Description
Traditional sourdough bread resorts to spontaneous fermentations leading to natural selections of microorganisms, mainly yeasts and lactic acid bacteria. Such microorganisms are essentially beneficial to humans and, concomitantly, inhibits propagation of undesirable microbiota. Sourdough fermentation was probably one of the first microbial processes employed by Man for food production and preservation. Sourdough bread stills widely manufactured at farm level across Europe and worldwide and is highly appreciated by consumers for its distinct flavour, texture and healthy attributes. Through a bottom-up approach, this COST Action network brings together a multidisciplinary group of scientists and SMEs/LEs dedicated for many decades to study cereals and sourdough technologies. SOURDOMICS will exploit sourdough technology through entire value chain: from sustainable cereals’ production, through fermentation processes’ exploitation, to by-products’ valorisation in circular economy. In (1)-upstream, it aims at (1.1)-exploitation autochthonous (pseudo)cereals with good baking, nutritional and healthy attributes, while (1.2)-promoting a sustainable agriculture and preserving genetic diversity. Simultaneously, aims at contributing to develop new business opportunities to local farmers through their engagement into food processing with shared small-scale breadmaking facilities, and the integration into industrial and trade chains. Such features are in agreement with European Agenda for Food and Environment. In (2)-downstream, the biotechnological sourdough fermentation exploitation comprises several objectives: (2.1)-Design starter cultures with a wide range of biotechnological applications; (2.2)-Production of healthy and tasty varieties of bread, thus catalysing changes in consumers’ diets and market orientations; (2.3)-Production of high-added value metabolites resorting to sourdough microbiota; and (2.4)-Valorisation of by-products from cereal production and sourdough technologies.
Action keywords
Food biotechnology, quality and preservation - Secure food chain and wealth traditional products - Microbiota, food fermentation and breadmaking technology - Genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics - New business models, sustainability and circular economy
Management Committee
Country | MC Member |
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Austria | |
Belgium | |
Belgium | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bulgaria | |
Bulgaria | |
Croatia | |
Croatia | |
Cyprus | |
Czech Republic | |
Denmark | |
Denmark | |
Estonia | |
Estonia | |
Finland | |
Finland | |
France | |
France | |
Germany | |
Germany | |
Greece | |
Greece | |
Hungary | |
Hungary | |
Ireland | |
Ireland | |
Israel | |
Israel | |
Italy | |
Italy | |
Latvia | |
Latvia | |
Lithuania | |
Lithuania | |
Malta | |
Malta | |
Moldova | |
Moldova | |
Netherlands | |
Netherlands | |
North Macedonia | |
North Macedonia | |
Norway | |
Norway | |
Poland | |
Poland | |
Portugal | |
Portugal | |
Romania | |
Romania | |
Serbia | |
Serbia | |
Slovakia | |
Slovakia | |
Slovenia | |
Spain | |
Spain | |
Sweden | |
Sweden | |
Switzerland | |
Türkiye | |
Türkiye | |
United Kingdom | |
United Kingdom |
Main Contacts
Action Contacts
COST Staff
Leadership
Role | Leader |
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Action Chair | |
Action Vice-Chair | |
Grant Holder Scientific Representative | |
Science Communication Coordinator | |
Grant Awarding Coordinator | |
WG1 Leader | |
WG2 Leader | |
WG3 Leader | |
WG4 Leader | |
WG5 Leader | |
WG6 Leader | |
WG7 Leader | |
WG8 Leader | |
WG9 Leader |
Additional roles
Role | Leader |
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ITC CG Coordinator | |
STSM Coordinator |
Working Groups
Number | Title | Leader |
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1 | WG1. Recovery, characterization and selection of autochthonous conventional & nonconventional (pseudo)cereal seeds | |
2 | WG2. Screening and characterization cereal flours and sourdough microbiota | |
3 | WG3.Design and development sourdough starter cultures for breadmaking and other agri-food products | |
4 | WG4.Production, extraction and purification functional sourdough metabolites | |
5 | WG5.Enzymatic processes based on cereals and sourdough technology | |
6 | WG6.Project design and development innovative prototypes of products and small-scale processing technologies | |
7 | WG7.Valorisation of by-products, residues and food wastes throughout the entire value chain | |
8 | WG8.Food safety, health promoting, sensorial perception and consumers’ behaviour | |
9 | WG9.Economic feasibility, environmental sustainability and business case development, and team qualification |
