Progress despite covid-19 challenges

Screenshot of Teams meeting

Physical meetings have been substituted by virtual meetings this spring. On June 16th, fifteen InProVe partners met for a project status update meeting on the Teams platform. Because of the covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, the planned meetup in Gothenburg this past March could not take place. It was substituted by a virtual meeting in April. “Although…

A hole in the can may provide better canned food

Prototypes toroid cans

By Lidunn Mosaker Boge, Nofima Canning is a sustainable way of storing food, but the method requires a lot of energy and water and can affect food quality. A newly developed can with a different shape may be the solution that makes canned food of the future more attractive. The can looks like a regular…

InProVe researchers reunited at EFFoST 2019

Several InProVe researchers presented their work at the food science and technology conference EFFoST in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in November. In between the busy schedule they found time to meet and update each other on the progress of their work. At the conference, Bart van Droogenbroeck gave the presentation “Toroidal cans as energy saving tools…

Third project meeting

This is what it looks like when partners from five countries and seven partners meet over the internet! The third InProVe project meeting was held on the 15. and 16. of October – this time on Skype. The project partners updated each other on the project deliveries and discussed preliminary results, plans and logistics for…

Food waste on the agenda

On October 6th, Belgian research institute ILVO welcomed 1200 visitors in their Food Pilot to learn about food research. InProVe researcher Bart van Droogenbroeck focused on how much food waste originates in the agrifood chain – from the field, the farm, the processor, the shop and the consumer, using cauliflower as an example. He met…