UMT Actia Profeel

A partner of choice for functional, nutritional and sustainable formulas

⚕️Intérêtnutrition: what forms of intake for what nutritional values?

🌿Naturalformulas: which ingredients for which performance?

🌎Eco-responsibility: which criteria for which impacts?

Research program

  • Selecting plant-based ingredients
  • Impact of plant ingredient sourcing and production processes on their composition, functionality in dispersed systems and nutritional and environmental values
  • Impact of the formulation process on the performance of plant formulas and the bioavailability of nutrients
  • Impact of the formulation process on the performance of plant formulas and the bioavailability of nutrients

Application deliverables

  • Ingredient selection matrix based on targeted properties/performance
  • Formulation assistance matrix based on "Formulation / Nutrition / Eco-responsibility" priorities
  • Models of food products evaluated (cream, sauces, cheeses, yoghurts, margarines, spreads, etc.)

Research program ➡️ Application deliverables

Research program 🔎 Selecting plant ingredients

Research program 🔎 Impact of sourcing and procurement processes for plant ingredients on their composition, functionality in dispersed systems and nutritional and environmental values.

Application deliverables 📦 Formulation assistance matrix based on targeted properties/performance

Research program 🔎 Impact of the formulation process on the performance of plant formulas and the bioavailability of nutrients

Application deliverables 📦 Formulation assistance matrix based on "Formulation / Nutrition / Ecoresponsibility" priorities

Research program 🔎 Impact of the formulation process on plant formula performance and nutrient bioavailability

Application deliverables 📦 Evaluated food product models (cream, sauces, cheeses, yogurts, margarines, spreads, etc.)

Our business sectors

Food industry

Food supplements

Clinical nutrition

UMT Profeel's expertise

  • (Re)formulation and substitution - properties of ingredients and formulated products
  • Digestibility and bioavailability according to formulation
  • Environmental assessment of products and processes
  • Formulation of direct, inverse and double emulsions
    : stability mechanisms, flow properties
  • Characterization of the absorption of complex stabilizers

Associated team 

  • Functional metabolomics
  • Intestinal homeostasis