The main objective of the BACCHUS project was to develop tools and resources that will facilitate the generation of robust and exploitable scientific evidence that can be used to support claims of a cause and effect relationship between consumption of bioactive peptides and polyphenols, and beneficial physiological effects related to cardiovascular health in humans. The IMI team primary explored the effects of aronia-polyphenol rich juice consumption on aggregation and activation of thrombocytes in abdominally obese subjects.