ITAL IT ALY Olive, Citrus ant Tree Fruit Agriculture and environment Council for Agricultural Research and Economics Animal Production and Food and Nutrition Aquaculture CREA is the main Italian national research organization in agriculture. Genomics and bioinformatics 12 research centers Forestry and Woods 38 locations with a wide distribution throughout the country Plant Protection Cereal and Industrial Crops and Certification Vegetable and Engineering and Agro-food Agricultural Policies and Viticulture and Enology Ornamental Crops Processing Bioeconomy
CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN (Headquarters of the research center in Monterotondo-Rome) Headquarters in Monterotondo (Rome) Engineering and Agro-food Processing- Milan STAFF Permanent Temporary 1 Research Manager International guests 2 Senior Scientists (scientists) 8 Scientists International grants 6 Technicians PhD Students 4 Administrative Staff Technicians Graduating Students (Appointed on projects) 3 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
Focus on: Storage and postharvest Nutritional physiology and sensory quality Processing 4 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
STORAGE and postharvest physiology Storage of agro-food products. Controlled atmosphere storage of fruit and vegetables, Dynamic controlled atmosphere, Ultra low controlled atmosphere Postharvest physiology of fruit and vegetables. Postharvest disorders (apple and pears, internal browning and superficial scald) Maturity indices of horticultural crops. Non destructive measurement of quality (Near Infrared spectroscopy, Time Resolved Spectroscopy). 5 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
STORAGE and postharvest physiology EQUIPMENT AND real-time FACILITIES: monitoring of Storage rooms fruit respiration 12 cabinets for Controlled Atmosphere/ULO/DCA computer DCA sensors control Static system for ethylene/respiration measurement 3 big storage rooms+5 Storage (GC, Micro-GC) rooms + 1 ripening room 6 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
STORAGE and postharvest physiology EQUIPMENT AND Texture analyzer FACILITIES: Physical lab Mechanical- acoustic test NIR CAMERA Instron Dinamometer Micro-NIR reflectance colorimeters differential calorimeters (DSC), Aw-meter, Image analysis, Karl-Fisher 7 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
STORAGE and postharvest physiology Postharvest Controlled atmosphere, DCA, ILOS Storage and ethylene production of bell pepper from mycorrhizal plant (CRT project) Physiological organic disorders coating for oranges 8 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
STORAGE and postharvest physiology Non destructive measurements Use of NIR and Hyperspectral imaging to predict ripeness Time resolved spectroscopy to non destructive evaluation of fruit CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
PROCESSING Processing of horticultural crops: Drying Freezing Osmodehydration Blanching Fresh-cut Modified atmosphere packaging By-products 10 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
PROCESSING Conventional Freezer Juice EQUIPMENT AND dryer tunnel line FACILITIES Osmo dehydration Autoclave Vacuum Steam infusion Blanching CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES Experimental Modified Under vacuum kitchen atmosphere packaging packaging CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
PROCESSING MIN INIA IATURIZED TURIZED EQUI EQUIPEMEN PEMENT EQUIPMENT AND MINIATURIZED LINE FOR JAM FACILITIES PRODUCTION (UNDER VACUUM, LOW TEMPERATURE) FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION LINE (FRUITS & VEGETABLES, DAIRY, MEAT) MOBILE DAIRY CABINET FOR THE VALORIZATION OF DAIRY PRODUCTS 13 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
PROCESSING RENEWAB ENEWABLE LE ENER ENERGY GY EQUI EQUIPM PMENT ENT EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES SOLAR DRYER FOR FRUIT, VEGETABLES, AND MEAT IN PIECES MOBILE STORE WITH REFRIGERATED COUNTERS FOR SALE, SUPPLIED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY 14 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
PROCESSING Reserches on: Ready to eat products Fresh cut- SD tomato NO Fresh-cut 3 hours after 1 day after 5 days after 10 days after damage damage damage damage lettuce Minimally Fresh-cut processed apples potatoes 15 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
PROCESSING Reserches on: dried products Dried apple Dried pineapple CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
PROCESSING Reserches on: Other processed products CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
NUTRITIONAL AND SENSORY QUALITY Nutritional quality of fruits and vegetables. Study of the bioactive compounds Measurement of antioxidant capacity Oxidative stress: biochemical responses to abiotic and biotic stress Aroma profile and electronic nose Sensory quality and panel tests 18 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
NUTRITIONAL AND SENSORY QUALITY GC/MS, HPLC, electrophoresis, GC-olfactometry, EQUIPMENT Atomic absorption spectrophotometry UV / IR, EPR AND FACILITIES: (electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer), Electronic nose, SPME fiber CHEMICAL LABS 19 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
NUTRITIONAL AND SENSORY QUALITY EQUIPMENT MOBILE SENSORY LAB AND Mobile laboratory with air conditioned room and 6 FACILITIES SENSORY LAB seats for panelists, a refrigerator for samples 6 seats for panelists storage and a small equipped kitchen 20 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
NUTRITIONAL AND SENSORY QUALITY Aroma profile and sensory quality 21 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
NUTRITIONAL AND SENSORY QUALITY Nutritional quality and bioactive compounds FavOr-DenonDe EUROPEAN PROJECT Drying Juice and Jams of organic fruit and vegetables: what happens to desired and non-desired compounds? ERA-NET Core Organic Plus http://coreorganicplus.org/research-projects/favor-denonde/ Effect of different processing technologies on the nutritional quality Analisys of desired dried products compounds (antioxidants) Analysis of juices non-desired Organic fruits Sensory compounds and vegetables analysis (micotoxins and allergens) jam Processed products CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
NUTRITIONAL AND SENSORY QUALITY Effect of the cultivation system Nutritional quality and (organic vs conventional) on the bioactive compounds nutritional quality Effect of different genetic factors on the phytochemical content Effect of different growing conditions on the phytochemical content 23 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing CREA - IT SCIENTIFIC STAFF Via Venezian 26 Anna Rizzolo 20133 Milan ITALY Giulia Bianchi Senior Scientist Researcher CREA IT.MI Head of Department tel +39 02 239557 213 tel +39 02 239557 222 Tel. +39 02 23 95 57 200 giulia.bianchi@crea.gov.it mob + 39 3460983225 it.milano@crea.gov.it anna.rizzolo@crea.gov.it W http://iaa.entecra.it Valentina Picchi Tiziana M. P. Cattaneo W www.entecra.it Researcher Research Manager tel +39 02 239557 210 tel +39 02 239557 212 valentina.picchi@crea.gov.it tiziana.cattaneo@crea.gov.it Marta Fibiani Felicetta Carillo Researcher Senior Tecnologist tel +39 02 239557 209 tel +39 02 239557 213 marta.fibiani@crea.gov.it felicetta.carillo@crea.gov.it Roberto Lo Scalzo Rosita Caramanico Researcher Researcher tel +39 02 239557 205 tel +39 02 239557 208 roberto.loscalzo@crea.gov.it rosita.caramanico@crea.gov.it Marina Buccheri Researcher Maristella Vanoli tel +39 02 239557 208 Researcher marina.buccheri@crea.gov.it tel +39 02 239557 210 maristella.vanoli@crea.gov.it Giovanna Cortellino Researcher tel +39 02 239557 209 giovanna.cortellino@crea.gov.it 24 CREA-IT Research center for Engineering and Agro-food Processing – MILAN
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