Alimentómica

Alimentómica is an innovative company that focuses its activity on Scientific Advice on Food Legislation, and bases its research on Personalized Nutrition and Perinatal Nutrition.

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Alimentómica

In Alimentómica, its activity is focused on the research and development of new components, technologies or innovative practices that allow people to improve their diet and health. Know who we are and our values.

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Scientific advisory services (food legislation)

European Regulation

Alimentómica has a team of expert advisers that accompanies and guides you in the European evaluation processes for food products.

Regulation in the international field outside the EU

Alimentómica's team of advisers will guide you through the regulatory processes outside Europe, from the "Food Standard Agency" in the United Kingdom, the "Food Safety authority of Ireland" in Ireland, the "Singapore Food Agency" in Singapore or the "Food and Drug Administration ” from the United States.

Others

The panel of expert advisers of Alimentómica coordinated by Prof Palou, offers scientific advice in endless processes, evaluations, study of possibilities, etc.

Consulting success stories

The members of Alimentómica have the experience of having participated in evaluating/revising/drafting numerous successful applications for Novel Foods (about 40 of the different types and categories) within the scope of the European regulation. Some representative examples of the most frequent categories:

Approval of a new food from Synsepalum dulcificum as an ingredient for food supplements

Approval of a new food based on a cockscomb extract, to be used in food supplements

Approval of a New Food based on synthetic hydroxytyrosol as an ingredient in vegetable and fish oils and spreadable fats.

Panel of experts in the scientific advisory service (food legislation)

Andrew Palou

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) Prof. Andreu Palou has been Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) since 1988. Director of the Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology Laboratory (LBNB) (since 1995) and of the Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Evaluation group. of Risks (NuBE) of the UIB (until 2021). He is also responsible for the research group at the IdISBa (Balearic Islands Health Research Institute) and at the CIBEROBN (Centre for Network Biomedical Research on Nutrition and Obesity, since 2006). He is the author of more than 500 scientific articles and several patents. He has been recognized with various awards for his scientific career, such as the Dupont for Science, the Danone Foundation, the Hippocrates for Nutrition, the National Award for Nutrition from the University of Navarra and the Spanish Obesity and Medicine Societies. Aesthetics, ... He has been Dean and Vice Chancellor at his University. Coordinator of several consortiums and European contracts. Assessor/reviewer/writer of numerous successful applications for Novel Foods in Europe. Prof. Palou was the first President of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN, 2003-10), Vice President of the Scientific Committee on Human Food of the European Commission (SCF) (1997-2003), Vice President of the Scientific Panel on Nutrition of the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) (2003-2009) and Member of the scientific/advisory committee of several institutions and public and private companies in the field of food, nationally and internationally.

Andreu Palou March

CEO of Alimentómica, Senior Engineer in Telematics and Telecommunications and MBA (Master Business Management)

Entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience, he has worked in different industries developing activities related to the design and development of products, marketing and commercial operations at a national and international level. Likewise, he has participated in R&D projects in different positions, executing multidisciplinary actions, involving programming, project management and human resource management.

Mariona Palou

Doctor in Nutrigenomics and Personalized Nutrition from the UIB

Dr. Mariona Palou, UIB University Professor, specializes in the study of the molecular bases of metabolic programming during pregnancy and lactation, and in the control and regulation of body weight and health. He works in the group of expert advisors at Alimentómica, with more than 15 years of experience in the field of food safety and regulation in Europe, particularly in the area of Novel Foods, Food Health Declarations and food alarm management.