Healthy and Affordable Proteins for the African Market (HAPFAM)

PROJECT IS COMPLETED
Project period: 2014 - 2018

The aim of HAPFAM is to enable development of sustainable, healthy and affordable foods based on a combination of protein from milk and plants, thereby creating a new and competitive business in Africa for the Danish food industry

The project introduces new business areas for the dairy industry, and adds value to the plant production that has previously been used mainly for feed.

The aim of HAPFAM is to enable development of sustainable, healthy and affordable foods based on a combination of proteins from milk and plants.

We hypothesise that partly replacing milk protein with plant protein gives a cheaper, equally healthy product with which the growth rate can be maintained.

 

 

Associate Professor Birthe Møller Jespersen
Project leader, Grant holder
Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
Tasks: Project management, scientific coordination across all WPs
Associate Professor Jens Christian Sørensen
WP1-leader
Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
Tasks: Coordination of tasks in WP1, supervisor for PhD student and post doc in WP1
Post doc Anna Maria Sulewska
WP1
Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
Tasks: Characterisation of protein fractions isolated from rapeseed
PhD student Marcel Jøhnke
WP1
Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
Tasks: Development of method for water-based, zero waste method for isolation of rapeseed protein fractions for human consumption
Professor Richard Ipsen
WP2-leader
Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
Tasks: Coordination of tasks in WP2, supervisor for PhD student in WP2
PhD student William Ainis
WP2
Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
Tasks: Elucidation of molecular interactions between specific plant and milk proteins, and investigation of how the interactions affects functionality of the complex food matrix
Associate Professor Søren Krogh Jensen
WP3-leader
Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University
Tasks: Coordination of tasks in WP3, supervisor for PhD student in WP3
Senior Researcher Helle Nygaard Lærke
WP3
Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University
Tasks: Planning of feeding experiments
PhD student Sophie van Vliet
WP3
Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University
Tasks: Planning and execution of pig feeding experiments
Associate Professor Dereck Chatterton
WP3
Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
Tasks: Investigating mechanisms behind the effect of specific proteins on growth factors, cell line studies
Postdoc Anne Krog Ingerslev
WP3
Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University
Tasks: Pig feeding experiments
Anja Serena
WP4-leader
Arla Foods amba
Tasks: Coordination of tasks in WP4
Associate Professor Christian Mølgaard
WP5-leader
Department of Sports, Exercise and Human Nutrition
Tasks: Coordination of tasks in WP5, supervisor for post doc in WP5
Associate Professor Camilla Trab Damsgaard
WP5
Department of Sports, Exercise and Human Nutrition
Tasks: Human intervention study - determination of optimal protein combinations for promotion of growth in humans
Reader Deborah Johnston
WP6-leader
Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Tasks: Coordination of tasks in WP6, supervisor for post doc in WP6
Post doc Sara Stevano
WP6
Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Tasks: Studies of food consumption patterns among school children in Ghana

 

 

 

Funded by:

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HAPFAM received a five year funding from Innovation Fund Denmark

Funding:

Total budget: DKK 19,982,417 

FOOD grant: DKK 9,094,000

Project: Healthy and Affordable Proteins for the African Market (HAPFAM)
Period:  January 2014 - December 2018

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Contact

Picture of Henriette HansenHenriette Hansen 
Senior Adviser 
Administrative Coordinator
FOOD Administration