In addition, during the day today was presented the Chair of Nutrition and Biotechnology in collaboration with Laboratorios Salvat
"Biotechnology increases its importance in food and their processes and technologies that allow a wide industrial use at a reasonable cost. We will see in the near future new applications of biotechnology, surely one of his greatest challenges is collaboration to eradicate hunger in the world. "
This forceful has shown the company's General Director Salvat Biotech, Jordi Julve, who has taught at the Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), a paper entitled "Biotechnology and food.
A new market ', framed in the conference market, economy and innovation in food.
The Director General of Salvat has defined biotechnology as "a set of processes and technologies that use living organisms and their metabolites for the acquisition or improvement of food."
Similarly, he asserted that "biotechnology is called to stage a major role in the world of food, contributing to profitable production processes, eliminating pests and providing positive health qualities, among many other possibilities."
On the role of biotechnology in the food market today, Jordi Julve said that it is a considerable economic factor.
"Biotechnology is great contributions, either in improving the performance of procurement processes, such as new resistant crops, or the improvement of food with higher nutritional value or sensory impairment," he assured the speaker.
Probiotics and prebiotics
"The contribution of probiotics and prebiotics to the diet is signifying a real change in the scientific view on these components," he asserted Julve, who also added that "its increasing use in food supplements is enabling the realization of numerous clinical studies that help to demonstrate its many beneficial effects on human health. "
Chair Nutrition and Biotechnology
In addition, during the day today, has also presented the Chair of Nutrition and Biotechnology, born through the collaboration between the UCAM and Salvat Laboratories.
Source: UCAM