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Spotlight: Glucanova on nutritious, sustainable food concepts
Ana Rascón, CEO at Glucanova, highlights how their technology is creating liquid oat products which are high in fibre, sustainable and nutritious.
04 Feb 2022
07:25
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Takeaways:
- Glucanova are developing nutritional food products which are tasty, convenient and sustainable.
- Glucanova is part of the EIT Food RisingFoodStars network, which helps successful, impactful agrifood scaleups to scale to the next level in becoming the international gamechangers of the future.
- Their innovative technology is enabling them to provide science to service the food industry.
- Food shouldn’t just be a source of energy, it should be nutritious too, and Glucanova are doing this using whole food products with a high fibre content. This is important as many people lack sufficient fibre in their diet.
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