained by decreasing the egg cholesterol, through nutrition and using friendly feeding solutions, which has significant implications for a higher food safety and security.

The project consortium consists of S.C. AVICOLA BUCURESTI S.A.(CO), the National Research-Development Institute for Animal Biology and Nutrition – IBNA Baloteşti (P1), the National Research-Development Institute for Industrial Ecology - ECOIND Bucuresti (P2) and a SMED - SC Marnews Consulting SRL (P3) which produces feeding crops.

The general objectives of the project are:

 Development and homologation of innovative feeding solutions for laying hens, which to allow the production of low cholesterol eggs, within the context of the Romanian market

 Production, on the basis of in-depth interdisciplinary researches, of a functional food available for a broad category of consumers, with a role in maintaining the health state of the consumers and in preventing the onset of nutrition-related diseases (obesity, cardiovascular diseases, etc.). This will likely decrease the social costs for human health care by promoting a natural consumer food

 Production of eggs using friendly feeding solutions, while ensuring animal welfare, consumer safety and environmental protection.

 Promoting a partnership in them field of scientific research between two economic units and two national research institutes interested to diversify their production on the basis of sound scientific studies and as a means to penetrate and remain on the Romanian market.

With this view, the project will run interdisciplinary research activities going deep into the research topic, with the purpose to find solutions applicable to the problem of interest.

By its purpose, objectives and structure of the consortium, the project fits the requirements of the Program INNOVATION (PN-II-IN-DPST-2012-1), field of Agriculture, food safety and security, having an innovative character, market potential and social usefulness.

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