Main interest:
o Evaluation of the efficacy of innovative food ingredients towards
specific endpoints
o Selection of the most effective food ingredient
o Evaluation of specific formulations containing an active ingredient
ProDigest focus:
o Product testing, selection and evaluation
o Services from in vitro to human trials
- Small-scale in vitro screening experiments (metabolism, effect
on the microbial community/bacterial attachment)
- Absorption modeling
- SHIME experiments: short and long term evaluation of the
intestinal fate of specific compounds or formulations
- Host-microbe interaction studies using attachment models and
cell cultures
- In vivo validation using animal models
- Proof-of-concept validation in human trials