DairyMat – Designing biofunctional dairy foods: matrix structure of dairy products in relation to lipaemia
DairyMat is a human intervention study investigating how the structure of dairy products modulates postprandial lipaemia (the lipid content in the blood).
Evidence has emerged that the postprandial response is fundamental for understanding how the diet contributes to development of lifestyle-related diseases such as the metabolic syndrome.
Structurally different dairy food matrices with identical nutrient composition of fat, protein, carbohydrate, and minerals are hypothesized to affect the postprandial lipemia. The project presents a novel and new interdisciplinary approach, where food structure and texture, in vitro digestibility, in vivo human postprandial response and metabolomics are combined to elucidate the correlation hypothesized.
Four dairy products representing solid to liquid textures, with native or homogenized milk fat globules, and with/without protein network structure are developed. A cross-over postprandial study with 25 participants (or 20 completers) offered these products is performed. Blood samples are analysed for response in among others; triglyceride concentration, lipoproteins, free fatty acids, glucose, insulin, and metabolites.
We expect to gain knowledge of which structures of dairy matrices modulate the lipid uptake, and how these structures can be used strategically to change kinetics of the postprandial fat absorption.
DairyMat is a research project conducted together with researchers from Aarhus University and Arla Foods Amba.
Involved in the project
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Raben | Professor | +4535333653 |
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Louise Kjølbæk
Assistant Professor