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FOOD AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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Description - Research Areas
Τhe Food and Biosystems Engineering Laboratory is an integrated research infrastructure that can serve primary agricultural or livestock production, agricultural industry, food industry, bio-systems in general or manufacturers of either natural or food supplements products, and business dealing with products of animal origin.

The laboratory can provide services in developing new products or improving the quality of existing products or guidance in matters of quality assurance with analytical coverage which can be chemical or microbiological in food, livestock feed and water. The lab also specializes in developing methods of bio-waste utilization and extraction of natural antioxidants and high value-added ingredients.
 
Services to Third Parties
1.                   Complete Microbiological Analysis of food, water and agricultural products
2.                   Full chemical analysis of water
3.                   Analysis of metallic elements in foods, plant tissues, water, feed, soil by ICP Analyses
4.                   Essential oils Analysis by chromatography GC-MS-MS
5.                   Analysis of total aflatoxins in nuts, grains, livestock feed by ELISA
6.                   M1 mycotoxin analysis in dairy products
7.                   Determination of water activity aw in food and agricultural products
8.                   Determination of methanol and aromatic profile in alcoholic spirits by chromatography GC-MS-MS
9.                   Determination of pesticides residues in foodstuffs by combined  GC-MS-MS and HPLC-MS-MS Chromatography
10.               Determination of Stevia glycosides by HPLC-MS-MS
11.               Determination of fatty acids profile in fatty foods by GC-MS-MS
12.               Analysis of basic ingredients of animal feed
 Analysis of food texture  
Activities
1.                   Production of antioxidants from natural sources
2.                   Nano-technological applications in the area of agricultural industries and food industries
3.                   Applications of membrane technology in the food and agricultural industry
4.                   Industrial fermentations to produce products of high added value
5.                   Innovative processing and conservation technologies in food and agricultural products
6.                   Mechanical properties of food and agricultural products
7.                   Development of new technologies for processing of agricultural production with emphasis on new crops and green technologies
8.                   Production of microbial fermentation products (polysaccharides, proteins, enzymes, alcohol, organics acids, etc) for use in food and other industries.
9.                   Development of innovative bioactive, functional, probiotic foods
10.               Control and improvement of microbiological quality and safety, and self-life of raw and processed foods with mild, natural or biological methods.
Optimization of the production of fermented foods and drinks (yoghurt, sour milk, cheese, sausages/cured meats, olives, pickles, beer, etc)  
Research Equipment and Infrastructure
1.                   Spray dryer-Dryer enabled fog with antiexploding mode, manufactured by BUCI
2.                   Freeze dryer- Dryer of cold sublimation functioning at -110 oC of 2.4 l
3.                   Freeze-Dryer - Dryer of cold sublimation functioning at -110 oC of 9.6 l
4.                   Complete pilot plant membrane technology microfiltration – ultrafiltration-nanofiltration and reverse osmosis technology of all morphologies.
5.                   Two automatic fermentors for pilot scale industrial fermentation study 
6.                   Complete Preparatory industrial Chromatography Unit 
7.                   CO2 Supercritical Extraction unit with dual vessels with capacity of 500 ml and 2500 ml
8.                   Vacuum tumbler device for solid food applications.
9.                   Apparatus for determining of hazardous polar compounds in frying oils based on the principle of dielectric constant.
10.               Automatic Laser particle analyzer for powders and liquid samples
11.               Fluidized bed dryer
12.               Thermal extractor  of 150 l for essential oils extraction
13.               Reverse osmosis unit for super-clean water production
14.               Water activity measurement device aw
15.               Complete winemaking production unit.
16.               Pharmaceutical plant Extraction unit
17.               Gas chromatography analytical apparatus GC-MS-MS
18.               High performance Liquid chromatography apparatus HPLC-MS-MS
19.                ICP-MS apparatus
20.                 FT - RAMAN -IR-NIR spectroscopy unit with microscope
21.               ELISA photometer for mycotoxin/aflatoxin determination
22.               Electronic Refractometer
23.               Apparatus for determining of food mechanical behavior -type Zwick Z010/2.5 kN
24.               Food and agricultural products texture Analyzer manufactured by FOOD TECHNOLOGY CORP/500 N
25.               GERBER Centrifugal
26.               Automatic NIR analyzer for meat products
27.               Two self-sterilisable 15 lt bioreactors and three incubating shakers for microbial fermentations
28.               Five incubation chambers for microbial cell cultivation
29.               One fermentation-maturation chamber, two refrigerators, one freezer
30.               One Real-Time PCR
31.               One high-precision microscope with camera and image analysis and 12 ordinary optical microscopes
32.               One laminar flow cabinet
33.               One autoclave of 75 lt and one chamber for drying or dry sterilisation with air
34.               One spectrophotometer
35.               Two lab centrifuges
36.                One Kjeldahl system for protein determination and/or liquid extraction  
37.               One column for deionized water production
38.               Various auxiliary lab equipment (stomacher-homogeniser, turbidometer, refractometer, sterilizing UV lamp, anaerobic jars, pHmeters for liquids and solid food, colony counter, one analytical balance and two ordinary balances, two vortex shakers, 10 Bunsen burners, two water baths, etc)
 Α cell culture bank containing several pathogenic and spoilage bacteria and fungi, as well as starter or protective cultures.  

