 | | Kick-off: GIANT LEAPS accelerates the transition to alternative proteins | | We are happy to announce the start of GIANT LEAPS, a new Horizon Research and Innovation Action that aims to accelerate the transition from animal-based to alternative dietary proteins. This dietary shift is key to reducing the footprint of our food system in terms of environmental impacts and improving the health and well-being of people, animals, and the planet. | | |  | | GIANT LEAPS at the 36th EFFoST International Conference | | GIANT LEAPS participated in the 36th EFFoST International conference by joining the Special session titled "Filling knowledge gaps on alternative proteins to accelerate the dietary shift." | | |  | | Dutch National Week Without Meat & Dairy | | The 6th edition of the Dutch National Week Without Meat & Dairy (Week Zonder Vlees & Zuivel) was held from March 6th to March 12th, 2023. | | | |  | | WUR is the most sustainable university in the world again | | According to the 2022 GreenMetric ranking of Universitas Indonesia (UI), Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is again the most sustainable university in the world. The ranking compares the sustainability of 1050 universities in 85 countries. | | | |  | | Smart Protein at COP27: Let’s talk about Alternative Proteins | | COP is a unique conference where people from different countries and backgrounds come together to discuss the countless aspects of climate change from local and global perspectives. | | | |  | | Solar Foods receives a €34 million grant | | Business Finland has approved a €34 million grant funding to Solar Foods. To date, this is the single largest public grant funding for cellular agriculture in the world. The grant is the first batch of funding for Solar Foods due the recent IPCEI notification. | | | |  | | FrieslandCampina Ingredients and Triplebar Bio Inc. partner to bring cell-based proteins to market through precision fermentation | | FrieslandCampina Ingredients, the global innovator in healthy and functional ingredients, today announces it has entered a strategic partnership with specialist biotechnology company Triplebar Bio Inc.. | | | |  | | NapiFeryn BioTech closes a €2.5 Million Investment round to launch its canola/rapeseed protein from large oil pressing side streams | | Founded in Poland in 2014, NapiFeryn developed and patented a unique process to obtain rapeseed proteins (Raptein®) from the side-streams of oil pressing. Combining low value raw materials and a high value innovative protein extraction process, NapiFeryn is able to produce plant-based proteins with high quality at affordable price. | | | | | | News from other initiatives | | Finland world leader in cellular agriculture | | Cellular agriculture has the potential to become one of the drivers of Finland’s export. Cellular agriculture refers to the utilisation of cell culture techniques in food production. Read more | | German start-up: Fish fingers from the bioreactor | | The world is hungry for fish, but the seas are emptying - and breeding farms are also reaching their limits. Fish meat from the laboratory could be part of the solution. But when? Visit to a German start-up. Read more | | Influencing protein consumption calls for societal changes | | The shift to consuming more plant-based protein is an essential aspect of the protein transition. ‘The responsibility lies not just with the individual consumer, and the solution lies not just in innovative food products, such as meat substitutes’, WUR professor of Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles Emely de Vet stresses. Read more | | Danish network pushes for alternative proteins | | CowFreeProtein is a network collaboration between 24 players in the Danish food market, to include heavyweights such as IFF, Chr. Hansen, Novozymes, Tetra Pak, and others. Read more | | 12 Types Of Sea Vegetables, Explained | | For those who are not familiar with what western countries typically call "seaweed," the idea of eating a weed from the ocean will seem unappetizing. It is why the senior advisor for the United Nations Global Compact on Oceans, Vincent Doumeizel, wants to change the name of edible ocean plants and algae to "sea vegetables." Read more | | Vegan baby formula: Exploring the plant-based potential in "one of the most stricktly regulated" categories | | Why does bovine milk dominate the infant formula category, when plant-based is booming in adult nutrition? FoodNavigator speaks with lawyer Jessica Burt from Mills & Reeve, as well as brands Aptamil and Sprout Organic to discuss the plant-based potential in baby formula. Read more | | Waste streams and insects in search for a soy alternative | | Soy is an important protein source for the world, primarily for animal feed. The increasing demand and large scale cultivation of soy, however, is linked to profound issues such as deforestation and biodiversity loss. Read more | | | 3rd INFOGEST Viva Webinar on Food Digestion - Raquel Sousa - Protein digestibility |  | | | Publications | | Small pelagic fish supply abundant and affordable micronutrients to low- and middle-income countries, Robinson, J.P.W., Mills, D.J., Asiedu, G.A. et al. (2022) Read more Legumes in a sustainable healthy diet: (How) to be or not to be, that is the question, Daniel Borch Ibsen, Lisbeth Mogensen, Milena Corredig, Christina Catherine Dahm Read more Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints, Sergiy Smetana, Dusan Ristic, Daniel Pleissner, Hanna L. Tuomisto, Oleksii Parniakov, Volker Heinz Read more | | | Reports | | A pathway to plant our future, Laure Heilbron, Maarten Tuinhof, Thomas Meijer, Pauline Smout Read more S-Curve Adoption: Our House View on Alternative Protein Market Growth, Catherine Tubb Read more Whitepaper on Protein Diversification, EIT Food Read more Four ways blue foods can help achieve food system ambitions across nations, Crona, B. et al Read more | | | | | Attended events | - Alt Protein Evening, 23 February 2023, Wageningen, Netherlands
- 36th EFFoST International Conference, 7-9 November 2022, Dublin, Ireland
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