Membership
Name | Working Group | Country |
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WG 1 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 4, WG 5, WG 7 | Croatia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 4, WG 7, WG 8 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Türkiye | |
WG 1 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Romania | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 6, WG 7 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Spain | |
WG 1 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 5, WG 6, WG 8 | Albania | |
WG 1, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8 | Romania | |
WG 1 | Denmark | |
WG 1 | Slovakia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | ||
WG 1, WG 7 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 7, WG 8 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 6 | Lithuania | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 5, WG 7 | ||
WG 1 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 6 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Germany | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 4, WG 5, WG 8, WG 9 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 4, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8 | Albania | |
WG 1 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 7, WG 8 | Greece | |
WG 1 | Hungary | |
WG 1 | Hungary | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 3, WG 6, WG 7 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 7 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 6 | Hungary | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Greece | |
WG 1, WG 6 | Egypt | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 8 | Nigeria | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1 | Italy | |
WG 1 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Albania | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Germany | |
WG 1 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Türkiye | |
WG 1 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Serbia | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Austria | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Chile | |
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Chile | |
WG 2, WG 4, WG 5, WG 7 | Sweden | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 6, WG 7 | Spain | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 2, WG 4, WG 7 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Bulgaria | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 6, WG 8 | Poland | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 8 | Estonia | |
WG 2, WG 6 | Estonia | |
WG 2, WG 4, WG 5 | Netherlands | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Denmark | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Cyprus | |
WG 2, WG 7, WG 8 | Morocco | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 5, WG 6, WG 8 | Spain | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Belgium | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 7, WG 8 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 5, WG 6, WG 8 | Spain | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | ||
WG 2, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 2, WG 4, WG 5, WG 7, WG 8 | Serbia | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 8 | Poland | |
WG 2, WG 4, WG 8 | ||
WG 2, WG 3 | Canada | |
WG 2, WG 4, WG 7, WG 8 | Serbia | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 8 | Spain | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8 | ||
WG 2, WG 3, WG 7 | Switzerland | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 5 | Bulgaria | |
WG 2 | Spain | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Belgium | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Croatia | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 6, WG 8 | ||
WG 2, WG 7 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 7, WG 8 | Morocco | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Kosovo* | |
WG 2, WG 8 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 6, WG 8 | North Macedonia | |
WG 3, WG 8, WG 9 | Türkiye | |
WG 3, WG 4, WG 7 | Morocco | |
WG 3, WG 6, WG 8 | Türkiye | |
WG 3, WG 7 | Lithuania | |
WG 3, WG 7 | Romania | |
WG 3, WG 7 | Bulgaria | |
WG 3, WG 7, WG 9 | Israel | |
WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6, WG 7 | Türkiye | |
WG 3, WG 6, WG 8 | Denmark | |
WG 3 | Italy | |
WG 4, WG 6, WG 7 | Ireland | |
WG 4, WG 6, WG 7, WG 8 | Germany | |
WG 4, WG 7 | Serbia | |
WG 4, WG 6, WG 7, WG 9 | Croatia | |
WG 4, WG 6, WG 8 | Spain | |
WG 4 | ||
WG 4, WG 7, WG 8 | Spain | |
WG 4, WG 7, WG 8, WG 9 | Portugal | |
WG 4, WG 7 | ||
WG 4 | ||
WG 4, WG 7 | Serbia | |
WG 4, WG 7, WG 8 | Serbia | |