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The joint international EUREKA tender of ADEXGO Kft. and Széchenyi István University entitled ” Exploitation of local biodiversity of yeasts for wine production – development of a complex quality testing technology enabling the objective characterization and identification of wines” has ended.
The project was implemented under the leadership of the Romanian company SC ICA Research and Development SRL and with the participation of two other Romanian partners, SC Pharmacorp Innovation SRL and the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest (USAMVB).
The main goal of the tender, which closed on August 31, 2024, was to develop new, innovative methodologies in the field of winemaking and wine testing. During the 3-year tender period, a methodology was developed that included, in addition to classical testing methods, instrumental rapid analytical technologies, comprising non-destructive near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), optoelectronic and gas chromatography (GC) electronic noses, and electronic tongue using ion selective field-effect transistor (ISFET) sensors coated with biological membranes.
Using the developed technology, the individual wine varieties were identified, and the contaminated or infected wines showing taste and smell defects were identified. The developed instrumental rapid testing technology was successfully used to objectively characterize the quality of the experimental wines produced with individual yeast strains and their combinations according to the oenological technology developed by the Romanian consortium partners.
The results proved that the complex methodology incorporating different quality testing protocols into a single system is a useful tool for innovative wine development in addition to human wine tasting and targeted chemical tests. As a result of the project, a complex wine quality testing technology and methodology was developed, which expands the range of services of ADEXGO Kft.’s Correltech division
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From January 2024, the Correltech Laboratory of ADEXGO Kft. has moved to a new location, and the high-quality professional activity will continue in a renewed environment. The significantly expanded laboratory will provide surface for many tender and market projects. The staff of the Correltech Laboratory continues to carry out the instrumental aroma analyzes and NIRS tests of our EUREKA and PIACI KFI tenders, which are ending this year. In addition, the main activity of the laboratory is the development of hardware, software and methods related to NIR spectroscopy, as well as the aroma testing of samples from market partners.
In 2023, our colleagues presented our results at several professional forums. We presented our previous results related to estrus detection in pigs at the International Aquaphotomics Conference in Rome. Regarding wine aroma testing, we presented a poster at the International Conference on Biosystems and Food Engineering in Budapest, the results of NIRS tests of forages and dairy products were presented in Innsbruck, at the International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy, and in Amsterdam at the 14th Rapid Methods Europe international conference.
Events
ADEXGO’s colleagues presented the latest research results of the Correltech Laboratory at the Rapid Methods Europe international conference held in Amsterdam in the first days of October. Our results obtained during the examination of the effect of feeding on the smell of milk with an electronic nose were presented in a poster and in a short presentation, while head of research Dr. George Bázár, as an invited speaker of the conference, summarized the challenges experienced in the field of near-infrared spectroscopy when applied in feed analyses.
Grants
ADEXGO Kft. and Széchenyi István University are participating in a joint international EUREKA tender entitled “Exploitation of local biodiversity of yeast for wine production – development of a complex quality testing technology enabling the objective characterization and identification of wines”.
The consortium led by the Romanian company SC ICA Research and Development SRL, including ADEXGO Kft. and Széchenyi István University, as well as two other Romanian partners, SC Pharmacorp Innovation SRL and the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest (USAMVB) won a tender in the international EUREKA program. To implement the tasks undertaken in the project, the Hungarian participants receive a total of HUF 68,828,812 non-refundable support from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund in the tender entitled “Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA program (2019-2.1.1-EUREKA)”.
The main goal of the project is to develop new, innovative processes in winemaking and wine testing. Within the framework of the 3-year project, the members of the Hungarian consortium are developing a complex instrumental rapid analytical methodology for the objective qualification of wines, using electronic aroma analysis and near-infrared spectroscopy. The development makes it possible to objectively describe the quality of wines and to detect wine defects and wine diseases at an early stage. The procedure can be an innovative objective tool in both self-tests and official inspections in wineries, and can also be used to determine the quality parameters of other products of the food and feed industry.
The project is implemented in the CORRELTECH® laboratory of ADEXGO Kft. in Herceghalom and in the Department of Food Science at the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences of the Széchenyi István University.
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Since April 2019, research work has been going on in the laboratory of ADEXGO Kft. hired in Herceghalom, at the Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science of the National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre. The entirely new infrastructure provides unique possibilities for research and development projects fitting in the profile of the Correltech division of ADEXGO. These projects mostly focus on NIR spectroscopy and electronic aroma sensing technologies.
The major activities of the Correltech Laboratory include testing of handheld NIR devices and development of novel applications. Furthermore, a separation technology based aroma sensing and analyzing system, so-called electronic-nose has been installed, providing great potentials in R&D projects with its capability to detect and describe volatile compounds of samples with various consistency.
The investment and the activity of the lab have been co-financed by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office through the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, under the “2018-1.3.1-VKE-2018-00014” research grant project.
