What do you know about microwave food?

During the Norwegian science festival in September, Nofima researchers presented a quiz about microwave food to families visiting their facilities in Stavanger. InProVe coordinator Trond Løvdal discussed the quiz questions and answers with curious children and adults. He was assisted by colleagues and his youth son, handing out popcorn and prizes to the quiz participants.…

Banning canning is a misunderstanding

By Morten Sivertsvik, head of research at Nofima and board member of Teknologisk Matforum, and Dagbjørn Skipnes, senior researcher at Nofima   In a world with increasing food waste, canning is an ingenious method that provides long shelf life without using of preservatives. About this time last year, one of the two largest newspapers in…

InProVe researcher in TV show

Bart Van Droogenbroech was invited to participate in an episode of the belgian TV series “Over eten” (‘About Food’). The episode was broadcasted on the 7th of November, during prime time on the TV channel VRT Eén. The program “Over eten” tackles different topics related to food every week and has an average number of…

Interpom 2018 – InProVe presented

Front page of presentation held at Interpom 2018.

On November 26th, Bart Van Droogenbroeck from ILVO participated in the Interpom-Primeurs trade fair at Kortrijk XPO. During a lunch symposium organized by ILVO at INTERPOM | PRIMEURS, Bart introduced the participants to the goal of the InProVe project and discussed how international collaboration supports the research efforts to increase sustainability in the potato and…

Project meeting in Gothenburg

Happy researchers and industry partners in Gothenburg.

13 project participants met at RISE in Gothenburg, Sweden on Nov. 27.-28. for updates and planning of activities. – It is important to meet face to face. Then we have the chance to really get the most fruitful discussions, says project coordinator, Trond Løvdal. Each work package presesented their progress and plans for next year.…