iNOBox researchers from Norsus are conducting the very first Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of the Norwegian food industry. The aim of the research is to contribute to sustainable innovative solutions for agri-food processing. “There is a lack of knowledge about the social challenges of the industry”, researchers claim in an article published by Norwegian trade…
Food scientists are testing innovative solutions in order to contribute to less food waste and better food. Do you like ready-cooked, sliced meat that you can just empty straight into a salad? Most of the ready-to-eat food products we know from the shops are all processed to some extent before they reach the supermarket shelves.…
Opinion piece by Themis Altintzoglou, Senior scientist, Nofima Our recent research shows that focussing on the environment and convenience wins consumers. But who wins when we actually shop? Consumers today are very concerned about the environment. This links closely to food production and influences how we choose our food. But it’s not just that. Food…
This is what it looks like when market researchers are designing a decision support tool for market communication. Right now, market researchers Themis Altintzoglou and Morten Heide at Nofima are busy analyzing the data from their consumer survey. 1200 Norwegian consumers answered questions about what they find most important when buying products treated with the…
Leire Astrain is our new PhD student in Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) and Ultrasound (US) for food processing, a work that will be carried out in Zaragoza, Spain and Stavanger, Norway as part of iNOBox’s Technical Solutions 4 and 5. Leire holds a degree and a MsC in Food Science and Technology from the University…
iNOBox researchers are presenting their work in several scientific conferences this summer. Dissemination of project hypotheses, working methods and results is an important part of our project, and we are eager to discuss our research fields with other experts in our fields. Our researchers will participate in the following conferences: 9.-14. Of June: ISPC24 -…
Dr. Oscar Daniel Rangel-Huerta is our new post doctor studying potential allergenicity and metabolomic changes in food processed with novel processing technologies. Oscar is an expert in nutrimetabolomics and bioinformatics of complex data sets. He will determine metabolome changes in food products (e.g. chicken) that have been treated with novel processing technologies. Furthermore, he will…
As of January of this year, Stephane Simon is in place as a PhD student in the technology of Plasma Activated Water. Stephane will graduate from the University of Liverpool under the guidance of Dr. James Walsh at the University of Liverpool, and Dr. Estefanía Noriega Fernández at Nofima. The work is carried out in…
Last week, 35 project partners were gathered at Nofima’s office in Ås for a two day Consortium meeting. During the meeting, project partners got updates on the project’s progress in all work packages. All partners also participated in two workshops, one on innovation, and one about the development of the web tool where all documentation…
Ultrasound is an innovative process that can improve mass and energy transfer processes in food. One of the objectives of the iNOBox project is to determine if this technology can help to reduce freezing and drying times and costs and, therefore, increase the sustainability of these processes. We are currently working in the setting up…
