As consumers demand a list of ingredients that is as short as possible and additives whose names can be pronounced, the need for natural products that can function as food preservatives grows. But to make that a reality, more research is still required.
This is the issue that Professor Salwa Karboune, Scientific Director of the RITA Consortium and researcher at McGill University, has decided to tackle alongside her research team. Her work was presented as part of a segment on the weekly televised show "La Semaine Verte". The episode, broadcast on September 15th, 2018 on the Radio-Canada television channel, presented advances in the antimicrobial activity of natural ingredients and their interactions.
To watch the segment: Agents de conservation du futur (available in French only).
Journalist: Catherine Mercier
Director: Jean-François Michaud