Ana Rascon

My experience comprises work in the B2B and consumer food products industry including patents. Also, in academia as professor in the fields of human nutrition and life sciences (biochemistry and enzymology). The following are some examples of areas I could offer my services, based on my lifelong experience :

. Functional food development. Food products tailored to the specific needs of different age groups, the under- or overweight or that may help to improve or avoid certain health conditions. Nutritionally sound food products, i.e., the development of food concepts like soups and drinks with delicious flavor, texture and a good amount of dietary fiber and/or protein not from isolates, but from whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables.

. Food design and scaling up from the kitchen/lab bench to the production plant.

. Development of methods to standardize quality under industrial food production.

. Developing custom made enzyme formulations for high quality liquid oat bases. Re-engineering of cereal (especially oats), legume, or combined cereal-legume liquid bases using enzymes (bioprocessing), that could also be later used for further product innovation.

. Solving quality or processing issues during liquid cereal/legume bases production. Adaptation of production conditions for stablished factories.

. Exclusive know-how on high-fiber liquid oat bran base technology/production.

. Enzyme technology applied to the food and beverage industry in general.

. Regulatory compliance and nutrition related health claims.

. Active onsite support/participation while solutions are implemented.

. Mentorship of laboratory personnel on new methods, processes and biochemical assays.

. Ingredient procurement.

. Design of food products for human intervention studies.

. During my time as CEO, managed personnel and dealt with the strategies, and hardships, to create new products and/or brands.

As Adjunct Professor in the Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, Lund University, Sweden, I contributed as supervisor for Master of Science students/PhD-students, as well as, with teaching of special topics in the programs supported by the department such as, Human Nutrition, Health Claims, Vitamins and minerals, and Protein among others.

On the research side, contributed with the development of concepts for the prevention of life-style related diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and nutritionally sound concepts for the prevention of undernourishment in the elderly. Two of our concepts are currently used in intervention studies run by Örebro University and Chalmers in Göteborg. The results are expected for the end of 2026.