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NANOTECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE FOOD QUALITY, SAFETY AND NUTRITION

Objective

The goal of this proposal is to develop four nanotechnology enabled solutions to improve food quality, safety and nutrition.Specific objectives:Objective 1: Fabrication, characterization, and utilization of functional food-grade nanoparticles (PD: David Julian McClements)Objective 2: Association colloids as lipid oxidation nanoreactors (co-PD: Eric Decker)Objective 3: Quantify sensory attributes and consumer acceptance for functional food-grade nanoparticles (co-PD: Alissa Nolden)Objective 4: Development of Raman and surface enhanced Raman scattering methods for micro/nano particle contaminant detection in food (co-PD: Lili He)

Investigators
McClements, D. Julian ; Decker, E. A.; Nolden, Al, .; He, Li, .
Institution
University of Massachusetts
Start date
2020
End date
2024
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
MAS00559
Accession number
1023318
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