Phytoquest Limited

**Cleobury Project Management** (previously Baldwin) are an Aberystwyth University spin-out company. They have been piloting methods to grow high-value, novel plants in Mid-Wales, on elevated terrane, enhancing potential health benefits of these botanicals after human consumption. They have been advancing encapsulating technology and spray drying to prese...

Public interest in naturally derived food and drink products that can generate health benefits (functional foods) has grown significantly. Functional foods can improve the gut health -- an area of significant focus both academically and commercially - helping mitigate against various chronic illnesses and promoting physical and mental health, and improved...

The National Food Strategy describes the need for innovation to create a better food system, improve the national diet, escape the junk food cycle and protect the NHS. The UK needs to effectively manage non-communicable diseases, chronic conditions and improve recovery from long-term systemic inflammatory conditions. Emphasis needs to shift to healthier d...

Natural food preservatives to extend the shelf life of processed foods are increasingly important in the provision of food safety in sugar & salt limited recipes. Iminosugars (C&I) are valuable products which have been shown to provide a natural preservative function in foods. Potato manufacturing process generates out of spec potatoes, known to contain t...

The iminosugars are a widespread group of plant and microbial compounds that are attracting interest as therapeutic agents due to their ability to interact with enzymes and microbes within the gut. They have many activities beneficial to health but due to difficulties with their identification and isolation most remain un-investigated. Here we focus on th...

Liver fluke in cattle and sheep represents an increasing economic problem, particularly because of developing resistance to available drugs, as well as representing a serious animal welfare issue. This project will develop a nature based alternative treatment by using a bulk chemical that can be isolated in large quantities from a common non-food plant wh...

The project combines the expertise of 4 UK partners to characterise, formulate & develop a UK supply chain for IminoNorm™, a proprietary natural ingredient that, when incorporated into foods & beverages, can address diet-related health conditions such as diabetes and obesity. IminoNorm™ is derived from mulberry leaves which have a strong traditional histo...

InterPharm Investments Ltd is a ‘search and development’ company focussed on ‘Foods for Special Medical Purposes’. These are products for the dietary management of a medical condition. We have identified an edible fruit which contains a bioactive ingredient with distinctive beneficial activity on the human immune system, and we wish to investigate whether...

The processing of food materials for the consumer market results a variety of surplus or waste streams, which currently have low value uses, for example for animal feed, or for anerobic digestion. The project will focus on the innovative recovery and transformation of wet perishable process streams, such as peel, stalk, grain, and fruit waste, into higher...

PhytoQuest Limited has novel anti-inflammatory agents from cucumbers that it will evaluate for animal uses using the TSB innovation voucher. Initial tests will be on bovine uterine tissues looking for possible therapeutic effects on endometriosis. Tests on horses for relieving Sweet Itch and equine endometriosis models will follow this initial research.

Protozoal organisms in the rumen of animals such as cattle and sheep reduce their ability to utilise protein efficiently and increase their production of methane, an important greenhouse gas which may lead to increased global warming. Saponins from ivy have been shown by the team to reduce protozoal growth but the effect wears off as the protozoa remove s...