Contribution of cereal-based fermented foods to Folate intake in European and African countries

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Folate (vitamin B9) is involved in vital functions of cell metabolism. Inadequate dietary intakes lead to deficiencies, which induce important health problems, ranging from megaloblastic anaemia, cardiovascular risks, to neural tube defects. Folate deficiency is commonly observed in developing ...

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Researchers Country Name Field Work-Package Burkina-Faso Dr Fatoumata HAMA-BA Nutrition & Food Technology WP1-WP3-WP4   Dr Laurencia SONGRE-OUATTARA Microbiology & Food Technology WP2-WP4   Dr Bréhima DIAWARA Microbiology WP2   Dr Hagrétou SAWADOGO-LINGANI Microbiology WP2 ...

PhD student Aynadis Tamene, from Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), will be hosted for 1 year at University of Helsinki (Finland), from February 2016 to January 2017. He will be trained on folate analysis, and will study both Finnish and Ethiopian fermented foods....

The project comprises 4 work-packages.

Each WP is coordinated by a different partner (WP1: Ethiopia, WP2: France, WP3: Finland, WP4: South-Africa).

WP leaders are helped by one or two co-leaders.

Description of the work to be carried out in each WP:

The kick-off meeting of the FolEA project was organized by the Nutripass Unit (IRD) in Montpellier (France) on the 13th and 14th of November 2014. Partners from Burkina-Faso, Ethiopia, Finland, South-Africa and France met (cf. "Workshops and Meetings" section for details)....

WP1: Identification of the folate sources in African and European diets Leader : Dr Kaleab Baye (Ethiopia) Co-leaders : Dr Fatoumata Hama-Ba (Burkina-Faso) & Dr Edwige Landais (France) The objective of this WP is to identify the contribution of cereal-based fermented foods (CBFF) to folate ...

WP2: Folate production by lactic acid bacteria in African and European cereal-based fermented foods Leader : Dr Christèle Humblot (France) Co-leader : Dr Per Saris (Finland) The objectives of this WP are: i) to estimate the potential of folate biosynthesis by the microorganisms present in the ...