Main research questionThrough the INNOLAB, we can fill a gap in equipment for technical food-related protein research. In terms of machinery, the Food Pilot at ILVO in Belgium is well equipped with very versatile equipment to simulate most food operations at pilot scale, including where extraction of (new) proteins is concerned.
Small-scale innovative food processing equipment
Main research questionIn Flanders, large amounts of food loss occur among farmers and other entrepreneurs. The volumes are often too small and spread out to operate profitably.
Processing food losses via the social economy
Research approachVeggieChain develops innovative processing strategies for vegetables, aiming to maximize the preservation of taste, color, odor and health-related components. The project provides the necessary scientific and technological basis around 'processed vegetables' as healthy and quality products.
Evaluation of food quality throughout the vegetable processing chain
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Final conference - Small-Scale, Big Impact: innovative approaches for local food processing
Programme 09:30-12:00 - AM session at the Food Bank Brussels You will participate in an engaging experience that includes: a) a demonstration of FOX mobile unit for innovative local processing, b) a guided tour of the Food Bank facilities, and c) insight into the collaborative efforts of the ZEROW project and FOX 13:30-17:00 - PM session at the Atelier
At the FOX project's final conference the transformation of large-scale food processing into small, mobile, and flexible units will be unveiled.
This is partly due to limited cultivation knowledge (varieties, bacterial inoculum, cultivation mechanization) and partly due to the lack of a local chickpea processing chain.
Building a local chickpea processing chain
Wat is Food Pilot?
De Food Pilot is een pilootfabriek die de innovatie van de Vlaamse Agro-Food industrie moet ondersteunen. Ze biedt aan bedrijven uit de Agro-Food sector de mogelijkheid om nieuwe concepten of producten te testen alvorens ze op industriële schaal te produceren.
Unique protein processing line helps companies get started with innovative proteins
Jo Brouns opened the protein processing line with 20 new devices at the Food Pilot. The infrastructure allows food companies and researchers to test out the entire process from raw alternative protein source to pure ready-to-eat protein ingredient on a pilot scale.
Go4Food seeks food change actors for food strategy
#Go4Food seeks #voedselveranderaars who commit to share their own idea(s) and through collaboration develop them into a concrete initiative or project by the Flemish Food Summit in fall 2022.
The expertise and services of ILVO’s labs are available to members of the entire food production chain, from primary production to the food processing industry. Several of our lab analyses are BELAC-accredited.
Food-related analyses