We are working on the reuse of meat industry byproducts and healthy meat products using natural ingredients to replace synthetic additives for purposing of increasing the quality of meat products. Also, we are trying to work on meat analogs development using raw material from plants from the semiarid region of brazil to develop new alternative proteins for plant-based products elaboration.
The alternative
protein ecosystem
Fábio Silva
Researcher- Host institution: Federal University of Paraíba
- Position: Principal investigator
- Discipline: Agricultural science, Food science, Material science
- Alternative protein type: Plant-based
- Collaboration opportunities: Industry partnership, Technical consultation
- Hiring for: Graduate students, Postdoctoral fellows, Research staff
- Region: Latin America
- Technology focus: Consumer research, End product formulation and manufacturing, Food safety and quality, Ingredient optimization
- Location: Paraiba, Brazil