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OODBALL-GER: Food Biomarker Alliance. Identification and validation of biomarkers of food intake and nutritional status
Project
Project code: MRI-OG-08-FOODBALL
Contract period: 01.01.2015
- 31.12.2017
Budget: 707,900 Euro
Purpose of research: Basic research
Dietary biomarkers covering several foods and food components provide an objective measure of actual intake and status, and are an important and urgently needed adjunct to classical food consumption assessments. So far, only few biomarkers are sufficiently validated and accepted as biomarkers of food intake and/or nutritional status.
Aim: The Food Biomarker Alliance (FOODBALL) proposes to carry out a systematic exploration and validation of biomarkers to obtain a good coverage of the food intake in different population groups within Europe, by applying especially metabolomics techniques to discover new biomarkers, exploring use of easier sampling techniques and body fluids, revising the current dietary biomarker classification and developing a validation scoring system, applying these on selected new biomarkers, and exploring biological effects using biomarkers of intake. The FOODBALL consortium includes 22 partners from 11 countries, including Canada, and has wide access to samples and data from large cohorts and dietary interventions with specific foods. It has nearly unlimited access to state-of-the-art analytical platforms allowing measurement of thousands of metabolites/biomarkers in these samples. FOODBALL will provide a unique platform for sharing knowledge and resources within and beyond the project through development of, e.g., public databases on food metabolites, software tools, and chemical libraries. It has the potential to revolutionize the nutrition biomarker field.
Section overview
Subjects
- Food Chemistry
- Nutritional behaviour
Framework programme
Excutive institution
MRI - Department of Safety and Quality of Fruit and Vegetables (MRI-OG)
