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Invitation to NextGenProteins Conference: Exploring the potential of new protein sources for food and feed

We are delighted to invite you to join us at the NextGenProteins Conference: New Proteins – New Food, Feed & Products – New Perspectives The event will take place on 7th and 8th September 2023 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Online participation is also available. The H2020 funded project NextGenProteins identified microalgae, single cell protein and insects …

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Can alternative proteins feed the world?

ttz Bremerhaven will be hosting the NextGenProteins Conference this year. On the 7th and 8th September 2023, international business leaders, scientists and policy makers will meet and discuss the latest insights in the field of alternative proteins for food and feed industries. How can we derive and implement protein sources derived from legumes, insects, cell …

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Horizon4Proteins Webinar on Novel Proteins for feed

The Horizon4Proteins webinar on Novel Proteins for feed will be held on 26th of June 2023 from 11h-12h CEST. While facing climate change and natural resource scarcity, ensuring sufficient, nutritious, safe and affordable food to a fast-growing world population with changing dietary habits becomes increasingly challenging. The protein supply is in this respect most critical. …

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NextGen TALKS proteins- Diana Rempel

Interview with the Next Generation Students! Who am I ? Hello! My name is Diana and I study food technology and am currently writing my bachelor thesis at University of Bremerhaven. What did I do during my internship? During my internships I supported the NextGenProteins project by attending both pop-up stores in Bremerhaven and disseminated …

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Unlocking the potential of alternative proteins in the EU: a Horizon4Proteins Policy Roundtable event (17th May 2023) 

Providing sufficient safe, nutritious and affordable food to a fast-growing world population against a backdrop of climate degradation and natural resource scarcity is the predominant food systems challenge of our times. A dietary shift away from traditional animal protein sources in Europe and towards plant and ‘alternative’ protein sources that are nutritious, tasty, affordable and …

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Do consumers trust in the safety of novel food products?

In Europe, policy shift towards sustainability has created demand for alternative proteins in foods (i.e., plant-based and food-technology alternatives to animal protein). What about consumers, do they trust in the safety of novel food products including alternative protein ingredients? VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. and Finnish Food Authority organized on 30.11.2022 in Espoo, …

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Horizon4Proteins at COP27 to discuss the opportunities that alternative proteins provide in the fight against climate change

On Thursday, 10 November 2022, Justine Vanhalst, project manager at Matís (Iceland), involved in dissemination management in the NextGenProteins project and Jacqueline Lyons, project manager at University College Cork (Ireland) and Smart Protein Project Manager, hosted a one and a half hour session at the Food4Climate Pavilion at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt). The …

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How NextGenProteins considers the needs of society in Research and Innovation

NextGenProteins aims to optimise and validate, in an industrially relevant environment, the production of proteins from microalgae, single cells and insects and demonstrate their suitability as alternative sustainable sources in food and feed value chains. In order to better align both the processes and the products with the values, needs and expectations of society, NextGenProteins …

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