Montpellier Scientific Community



Integrated approach to food quality (QUALISUD)

Director: Max Reynes
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Research area
Food quality, in all its facets, sanitary, nutritional, organoleptic, is central to the concerns of consumers, agrifood manufacturers and health specialists. A better understanding of quality throughout the chain of production, processing and distribution is necessary to satisfy their expectations. The aim of the research unit Integrated approach to food quality is to develop an integrated approach for the manufacture and preservation of high quality foods in Southern countries.
Research highlights
Research work collaborative in the following areas: aromas, food safety, traceability, new IAA technologies (osmotic evaporation, membranes, ohmic heating, near infra red spectroscopy, pulsed electric fields, frying, flash detent, active molecules and conservation. Consulting, technology transfer and training in developing countries (missions for CDE, USAID, ONG...).
The research is organized along two main axes: (i) identification of the determinants of quality and (ii) preserving and elaborating quality through process optimization.
Staff profile
Research Org.
Researchers
Professors

Research Eng.
Techn.&Admin. Staff
PhD
UM2, UM1, Mtp SupAgro, Cirad
72
27
7
22
50
Research teams
1-Determinants of the organoleptic and nutritional quality of fresh products and processed products: (i) Determinants of nutritional, aromatic and organoleptic quality, (ii) Functionality and biological activity of food, secondary metabolites and (iii) Health and pharmacological effect, (iv) Sensorial analysis and (v) Non destructive quality evaluation.

2- Food chain contaminants: Control of food chain contaminants: (i) Chemical and neo-formed contaminants, (ii) Biological contaminants (microbial pathogens, mycotoxins, ochratoxins), (iii) Phylogeny of microbial contaminants, (iv) Ecosystems, (v) Conser vation of fresh and processed products (active molecules, coatings, physiology, ripening), disinfestation and bacterial control and (vi) Origin, typicity of products and traceability.

