DFF-green transmission project: Impact of plant-based diet on the consumption of health promoting microRNA’s

Martin Krøyer Rasmussen , Milena Corredig & Rong Zhou

With today’s climate changes and limited resources, the availability of high quality proteins for consumption is increasingly challenged. Plant-based alternative protein sources has been identified. However, animal based food ingredients (e.g. milk) contains exosomes encapsulating microRNA (miRNA) with health beneficial properties. Thus, minor compounds of importance for health are provided by the food and we are currently lacking knowledge about these in plant-based diets. To deliver this, the aim of this project is to map dietary plants that contains exosomes with miRNA and provide proof-of-concept by demonstrating that the exosomes are prone to processing, digestion and has biological activity. This is done by 1) documenting the content of exosomes and miRNA in dietary plants, 2) determine the stability towards food processing and human digestion and 3) deliver knowledge on the health beneficial properties of the exosomes and how to increase the health potential of plants.Description

01/01-2021 → 01/06-2024

GreenImPro

Trine Kastrup Dalsgaard & Annette Bruhn

01/03-2023 → 28/02-2026

Måling og reduktion af metan i praksis (METAKS)

Lars Wiking , Nina Aagaard Poulsen , Margrethe Therkildsen , Peter Lund , Christian Friis Børsting , Nicolaj I. Nielsen & Martin Øvli Kristensen

The project will form the basis for reducing methane emissions from cattle by 1 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030, corresponding to the government's agreement on the green transformation of Danish agriculture. The mean of action is the implementation of feed additives, feed materials and feeding strategies to reduce the methane emission from the cow.

Equipment will be installed to measure methane emissions from individual cows on several cattle farms. This will provide a unique trial setup to test and optimize the allocation of feed additives under practical conditions in order to achieve the greatest possible reduction in methane emissions, without affecting the cows' feed intake, milk yield, health or welfare. Furthermore, the project must ensure that the quality of the milk and meat is not impaired by the use of feed additives.

The project will provide a unique opportunity to bring the feed additives and feeding strategies closer to Danish farmers and companies and enable them to be the first worldwide to implement these strategies and additives in practice to reduce methane emissions
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01/01-2023 → 01/12-2025

NaFoCo

Trine Kastrup Dalsgaard , Martin Jensen , Anders Hauer Møller & Marianne Danielsen

Det overordnede mål med NaFoCo er at udvide den danske position til den meget konkurrenceprægede internationale naturlige madfarve, markedsføre og fremskynde fuld udskiftning af kunstige madfarver for at imødekomme forbrugernes efterspørgsel og gavne menneskers sundhed.
Ved brug af sorte gulerødder (BC) som modelafgrøde etablerer NaFoCo en industriel platform til hurtig udvikling af skræddersyede naturlige farver, der muliggør yderligere udskiftning af kunstige farver med naturlige løsninger i udfordrende madapplikationer. AU-FOODs vil i projektet udvikle en analytisk platform til at forstå, hvorledes anthocyaniners molekylære strukturers påvirker farve- nuance og intensitet samt stabilitet. Ydermere bliver molekylære strukturer relateres til genetik og miljøpåvirking.
Oterra A/S er projektleder på NAFCOCO.
Fra AU FOOD er Trine Kastrup Dalsgaard leder på projektet og Martin Jensen er arbejdspakkeleder.
AU Flakkebjerg på genetikområdet .Description

01/01-2020 → 31/12-2024