Food digestion as influenced by food structure: the role of pectin - food component interactions in plant-based food systems.

To rationally design functional foods beyond basic nutrition, it is essential to develop an underpinning knowledge and understanding how food components and structures are transformed and absorbed during human digestion. This project aims to study the role of pectin - food component interactions in plant-based food systems and their consequence for food digestion. Pectin is an important structure-determining component in plant-based systems. To simulate the gastro-intestinal digestion, this project will use a standardized static in vitro digestion model.

Keywords:food digestion, food, pectin, food structure, in vitro digestion model

Disciplines:Food sciences and (bio)technology, Other chemical sciences, Nutrition and dietetics, Agricultural animal production