Research projects
1.                   Project EU – DRIVERS-"SOLVING THE WHEY POLLUTION PROBLEM IN THE REGION OF THESSALY"
2.                   Project Archimedes III "DEVELOPMENT of OLIVEMILL WASTE VALORISATION METHOD for PRODUCTION of HIGH ADDED VALUE BIO-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES and AGRO-MATERIALS"-Budget: 100000 €
3.                   Project of new BUSINESS "Industrial research and economic optimization models of classical hydrodestilled method for rose oil and rose water production from roses of variety Rosa Damascena and analytical investigation of alternative innovative technology of supercritical extraction"-Budget: 200000 €
4.                   Innovation Voucher No.: 20437797-01-000020 "Optimizing of Texture-Flavor & Sustainability on based halva sweets" Company: DIMITRIOS ALEXOPOULOS-Budget: 8610 €
5.                   Innovation Voucher No.: 14490487-01-000032 "Application of Penetration through vacuum Technology for improvement of taste and new seafood products development" Company: KALOROGIANNIS N. VAIOS-Budget: 8610 €
6.                   Innovation Voucher No.: 15370075-01-000034 "Cleaning and reuse Study for Pickle Brine Recycling" Company: KEDAP S. A.-Budget: 8610 €
7.                   Innovation Voucher No.: 19868038-01-000039 "Sulphites to ascorbic acid substitution Study in Peeled Potatoes": Company I. KARAMOYSTOS-D. NTANIKAS Co-Budget: 8610 €
8.                   Innovation Voucher: 58404368-01-000041 "DEVELOPMENT OF A Rapid analytical method for Dangerous Mycotoxins presenT in dry NUTS" Company: GEONATS E.P.E.O.-Budget: 8610 €
9.                   Innovation Voucher No.: 15991593-01-000042 "Development of method of fatty acid DECOLORIZATION with Industrial Chromatography" Company: AL. ZIAKAS-EL. ZIAKA CO.-Budget: 8610 €
10.               Innovation Voucher No.: 78471208-01. "Total Blood Utilization Study fOR SlaughterhouseS TOWARDS  powdered food products Production" Company A. FASOULAS-D. NTOUFAS Co-Budget: 8610 €
11.                Innovation Voucher No.: 18902762-01-000088 "Whey Utilization by fermentation for production of alcohol" Company BROS SOT. RIZOU O.E.-Budget: 8610€
12.               Innovation Voucher No.: 79148710-01-000106 "Development of snack product of ZagorI pastry enriched WITH bioactives Dietary Polyphenols" Company: DYNAMIC FOODS Inc.-Budget: 8610 €
13.               Innovation Voucher No.: 38592787-01-000113 "STUDY of the USE of PLANT POLYPHENOLS AS ANTIOXIDANT & ANTIFUGNAL AGENTS IN ANIMAL FEED" Company VET HELLAS S.A. -Budget: 8610 €
14.               Innovation Voucher No.: 69206003-01-000050 "Production of bioactive traditional yogurt INCLUDING  plant polyphenols" Company BELESTINOY FARM Ltd.-Budget: 8610 €
15.               Innovation Voucher No.: 92518096-01-000141 "High added value polyphenols production from OLIVE MILL WASTE WATER" Company DIMITRIOS TSAKIRIDIS & SIA O.E.-Budget: 8610 €
16.               Innovation Voucher No.: 19526550-01-000159 "Whey utilization ecological study TOWARDS bee feed production" Company S. K. EVANGELOPOULOS & Co.-Budget: 8610 €
17.               Innovation Voucher No.: 81654331-01-000149 "Development of Know-how FOR Production of aroma enriched peeled Almond " Company I. D. TSITOYRA & SON O.E.-Budget: 8610 €
18.               Innovation Voucher No.: 18189370-01-000098 "Whey FERMENTATION study FOR FOOD GRADE lactic acid Production " Company EXARCHOS S.A.-Budget: 8610 €
19.               Innovation Voucher No.: 76236336-04-000013 "Mapping of heavy metals content in the products of the company John  Kantzos Co" Company IOANNIS KANTZOS & Co.-Budget: 8610 €
20.                Innovation Voucher No.: 31281037-01-000097 "DEVELOPMENT OF A Whey FERMENTATION Method FOR GELAN Polysaccharide Production " Company DIMITRIOS GIOTSAS A.B.E.E.-Budget: 8610 €
21.                Innovation Voucher No.: 36807399-01-000094 "Production and quality evaluation of new Marinated Pork Products'' Company BOUCHLARIOTIS S.A.-Budget: 8610 €
22.               Innovation Voucher No.: 72313222-01-000095 "DEVELOPMENT OF A Whey FERMENTATION FOR EDIBLE SINGLE CELL PROTEIN PRODUCTION'' Company G. A. NOUSIAS O.E.-Budget: 8610 €
23.               Innovation Voucher No.: 18533131-01-000096 "DEVELOPMENT OF A Whey FERMENTATION METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF HIGH ADDED VALUE XANTHAN'' Company HOTOS A.B.E.E. Budget: 8610 €
24.               Innovation Voucher No.: 88279408-01-000122 "Production and ripening of kefalotiri cheese  from unpasteurised sheep milk'' Company: BROS d. ABRAMOYLI O.E.-Budget: 8610 € 
25.                Innovation Voucher TITLE: "Acquiring expertise in the use of additives to preserve texture in bakery PRODUCTS'' Company: AFOI ORTOYLIDI O.E.-Budget: 8610 € 
26.               Monitoring the quality of farmed fish in West Greece (Archimedes Project of GSRT)
27.               Production of ready-made salads and appetizers without chemical preservatives by using a combination of preventers (GSRT Innovation Voucher).
28.               Probiotic/antimicrobial action study of probiotic preparation (toyocerin) in porcine intestinal microflora (in collaboration with the Spanish Company: Rubinum).
29.               Innovation Voucher No.: 58520873-01-000125 "COMPARATIVE STUDY of the QUALITY AND TASTE OF GREEK AND IMPORTED PORK MEAT" Company: SFAGEIA LARISSAS A.E.-Budget: 8610 € 
30.               Innovation Voucher No.: 74724662-01-000124 "COMPARATIVE STUDY OF QUALITY AND TASTE CHARACTERISTICS OF GREEK NATIVE GOAT BREEDS'' Company: DESPTA Co.-Budget: 8610 €
Innovation Voucher No.: 55720961-01-000123 "COMPARATIVE STUDY of QUALITY AND TASTE CHARACTERISTICS OF GREEK NATIVE SHEEP BREEDS'' Company: BAKREL S.A.-Budget: 8610 €  
Research Results/ Products
1.                   50 publications in peer reviewed International journals and International Conference proceedings
2.                   8 Patents of which two (2) at European level
3.                   Bioactive yogurt production enriched by olives polyphenols
4.                   Production of liquid and solid powder antioxidant from olive mill waste water
5.                   Nano-encapsulated organic pesticide/herbicide from oregano oil 
6.                   Clean label Fermented Sausage production without chemical preservatives and additives
7.                   “vanilla type” bee feed from whey
8.                   Freeze dried Donkey milk powder plain or nutritionally fortified.
 
