News and Events

Interview with Clara Talens, Senior Researcher at AZTI

Innovation in action: Giant Leaps Young Investigators at Fazer & VTT FutureHub

On September 4th, 2024, the Giant Leaps Young Investigators Group (YIs) met at VTT FutureHub in Espoo, Finland, for an exciting day of sharing research progress, skill-building, and collaboration.

Interview with Anna Chmielewska, Analysis and Application Development Manager at NapiFeryn BioTech

The chemical and microbiological safety of emerging alternative protein sources and derived analogues: A review

As part of her PhD project and thesis, and as a source of information for Giant Leaps’ Work Package 7, Matilde Milana wrote her first publication. 

VALPRO Path Webinar: European consumers perspectives on plant-based proteins

July 10, 2024
14:00 – 15:00 CET

GIANT LEAPS Stakeholder Board Meeting - 4th June

The GIANT LEAPS Stakeholder Board (SB) meeting was held on June 4th at the Fokker Terminal in The Hague, Netherlands. The meeting lasted from 12:00 to 17:00, starting with a networking lunch and concluding with a discussion on feedback and next steps. The event also included breakout sessions focusing on specific work packages (WPs), followed by a welcome reception at the Bridge2Food Summit Europe.

Giant Leaps at Bridge2Food Summit Europe 2024

The latest edition of Bridge2Food Summit Europe took place from June 4th to 6th, 2024, in The Hague, Netherlands. As in previous editions, the Giant Leaps project had a dedicated booth.

Research position open at UNINA!

Join the Giant Leaps team at the University of Naples "Federico II" on a 2-year postdoctoral position.

Giant Leaps in VALPRO Path Podcast: Factors influencing the adoption of plant proteins (PART I)

Giant Leaps’ project coordinator Paul Vos, from Wageningen Food & Biobased Research was interviewed by Tamara Glišić-Krivošija from Foodscale Hub.

Horizon4Proteins webinar: Alternative protein integration in EU diets

Join us on Tuesday 23 January 2024, from 15:00 to 16:20 CET, and get insights on the integration of alternative proteins in EU diets.

Giant Leaps in Future of Foods podcast

Giant Leaps’ Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation Leader Edward Sliwinski from EFFoST sat down with Alex Crisp to talk about the project mission and activities.

Watch the new Giant Leaps video!

We are excited to present our new project video, highlighting our four-year mission to reshape nutrition across Europe.

Horizon4Proteins publishes Policy Brief to Revolutionise the Alternative Proteins Sector

The European Commission is being urged to take a series of measures to accelerate the shift to alternative protein in a policy brief published by Horizon4Proteins, a cluster of projects namely NextGenProteins, SUSINCHAIN, ProFuture, Smart Protein, and LIKE-A-PRO.