Innovative project ideas for a sustainable Swiss food system – 2 winners from EPFL!
In the Food 4.0 programme, the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, under the leadership of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW, support innovative project ideas that are at the very beginning of development. In particular, the programme supports projects that demonstrate new perspectives for the successful development of the Swiss food system. The selected projects make an important contribution to solving the greatest challenges and address the topics of food waste, sustainability and health.
This year’s call for proposals to promote innovative projects in the Swiss food system met with great interest. A panel of experts selected the six most promising projects from the 30 submitted, and we are happy to announce that 2 of the supported projects are from EPFL!
Waste2Taste: Hybrid protein food from the fermentation of okara with fungi
Prof. Tiffany Abitbol, EPFL
In the light of its protein value in particular, the substantial amounts of wasted or underutilised okara have prompted new efforts to repurpose it into food products. In this project, we plan to ferment okara with edible fungi to create a nutritious food, whose composition, flavour, and texture are shaped and potentially transformed by the growth of a living organism – the fungi.
Machine-learning models for the detection of bacterial contamination in the food industry
Mr. Marwan El Chazli, EPFL
This project aims to develop machine learning models capable of accurately classifying bacterial spectral data acquired through Raman spectroscopy in order to unlock new, fast and more effective quality control solutions for the food industry.
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