Candied tomatoes, caviar essence, green salami and whole ketchup: foods that soon, within two years, we could find on supermarket shelves. Speaking about them were researchers from the various departments of the Experimental Station for the Food Preserving Industry (SSICA) at Expo, in the CibusèItalia pavilion.
“All five research projects – says the coordinator of the Scientific Committee of SSICA – demonstrate the vocation of the Experimental Station to be at the service of the food industry, both improving quality standards and optimising production costs, in particular as regards waste management. On the other hand, SSICA is very attentive to the possible social consequences of the results of its research projects: corollaries of our mission to promote scientific and technological progress are increasing protection of consumer health and respect for the environment”.
In the same direction of functional food are going green salamis (in the large photo), obtained with the addition of natural ingredients of plant origin (polyphenols and vitamin C) in the mixture or in the muscle which, retaining the sensory and taste characteristics of the traditional product, have a chemio-protective function on intestinal cells and allow salami with reduced salt and nitrite content to be obtained.
Finally, candied tomatoes undergo candying processes which are currently not available on the
The use of candied tomatoes ranges from garnishing for cocktails and desserts to accompanying cheeses or salamis.
All these products, as happens in the normal activities of SSICA, have undergone scientific tests to ensure their food safety.