In past years, we have seen a growing occurrence of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
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In past years, we have seen a growing occurrence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for 47% of deaths in Europe. Almost every second person in this room will die of cardiovascular disease (CVD). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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In past years, we have seen a growing occurrence of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for 47% of deaths in Europe
Almost every second person in this room will die of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) healthcare costs currently total ca. €195 billion
€195 billion could pay for 32 500 large-scale Focused Research Projects
within FP7 …
Where does it start?
Hundreds of Health Halos
Jim’s Hearty SandwichesFat free
Heart-
healthyLow calories
Cholesterol lowSugar free
Good Karma Healthy Foods
Light
Despite numerous potential health claim submissions to the
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
dossier describing a cause-and-effect relationship of polyphenols and
health of humans
has been given a favourable opinion
Only one
What can we do about it?
BACCHUS is a four-year research project with 28 Beneficiaries including 15 SMEs
from 11 countries, led by the Institute of Food Research (IFR, UK)
The main objective of BACCHUS is to…
… develop tools …
… develop tools …
and resources …
and resources …
...deliver robust and exploitablescientific evidence
to support health claims
...deliver robust and exploitablescientific evidence
to support health claims
… substantiate cause-and-effect relationship between consumption of bioactive peptides, polyphenols and
cardiovascular health in humans and …
… best practice guidelines to support SME food manufacturers
nine SMEs in the project and one RTD organisation will be able to develop
products with substantiated cardiovascular health claim
Main Outcome of BACCHUS
BACCHUS brings benefits for food industry SMEs
Project achievements will be publicly available in order to support future health claims
…and therefore
Follow BACCHUS on Twitter
@BACCHUS_FP7
Join BACCHUS Group at LinkedIn
The BACCHUS Project
Visit BACCHUS Homepage
www.BACCHUS-FP7.eu
