BACCHUS is a four-year FP7-KBBE-funded Collaborative (Research) Project, targeted at a special group, with 28 beneficiaries including 16 SMEs from 11 countries, led by the Institute of Food Research (IFR, UK). The main objective of the BACCHUS project is to develop tools and resources that will facilitate the generation of robust and exploitable scientific evidence that, which can be used to support claims of a cause and effect relationship between consumption of bioactive peptides and polyphenols, and beneficial physiological effects related to cardiovascular health in humans. Text in small letters in footer: BACCHUS is a collaborative projectCollaborative Project under the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission, funded by Specific Programme 'Cooperation' - Research Theme: 'Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology', funded within the FP7-KBBE-2012-6-single-stage, under Grant Agreement no 312090.

1. 4th MoniQA International Conference
BUDAPEST 2013

2. In past years, we have seen a growing
occurrence of cardiovascular disease (CVD)

3. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for
47% of deaths in Europe

4. Almost every second person in this room will
die of cardiovascular disease (CVD)

5. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) healthcare
costs currently total ca. €195 billion

6. €195 billion could pay for
32 500 medium-scale Focused Research Projects
within FP7 …

7. Where does it start?

8. Hundreds of Health Halos

9. Despite numerous potential health claim
submissions to the
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

10. dossier describing a cause-and-effect
relationship of polyphenols and
health of humans
has been given a favourable opinion

11. What can we do about it?

12. BACCHUS is a four-year research project
with 28 Beneficiaries including 15 SMEs
from 11 countries, led by the
Institute of Food Research (IFR, UK)

14. The main objective of BACCHUS
is to…

15. … develop tools …

16. … develop tools …

17. and resources …

18. and resources …

19. ...deliver robust and exploitable
scientific evidence
to support health claims

20. ...deliver robust and exploitable
scientific evidence
to support health claims

21. … substantiate cause-and-effect
relationship between consumption of
bioactive peptides, polyphenols
and cardiovascular health in humans and …

22. … best practice guidelines to support
SME food manufacturers

23. Main Outcome of BACCHUS
nine SMEs in the project and one RTD
organisation will be able to develop
products with substantiated cardiovascular
health claim

24. BACCHUS brings benefits for
food industry SMEs

25. Project achievements will be
publicly available in order to
support future health claims

26. …and therefore

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@BACCHUS_FP7

28. Join BACCHUS Group at LinkedIn
The BACCHUS Project

29. Visit BACCHUS Homepage
www.BACCHUS-FP7.eu