Director(s)
Name
email
tel
Personal URL, if any
Dr. Κonstantinos Petrotos
Assistant Proffesor –Department of Biosystems Engineering
petrotos@fabe.gr
+306944191500
 
 
People
Category
Name (use latin letters)
email
tel
Personal URL, if any
Associate professor –Department of Biosystems Engineering
Dr. Chryssoula Papaioannou
xrpapa@teilar.gr
+306936941730
 
Associate Professor –Department of Food Technology
Dr. Athanasios Manouras
amanouras@teilar.gr
+302441041089
Lecturer –Department of Food Technology
Dr. Ioannis Giavasis
igiavasis@teilar.gr
+306977455433
 
Associate professor –Department of Plant Production
Dr. Ioannis Vasilakoglou
vasilakoglou@teilar.gr
+302410684559
Assistant professor –Department of Plant Production
Konstantinos Xristodouloulis
kchristo@teilar.gr
+302410684280
Researcher (Ph.D)
Dr. Stefanos Leontopoulos
s_leontopoulos@yahoo.com
+302410684524
Researcher (MSc)
 
Paraskevi Bouki
par_bouki@yahoo.gr
+306944267688
Researcher (MSc)
 
Paschalis Goutsidis
gkoutsidis@teilar.gr
*306977416749
Researcher (MSc)
Stylianos Kokas
kokkas@teilar.gr
+306947151615
Researcher (BS)
Christos Mantas
mantas@fabe.gr
+306947866274
Researcher (BS)
Alexandros Ntontos
ntontos@fabe.gr
+306977626092
Researcher (MSc)
Konstantinos Gerasopoulos
gerasop@fabe.gr
+306932368635
Researcher (BS)
Georgia Pantazi
pantazi@fabe.gr
+302410684524
Researcher (BS)
Kassandra Ferentinou
ferentinou@fabe.gr
+302410684524
Researcher (BS)
Fani Karkanta
karkanta@fabe.gr
+302410684524
 

Contact Info
Lab phones:
+30 2410 684524
Lab Emails:
info@fabe.gr
Web Site(s):
http://www.fabe.gr
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