Spain

ALI-MENTAS

Scientific Lead / Contact

Dr. Biotza Gutiérrez
biotza.gutierrez@eurecat.org

Dr. Cynthia Giagnocavo
cgiagnocavo@ual.es

Dr. Carlos Herrero Sanches
sanchez@ual.es

Spanish Node of the future European Research Infrastructure in Food, Nutrition and Health (FNH-RI)

ALI-MENTAS is the Spanish Node of the future European Research Infrastructure in Food, Nutrition and Health (FNH-RI) that aims to link different actors in the food system (scientific community, producers, industry, administrations and consumers) in order to understand and investigate how to connect the health and physical, mental and social well-being of consumers with a sustainable, circular, integrated and efficient food system in the use of resources. The objective of ALI-MENTAS is to facilitate access to the resources and to state-of-the-art facilities to support high quality fundamental and applied research and therefore become the Spanish reference in the pan-European FNH-RI.

ALI-MENTAS’ partners brings expertise in the interconnection between Consumer with Nutrition (biomarkers; consumption habits; bioactive compounds; precision nutrition…), Food chain (digitalisation; processing …), Public Health (interface between food intake / exposure / effect of biomarkers / effects on physiological health) and Sustainability (environmental, social and economic).

Lead by Eurecat Technology Centre and supported by Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA); University of Almería (UAL); University of Lleida (UdL); University of Granada (UGR) and University of the Balearic Islands (UIB).

We offer: Access, analysis and exploitation of data, Ecosystem made up of companies, researchers and other relevant actors in the field of Nutrition, Food and Health, Scientific and technological facilities equipped with cutting-edge technologies,  Advanced services for companies and administrations en Specialized training.

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