By 2050, the agri-food sector will have to feed 2.3 billion more people, leading to an increase in world-food needs and food producers will be challenged to continue to improve food quality and productivity in a sustainable way. Over time, it is expected that people will become more aware of a range of issues including food safety, health benefits, corporate social responsibility, production systems and innovations, sustainability and food origins. Farmers, food companies, retailers, will have to adapt to consumers’ demand, by suggesting differentiated products (food quality and functionality, safety, and environmental and social attributes). These trends underlie the ambitions set out in the EC initiative FOOD 2030 and associated action plans such as the ETP Food for Life for example. Moreover, the question of “impact” of any activity/process on sustainability is of crucial interest nowadays.
Consumers are increasingly expected to turn towards products that claim to offer “clean-label”, sustainable, health and well-being benefits. This opens opportunities for both inherently ‘healthy’ products as well as ideas for new ingredients and alternative food products. The identification of functional/nutritional ingredients to answer these demands can be done from sidestreams coming from the agrifood industry or directly from new sources that have valuable properties for EU companies. As the impact of any industrial activity on sustainable development goals is of utmost importance nowadays, every step of any identified value chain in this Partnership will be challenged on questions like “zero-waste approaches”, reduction of waste, energy, water, chemical use, economical viability, etc

Consumers are increasingly expected to turn towards products that claim to offer “clean-label”, sustainable, health and well-being benefits. This opens opportunities for both inherently ‘healthy’ products as well as ideas for new ingredients and alternative food products. The identification of functional/nutritional ingredients to answer these demands can be done from sidestreams coming from the agrifood industry or directly from new sources that have valuable properties for EU companies. As the impact of any industrial activity on sustainable development goals is of utmost importance nowadays, every step of any identified value chain in this Partnership will be challenged on questions like “zero-waste approaches”, reduction of waste, energy, water, chemical use, economical viability, etc