About
The University of Granada (UGR) is a public university situated in the historical city of Granada. The University was officially founded by the Emperor Charles V in the year 1531, and built on a centuries-old teaching tradition dating back to the madrasahs of the Nasrid dynasty of Granada. Since its founding, the UGR has expanded on a par with the city, with its faculties and schools distributed throughout the metropolitan area. Five of the UGR’s seven campuses are spread out across the city of Granada, giving it an unmistakable university atmosphere. Meanwhile, the University’s campuses in the North African cities of Ceuta and Melilla make it one of the few genuinely intercontinental universities in the world.
Role in the project
In the MARMADE project, UGR is leading the WP4 on the “Validation of nutritional and health proper”. Briefly, this WP is supporting WP1, WP2, and WP3 by conducting comprehensive quality assessments of biomass, food and feed ingredients, and developed prototypes, with a continuous feedback loop for sample analysis between the respective WPs. Moreover, WP4 will conduct thorough quality assessments to identify and mitigate potential allergenicity and toxicity associated with the developed ingredients, ensuring their safety and efficacy for human and animal consumption. The information that will be collected in this WP will be the base for a further report on novel foods according to the EFSA guidelines. Additionally, in vivo trials will be assessed on feed prototypes in order to establish their nutritional and functional properties.
Finally, UGR also participates in other WPs using non-thermal technologies (i.e. FIR drying, pulsed electric fields and ultrasounds) as pretreatment or treatment of biomasses.
Team leader
Vito Verardo