3- Stabilization and transformation processes: (i) Process modelling and optimization; re-engineering and small-scale implementation of traditional processes; equipment design ; process control and its impact on quality and the environment and (ii) Membrane technology (cold stabilization, separation, extraction and concentration); stabilization techniques for solid foods (convection dr ying, fr ying, marination, smoking...); stabilization for liquid foods (ohmic heating...).
Platforms and other tools
  • 4 800 sq m of laboratories (Physico chemical analysis, molecular biology and microbiology, aroma and nutritional component analysis, non destructive quality control equipment)
  • P2 laboratory (microbiological safety)
  • A pilot plant and a workshop for process improvement: pasteurization and sterilization pilot, drying, cooking, smoking, fermentation, ohmic pilot, PEF pilot, micro rice mill, etc.
Most important international partnerships
European projects: ICARE, PAVUC, FONIO, INOVKAR, Alcue Food, Frutasia, Peter, AFTER.
International projects: Brazil Nut, HAP, Floagri, Bepita.
Universities: Reunion Island - Wageningen - Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh, IPH (Vietnam) - Kasetsart (Thailand) - Venezuela - Madagascar - ICCRI (Indonesia), INRAB (Benin) - 2IE (Burkina Faso) - IRAG (Guinea) - CRIG (Ghana) - IRAD (Cameroun) - Institut d'Économie Rurale (Mali) - NARO (Uganda) - UCAD, ESP (Senegal) UNIVALLE CIAT (Colombia),CEPEC, EMBRAPA, UNICAMP (Brazil) - INIAP, EPN (Equator) - CITA (Costa Rica) - INIFAP, UNIDA (Mexique) - CRU (Trinidad).
Facts and figures
Publications in international ranking journals
2010: 78
2005-2009: 218
Representative publications
1. Barret M., Carrere H., Latrille E., Wisniewski C., Patureau D., 2010. Micropollutant and sludge charaterization for modelling sorption equilibria. Environmental Science & Technology, 44, 3, 1100-1106 (IF 4,63).
2. Baurens F.C., Sidibe-Bocs S., Rouard M., Matsumoto T., Miller R.N.G., Rodier-Goud M., Mbeguie-a-Mbeguie D., Yahiaoui N., 2010. Mechanisms of haplotype divergence at the RGA08 nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat gene locus in wild banana (Musa balbisiana).BMC Plant Biology, 10, 149 (IF 3,774).
3. Joet T., Salmona J., Laffargue A., Descroix F., Dussert S., 2010. Use of the growing environment as a source of variation to identify the quantitative trait transcripts and modules of co-expressed genes that determine chlorogenic acid accumulation. Plant, Cell & Environment, 33, 7, 1220-1233, (IF 5,081).
4. Kelly M.T., Blaise A., Larroque M., 2010. Rapid automated high performance liquid chromatography method for simultaneous determination of amino acids and biogenic amines in wine, fruit and honey. Journal of Chromatography A, 1217, 47, 7385-7392 (IF 4,101).
5. Yan Y., Feng C., Zhang C., Wisniewski C., Zhou Q., 2010. Ultrasonic enhancement of waste activated sludge hydrolysis and volatile fatty acids accumulation at pH 10.0. Water Research, 44, 11, 3329-3336 (IF 4,355).
6. Godard M., Decorde K., Ventura E., Soteras G., Baccou J.C., Cristol J.P., Rouanet J.M., 2009. Polysaccharides from the green alga Ulva rigida improve the antioxidant status and prevent fatty streak lesions in the high cholesterol fed hamster, an animal model of nutritionally-induced atherosclerosis. Food Chemistry, 115, 1, 176-180 (IF 3,146).
7. Michodjehoun-Mestres L., Amraoui W., Brillouet J.M., 2009. Isolation, Characterization, and Determination of 1-O-trans-Cinnamoyl-ß-d-glucopyranose in the Epidermis and Flesh of Developing Cashew Apple (Anacardium occidentale L.) and Four of Its Genotypes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57, 4, 1377-1382. (IF 2,46).
8. Posada H., Ferrand M., Davrieux F., Lashermes P., Bertrand B., 2009. Stability across environments of the coffee variety near infrared spectral signature. Heredity, 102, 2, 113-119. (IF 4,12).
9. Randrianarivelo R., Sarter S., Odoux E., Brat P., Lebrun M., Menut C., Romestand B., Andrianoelisoa H.S., Raherimandimby M., Danthu P., 2009. Composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils of Cinnamosma fragrans. Food Chemistry, 114, 2, 680-684 (IF 3,146).
10. Vera E., Sandeaux J., Persin F., Pourcelly G., Dornier M., Ruales J., 2009. Modeling of clarified tropical fruit juice deacidification by electrodialysis. Journal of Membrane Science, 326, 2, 472-483 (IF 3.247).
11. Moujouenpou P., Gueule D., Fontana-Tachon A., Guyot B., Tondje P.R., Guiraud J.P., 2008. Filamentous fungi producing ochratoxin A during cocoa processing in Cameroon. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 121, 234-241. (IF 2,75).
12. Roumestan C., Henriquet C., Gougat C., Michel A., Laurent Bichon F., Portet K., Jaffuel D., Mathieu M., 2008. Histamine H1-receptor antagonists inhibit nuclear factor-kappab B and activator protein-1 activities via H1-receptor-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 38, 6, 947-956 (IF 3,556).
13. Salmona J., Dussert S., Descroix F., De Kochko A., Bertrand B., Joet T., 2008. Deciphering transcriptional networks that govern Coffea arabica seed development using combined cDNA array and real-time RT-PCR approaches. Plant Molecular Biology, 66, 1-2, 105-124 (IF 3,541).
14. Selkti L., Vachoud L., Bourret E., Kister G., Tomas A., Maury L., Delarbre J.L., 2008. Analyses structurales et spectrales du 5,6-diméthyluracil. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 39, 335-343 (IF 3.526).
15. Vaillant F., Perez A., Acosta Montoya O., Dornier M., 2008. Turbidity of pulpy fruit juice: a key factor for predicting microfiltration performance. Journal of membrane Science, 325, 404-412. (IF 3,2).
16. Ceballos H., Sanchez T., Morante N., Fregene M., Dufour D., Smith A., Denyer K., Perez J.C., Calle F., Mestres C., 2007. Discovery of an Amylose-free Starch Mutant in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 55, 18, 7469-7476. (IF 2,53).
17. Fanciullino A.L., Dhuique-Mayer C., Luro F., Morillon R., Ollitrault P., 2007. Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway in the Citrus Genus: Number of Copies and Phylogenetic Diversity of Seven Genes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 55, 7405-7417. (IF 2,53).
18. Lagunes Calvez S., Loiseau G., Paredes J.L., Barel M., Guiraud J.P., 2007. Study on the microflora and biochemistry of cocoa fermentation in the Dominican Republic. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 114, 1, 124-130.
19. Mertz C., Cheynier V., Gunata Z., Brat P., 2007. Analysis of Phenolic Compounds in Two Blackberry species (Rubus glaucus and Rubus adenotrichus) by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Diode Array Detection and Electrospray Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 55, 8616-8624. (IF 2,53).
20. Roumestan C., Michel A., Laurent Bichon F., Portet K., Detoc M., Henriquet C., Jaffuel D., Mathieu M., 2007. Anti-inflammatory properties of desipramine and fluoxetine. Respiratory Research, 8, 1, 35 (IF 3,62).
21. Solis-Solis H.M., Calderon Santoyo M., Gutierrez-Martinez P., Schorr-Galindo S., Ragazzo-Sanchez J.A., 2007. Discrimination of eight apricot varieties (Prunus armeniaca) by electronic nose, LLE and SPME using GC-MS and multivariate analysis. Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical, 125, 415-421 (2,934).