Nutritional Value
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Rita Batista |
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| rita.batista@insa.min-saude.pt | ||
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Departamento de Alimentação e Nutrição- Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento |
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Current members |
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| Elsa Vasco | Research Technician |
| Maria da Graça Leitão Dias | Research Technician |
| Ana Cristina Ferraz Flores | Research Technician |
| Carla Motta | Research |
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Collaborators |
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Current Projects |
| 2022 - 2024 | Creation of Open Access EU Food Composition Database (EU FCDB). EuOpenFood – funded by EFSA |
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2021 - 2024 | . Alternative protein sources in the European diets - integrating health risk-benefit and sustainability; ALTERNATIVA. EFSA - European Food Safety Authority GRANT_NUMBER: GP/EFSA/ENCO/2020/03 |
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Past Projects |
| 2017 - 2023 | Produção sustentável de café no parque nacional da Gorongosa em sistema agroflorestal integrado no contexto da desflorestação, alterações climáticas e segurança alimentar, TriCafé. |
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2016-2020 | EUROCAROTEN, European network to advance carotenoid research and applications in agro-food and health (COST, European Cooperation in Science & Technology, CA15136) |
| 2016-2020 | EUROCAROTEN, European network to advance carotenoid research and applications in agro-food and health (COST, European Cooperation in Science & Technology, CA15136) |
| 2015-2016 | O Inquérito Alimentar Nacional e de Atividade Física (Programa EEA Grants – Iniciativas em Saúde Pública) |
| 2014-2015 | Re-coding of the food descriptors of EFSA Chemical Occurrence Database and Food Consumtion Database entries according to the FoodEx2 food classification and description system (NP/EFSA/DATA/2014/23) |
| 2015-2016 | O Inquérito Alimentar Nacional e de Atividade Física (Programa EEA Grants – Iniciativas em Saúde Pública) |
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Main selected publications |
| 2024 |
| GRAÇA DIAS M, Vasco E, Ravasco F, Oliveira L. The first harmonised total diet study in Portugal: Vitamin D occurrence and intake assessment. Food Chem. 2024 Mar 1;435:136676. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136676 |
| 2023 |
| VELLINGA RE, Temme EHM, Rippin H, Motta C, Gonzales GB, Farrand C, Wickramasinghe K (2023). Nutritional Composition of Ultra-Processed Plant-Based Foods in the Out-of-Home Setting: A Case-Study with Vegan Burgers. The 14th European Nutrition Conference FENS 2023, MDPI proceedings 4. doi:10.3390/proceedings2023091004 |
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Sprong RC, van den Brand AD, van Donkersgoed G, Blaznik U, Christodoulou D, Crépet A, Dias MG, Jensen BH, Morretto A, Rauscher-Gabernig E, Ruprich J, Sokolić D, van Klaveren, Luijten M, Mengelers MJB (2023). Combined chronic dietary exposure to four nephrotoxic metals exceeds tolerable intake levels in the adult population of 10 European countries, Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 40(12) 1568-1588. doi: 10.1080/19440049.2023.2272716 |
| PAIVA EL, Ali S, Vasco ER, Alvito PC, Oliveira CAF (2023). Bioaccessibility data of potentially toxic elements in complementary foods for infants: A review. Food Research International 174 113485. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113485 |
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GOVARTS E, Gilles L, Rodriguez Martin L, Santonen T, Apel P, Alvito P, Anastasi E, Andersen HR, Andersson AM, Andryskova L, Antignac JP, Appenzeller B, Barbone F, Barnett-Itzhaki Z, Barouki R, Berman T, Bil W, Borges T, Buekers J, Cañas-Portilla A, Covaci A, Csako Z, Den Hond E, Dvorakova D, Fabelova L, Fletcher T, Frederiksen H, Gabriel C, Ganzleben C, Göen T, Halldorsson TI, Haug LS, Horvat M, Huuskonen P, Imboden M, Jagodic Hudobivnik M, Janasik B, Janev Holcer N, Karakitsios S, Katsonouri A, Klanova J, Kokaraki V, Kold Jensen T, Koponen J, Laeremans M, Laguzzi F, Lange R, Lemke N, Lignell S, Lindroos AK, Lobo Vicente J, Luijten M, Makris KC, Mazej D, Melymuk L, Meslin M, Mol H, Montazeri P, Murawski A, Namorado S, Niemann L, Nübler S, Nunes B, Olafsdottir K, Palkovicova Murinova L, Papaioannou N, Pedraza-Diaz S, Piler P, Plichta V, Poteser M, Probst-Hensch N, Rambaud L, Rauscher-Gabernig E, Rausova K, Remy S, Riou M, Rosolen V, Rousselle C, Rüther M, Sarigiannis D, Silva MJ, Šlejkovec Z, Snoj Tratnik J, Stajnko A, Szigeti T, Tarazona JV, Thomsen C, Tkalec Ž, Tolonen H, Trnovec T, Uhl M, Van Nieuwenhuyse A, Vasco E, Verheyen VJ, Viegas S, Vinggaard AM, Vogel N, Vorkamp K, Wasowicz W, Weber T, Wimmerova S, Woutersen M, Zimmermann P, Zvonar M, Koch H, Kolossa-Gehring M, Esteban López M, Castaño A, Stewart L, Sepai O, Schoeters G (2023). Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU Aligned Studies (2014-2021). Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2023 Apr; 249:114119. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114119 |
