Puleva Biotech SA (E.PUV), the biotechnology unit of Spanish food company Ebro Puleva SA (E.EPV), said Friday that it has started researching the production of proteins with health benefits.
The company said it was also researching the large scale production of sugars which will react in the colon to encourage the growth of benevolent bacteria.
As part of the project, the company said it plans to obtain products of nutritional or pharmacological value, which could then be incorporated as " functional ingredients" in the food products of Ebro Puleva or other companies.
