EIT Food – the world's largest food innovation community – has announced the launch of its 2024 entrepreneurship programmes, with applications open from 18 December 2023 until 19 February 2024. EIT Food is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union.

Horizon Europe Project MICROORC will develop emerging technologies such as dynamic shelf-life labeling and microbiome-based protection technologies to increase food quality, increase shelf life and reduce food waste.

Launched in 2021 for a 4-year period, the MetaPath project aims to gain a better understanding of microbial consortia, with a view to facilitating the development of new fermented products by fermentation manufacturers.

The Supervisory Board of EIT Food is delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Zaltzman as our new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective from 15 January 2024

The number of vegetarians satisfied with the choice of food products available to them has suffered a dramatic decline, according to the findings of new research commissioned by Ingredient Communications.