Food for the Future

Food for the Future

INL Cluster

The increase in world population has implications for the food supply and the conventional methods currently used. To address this need, we at INL work towards applying nanotechnology to build a better future Agri-food system.

The entire food value chain needs to be more efficient regarding nutrition, safety, authenticity, shelf-life and taste. We are working to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1: ‘No Poverty’, 2: ‘Zero Hunger’ and 12: ‘Responsible Consumption and Production’. At INL, we apply nanotechnologies to build a more sustainable food system, monitoring and optimising the processes that form the food value chain. 

The scientific community at INL is part of an ecosystem of IT innovators, the financial sector, companies, consumers, associations, and other stakeholders throughout the food chain, promoting open innovation to face the food system’s future.

Food Packaging

A high-performing food packaging solution can extend the shelf-life and reduce food waste.

Food Personalisation

Technological developments allow us to engineer food ingredients’ bioactivity and structure to produce fully personalised functional foods.

Food Control and Traceability

Analyse food processes to ensure safety, authenticity and quality, all with a miniaturised, fast and reliable analytical tool.

Coordinators

Funding & Business

Projects

PROMISEANG

Alternative PROteins from MIcrobial fermentation of non-conventional SEA sources for Next-Generation food, feed and non-food bio-based applications

FEASTS

Fostering European cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solutions

TITAN

Transparency solutions for transforming the food system

VIIAFOOD

VIIAFOOD - Plataforma de Valorização, Industrialização e Inovação comercial para o AgroAlimentar

Convert2Green

Converting Facilities Network for accelerating uptake of climate neutral materials in innovative products

IRISS

The international ecosystem for accelerating the transition to Safe-and-Sustainable-by-design materials, products and processes

CHAMPION

Catalytic Hairpin Assembly-based Point of Need Detection Device for Noroviruses

CRYSTAL3

Commercial & Research Opportunity for Cysteinyl Leukotriene Signalling in Ocular & CNS Dysfunction, Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease

SbDToolBox

SbDtoolBox - Nanotechnology-based tools and tests for Safer-by- Design nanomaterials

TrustEat

TrustEat - Building a trusty future food system by using blockchain tech

Seafood Age

Smart and eco-innovative SEAFOOD processes and products for healthy AGEing

HIBA

HIBA- HUB IBERIA AGROTECH: Multi-regional ecosystem for Agrifood digitization through Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH)

EnhanceMicroAlgae

High added-value industrial opportunities for microalgae in the Atlantic Area

RE-EAT

RE-EAT – Ripening recovery strategies in the post-storage of Rocha pear treated with 1-MCP, aimed at different markets

hOLIVEcream

Healthy olive oil based creams enriched with berries for application in bakery and pastry / Cremes saudáveis à base de azeite enriquecidos com frutos vermelhos para uso em produtos de padaria e pastelaria

cLabel

cLabel+: Innovative natural, nutritious and consumer-oriented clean label food | Alimentos inovadores “clean label” naturais, nutritivos e orientados para o consumidor

ICECARE

ICECARE - Functional Cardio-Healthy Ice Cream | Gelados funcionais cardio-saudáveis

FODIAC

Foods for diabetes and cognition

BetterFat4Meat

Desenvolvimento de gordura estruturada para utilização em produtos cárneos por substituição de gordura animal // Development of Structured fat to use in meat products in substitution of animal fat

FoodSense

FoodSense – Desenvolvimento de sistema integrado em linha de enchimento para deteção de contaminantes em produtos alimentares // Development of integrated inline filling system for contaminant detection in food products

GASTRIC

Gastrointestinal Tract on Chip - An automated microfluidics-based modular device for complete simulation of the processes of digestion and absorption of orally ingested bioactive compounds

3D-NANOFOOD

Advancing frontiers in personalised foods for seniors through nanotechnology and 3D printing aiming enhanced nutrition and superior flavor

Frulact - Nanobiosensor

NanoBioSensor – Development of nanosensors for microbiological quality evaluation of fruit-based products

i-GRAPE

Integrated, Low-Cost and Stand-Alone Micro-Optical System for Grape Maturation and Vine Hydric Stress Monitoring

M3atD

A 3D bioprinted model for cell-based meats design

MobFood

MOBILIZAÇÃO DE CONHECIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO EM RESPOSTA AOS DESAFIOS DO MERCADO AGROALIMENTAR

YPACK

HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES (PHB) BASED PACKAGING TO MINIMISE FOOD WASTE

ICONSS

Innovative Consumer OrieNted Safe Solutions

COVICOAT

Antiviral edible coating for fresh food

CVMar +i

Inovação industrial através de colaborações específicas entre empresas e centros de investigação no contexto de valorização biotecnológica marinha