In the invisible microscopic world, there lives a group of tiny yet powerful beings. Silent and unseen, they are quietly transforming our lives and reshaping the future of the food industry. Today, let us step into the Laboratory for Functional Component Discovery and Healthy Food Development at BTBU and explore the invisible microscopic world together.

The Laboratory for Functional Component Discovery and Healthy Food Development is a research team rooted in food science, dedicated to leveraging technology to advance public nutrition and implement the Healthy China initiative.

The team focuses mainly on two things. First, mining — that is, uncovering natural, valuable treasures from ordinary food ingredients and developing them into active, functional ingredients. This is the core process, a bit like turning stone into gold — extracting gold from ordinary ore.

The second thing is making good use of these natural ingredients — applying them to everyday foods such as rice, flour-based products, and dairy items — to develop foods that are both delicious and healthy.

This is the team's first product — rice bran bioactive peptides. It comes from rice bran, a byproduct of rice processing. Most rice bran is discarded in industrial production, but it's actually a hidden treasure. They extract protein peptides from it and develop them into products, achieving a significant increase in added value. The second-generation product uses both plant-based proteins and animal-derived proteins, making it more nutritionally balanced. Through animal and human trials, this product has been shown to delay postprandial blood sugar spikes, with a 30% increase in bioactivity. Compared to the competing product from France's Andrea company, this product has higher activity. Their product costs about 1,000 RMB per kilogram, while BTBU's laboratory can control cost at around 100 RMB per kilogram— offering much better value for money.

source: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/jVtb1kOo2uTl2F6dsVdwOw