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Brussels, 23 November 2015

The final PHYTOME Project Dissemination Meeting took place on Monday, 16 November 2015 in the Crowne Plaza hotel in Brussels. There were about 65 participants from the meat manufacturing industry, the food ingredients industry, the retail sector as well national and European authorities (see below).

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Parma, 20 September 2013.

Meat products of the future between technological innovation and health challenges. More than 50 stakeholders and Italian meat processing companies gathered today in Parma for a meeting in the context of the PHYTOME Project to discuss about research and innovations for healthier meat products.

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Maastricht University Medical Centre coordinates European PHYTOME project

Investigation into replacement of nitrite in meat products by natural compounds

MAASTRICHT, January, 8, 2013 – The European PHYTOME project (Phytochemicals to reduce nitrite in meat products), that has started the first of December 2012, aims to develop innovative meat products in which the food additive nitrite has been replaced by natural compounds originating from fruits and vegetables. These biologically active compounds, also referred to as phytochemicals, are known to contribute to improved gut health and are added to the meat as natural extracts. Dr. Theo de Kok of the department of Toxicogenomics of the Maastricht University Medical Centre, is the coordinator of the project.

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