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Loredana Malafronte

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+46 10 516 66 58

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loredana.malafronte@ri.se

Location

Göteborg

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Produktdesign (101204)

ORCID

0000-0001-6864-6308

Dr. Loredana Malafronte is a Scientist at Product Design. Her research consists in coupling the fields of process engineering and material science, establishing the Process-Structure-Property interactions in bio-systems. She is currently working on designing innovative products based on seafood (i.e. seaweeds/algae), wild berries, and whole grains, for the sustainable utilization of marine resources and Swedish raw materials.

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FINEST Test arena

FINEST Testarena is an arena for practical product innovation and collaboration linked to the value chains Swedish forest berries, Protein from legumes and Experimental production of food.

Plant polysaccharides role on swallowability

Life expectation among the elderly increases every year, therefore it is important to preserve their life quality. Around 22 % of the world population over 50 years of age suffers from swallowing disorders.

A model of the human throat

The Gothenburg Throat is a model of the upper throat, the pharynx, which is a passage for both air, food and fluids. The model is used for studying the flow of different foods with the aim of developing foods which are easy and sa…

Seafood

Interest in seafood – or blue food – such as fish, shellfish and algae is increasing. To guide and support today´s consumers and producers, RISE offers a value chain perspective from fisheries and aquaculture to plate.

Rheology

Rheology describes texture, flowability and product stability leading to the right product properties, ability to process and shelf life.

Structure design

Future sustainable, healthy and tasty foods and functional biomaterials are developed by designing the microstructure.

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