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SureChoc: Sugar reduced chocolate and chocolate chip cookies to meet consumer sensory, naturalness and cost expectation
Sugar reduction in foods remains challenging; it is not only the sweetness of sugar but also physiochemical properties and cost that have to be matched. A substantial portion of sweet...
Interplay between different wheat cultivars and novel biostimulants
To do so, the following will be addressed: Identification of wheat cultivars with high yield and quality traits in different locations in Europe; To test varieties identified in year one...
Consumer and Manufacturing Driven Alternative Packaging Solutions from Agrifood Waste Streams
Suitable materials for meat, fish & poultry have constraints such as the need for an oxygen barrier & stability at higher temperatures, so wide-scale use of alternatives has so far...
inPaper: Innovative paper-based packaging technology and pack styles for food products
China is restricting plastic waste imports. Some countries have raised taxes on plastic bags or a complete ban. Within the food and packaging industry, there is an uncertainty about sustainable...
EIT Food Digital Marketplace for Side Streams
The following intermediate steps are required. Mapping of sourcing criteria for side streams; Comprehensive capturing of the ingredient composition of each side stream by using cutting-edge analytical technologies (LC-SWATH-MS) enabling...
FROM WASTE TO FARM: insect larvae as tool for welfare improvement in poultry
Insect larvae will be reared on food side streams, allowing the valorization of secondary raw materials produced in excess from food industries, and then used as environmental enrichments in...
Metamorphosis – enhanced insect protein for aquaculture
Metamorphosis will build on foundational work performed in Year 1 in regards to conversion of organic waste streams into valuable, next generation functional aquaculture feeds, utilising insect biomass conversion and...
Our Nutritious Protein
To date, minimally processed plant -proteins are hampered as alternatives to animal -proteins due to the presence of usually called “antinutritional factors” (ANFs), decreasing their nutritional value. Enzyme...
MIDSA - MIcroencapsulated Diets for Sustainable Aquaculture
However, bivalve industry growth is falling behind fish aquaculture due to critical defects in the production process. Feed defects, disease, and quality issues are throttling production. We will develop a...