| 2022 |
| ALVITO P, Assunção RM, Bajard L, Martins C Mengelers, MJB, Mol H, Namorado S, van den Brand AD, Vasco E, Viegas S, Silva MJ (2022) Current Advances, Research Needs and Gaps in Mycotoxins Biomonitoring under the HBM4EU—Lessons Learned and Future Trends. Toxins, 14 826. doi: 10.3390/toxins14120826 |
| FURTADO R, Coelho A, Morais M, Leitão AL, Saraiva M, Correia CB, Batista R (2022) Comparison of ISO 6579–1, VIDAS Easy SLM, and SureFast® Salmonella ONE Real-time PCR, for Salmonella Detection in Different Groups of Foodstuffs. Food Analytical Methods, 15 276-284. doi: 10.1007/s12161-021-02114-0 |
| VASCO E, Dias MG, Oliveira L (2022) The first harmonised total diet study in Portugal: Nitrate occurrence and exposure assessment. (2022) Food Chemistry, 392 133152. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133152 |
| VILLACÍS-CHIRIBOGA J, Jacobs G, van Camp J, Elst K, Ruales J, Marcillo-Parra V, Böhm V, Bunea A, Cirlini M, Craft N, de Meulenaer B, Dias MG, Lazzarino G, Meléndez-Martínez AJ, Versloot P, Mercadante A Z, Olmedilla-Alonso B, Ortiz-Ulloa J, Stinco CM, Voorspoels S (2022) Interlaboratory exercise for the analysis of carotenoids and related compounds in dried mango fruit (Mangifera indica L.). Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 104616. doi: 10.1016/J.JFCA.2022.104616 |
| JIMENEZ D, Lobo M, Motta C, Castanheira I, Sammán N (2022). Nutritional, technological, and sensory changes induced by different drying methods on purees made with Andean grains. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, July, 1–9. |
| MOTTA C, Castanheira I, Matos AS, Nascimento AC, Assunção R, Martins C, Alvito P (2022) Effect of Cooking on the Content and Bioaccessibility of Minerals in Pseudocereals. La ValSe-Food 2022, 17. doi: 10.3390/blsf2022017017 |
| Other selected publications |
| VASCO E, Dias MG, Oliveira L (2020) Avaliação da exposição a contaminantes com base num estudo de dieta total conduzido em Portugal. Boletim Epidemiológico Observações, Volume 9, Número 26 (janeiro-abril), ISSN: 0874-2928 | ESSN: 2183-8873. |
| TEIXEIRA S, Luis I, Oliveira M, Abreu I, Batista R (2019) Goji berries superfood – contributions for the characterisation of proteome and IgE-binding proteins. Food Agric Immunol. 30(1):262-280. DOI: 10.1080/09540105.2019.1577364 |
| BATISTA R, Fonseca C, Planchon S, Negrão S, Renaut J, Oliveira MM (2017) Environmental stress is the major cause of transcriptomic and proteomic changes in GM and non-GM plants. Scientific Reports. 7: 10624. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09646-8 |
| FONSECA C, Planchon S, Serra T, Chander S, Saibo NJM, Renaut J, Oliveira MM, Batista R (2015) In vitro culture may be the major contributing factor for transgenic versus nontransgenic proteomic plant differences. Proteomics 15(1): 124-34. DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400018 |
| MANDIĆ AI, Meléndez-Martínez AJ, Bantis F, Böhm V, Borge GIA, Brnčić M, Bysted A, Cano MP, Dias MG, Elgersma A, Fikselová M, García-Alonso J, Giuffrida D, Gonçalves VSS, Hornero-Méndez D, Kljak K, Lavelli V, Manganaris GA, Mapelli-Brahm P, Marounek M, Olmedilla-Alonso B, Periago-Castón MJ, Pintea A, Sheehan JJ, Tumbas Šaponjac V, Valšíková-Frey M, Meulebroek LV, O'Brien N (2021) A comprehensive review on carotenoids in foods and feeds: status quo, applications, patents, and research needs. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. Jan 5:1-51. DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1867959. |
| DIAS MG, Olmedilla-Alonso B, Hornero-Méndez D, Mercadante AZ, Osorio C, Vargas-Murga L, Meléndez-Martínez AJ (2018) Comprehensive Database of Carotenoid Contents in Ibero-American Foods. A Valuable Tool in the Context of Functional Foods and the Establishment of Recommended Intakes of Bioactives. J. Agric. Food Chem. 66, 5055−5107. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b06148. |
| DIAS MG, Camões MF, Oliveira L (2014) Carotenoid stability in fruits, vegetables and working standards – Effect of storage temperature and time. Food Chemistry 156, 47-51. DOI: 0.1016/j.foodchem.2014.01.050 |
