Nutrheff counts the participation of about 130 working groups from 36 CNR Institutes and 7 macro-thematic departments, located throughout the national territory, and is organized in 8 areas of competence: Agronomic technology; Microbial technology; Biomolecular technologies (enzymatic, biochemical, molecular biology); Food processing technology; Biological validation; Sensory and consumer sciences; Clinical and nutritional studies; Communication and promotional initiatives.
The network aims to:
- Ensure visibility of the participating researchers, thus providing an effective picture of the coordinated and integrated research activities;
- Create and maintain virtual communities of researching groups for new collaborative paths;
- Propose and support the participation in national, international and European projects;
- Improve technology transfer;
- Help identification of elements useful for traceability, certification and labelling of functional foods;
- Facilitate the interaction between research and enterprises;
- Propose initiatives and publications to support the economic and agro-food sectors, with the aim to improve nutrition at a global level;
- Establish working groups on specific thematic areas, in particular for technical support of agro-food and health policies;
- Provide scientific and technical advice at governmental level (MIPAAF – MDS – MIUR – EFSA);
- Organize a communication project for a wide audience, based on rigorous science.
