December 19/St. Louis/Aarhus, Denmark/Press Release (Solae) -- Solae is leading a four-year, €11 million research project -- MagPro2Life -- funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union (EU) Commission that includes researchers from Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K. The main aim of the project is to use smart magnetic particles to extract beneficial components during the processing of food, pharma and feed. The company has announced the achievement of major milestones of the project, which include scale-up of a pilot-scale magnetic centrifugation process, and the granting of multiple patents (to DuPont) for both the process and equipment.
"This technology, even though in the early stages, could be a game-changer for how proteins are separated, resulting in enhanced functionality and nutrition. Achievement of these milestones is significant, because this novel technology has never been applied in the food industry,” said Torkel Rhenman, Solae CEO. "It could be very flexible in separating many different protein sources, producing proteins with unique properties and health benefits."