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Europe’s food system has come under unprecedented pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic that requires an urgent and coordinated response. As Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, EIT Food has launched two initiatives to support the…
The Future of Food Conference is a high-level forum, providing a platform for all the stakeholders of the food system to discuss the most pressing challenges and solutions in the EU’s agrifood sector and co-create innovative solutions.
Innovation
We guide and accelerate food innovation to transform the food system. We focus on inclusive systems innovation, which enables all people and places to participate and benefit.
Education
We are attracting, developing and empowering bright minds to lead the transformation of the food system into an innovative sector that produces healthy and sustainable food, and is trusted by society.
Entrepreneurship
Startups play a fundamental role in transforming the food system. EIT Food supports innovative impactful agrifood entrepreneurs and startups to deliver new food innovations and businesses across Europe.
Public engagement
We believe that we are all responsible for, and connected to, the food that we eat, so we all need to work together to improve it. Our activities are designed to engage with people so that they can become agents of change in the food…
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University of Turin
Profile
The University of Torino (UniTo) is one of the largest Italian Universities, with about 74,000 students, 3,900 employees, 1,800 postgraduate and post-doctoral research fellows. UniTo manages roughly 500 projects per year, both at the national and international level, with a long record of participation of UniTo in the EU strategic research agenda. Under H2020, 118 projects have been funded so far, among which 27 coordinated projects and 9 Research Infrastructure grants.
Competences & Capabilities
UniTo's main areas of specialisation and technological expertise are:
- Food safety
- Diets & behaviours
- Food engineering for health
- Food and ingredient traceability
- Personalised nutrition
- Precision farming
- Sustainable crop protection
- Packaging
- Organic waste valorisation
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University of Turin
Via Verdi 8
Torino 10124
Italy
Torino 10124
Italy
Partner in the following EIT Food projects
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projectConnecting students and young professionals from different backgrounds to provide insights into sustainable production and consumption towards healthier diets.
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project6 months advanced training for the development of an innovative idea with significant impact in the Food System.
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projectRethinking food packaging for regenerating resources
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projectDevelop shelf-stable and perceived and healthy processed foods
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projectLearn the principles, science and health benefits of the Mediterranean and the Okinawa diets
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projectUnderstand how food goes from farm to fork: explore food security, supply chains, food production and agriculture.
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projectThe gut and brain are very closely linked. Explore how neurology, the microbiome and more interact to affect health
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projectDiscover the importance of public engagement in science, and learn techniques to share and raise awareness of your research.
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Food Solutions
2021 > 2022project​Food Solutions brings together multi-disciplinary teams to tackle real-life industry challenges and develop innovative new solutions for the food system -
projectMaking meat substitutes more palatable
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