Future proofing processing of biopolymers in food (REPROOF)

Our food system needs to be more sustainable and robust. It is critical to developing smart strategies to process raw materials into the foods of the future, without compromising safety, stability, appeal, minimizing the use of resources and waste and optimize their nutritional value. Only an integrated food systems approach can deliver fundamental knowledge and new smart processing approaches to control the dynamics of the interactions between complex food biomolecules based on the soft material science, with a specific focus on structure and function relationships in relevant multiphase systems. This internationally leading program will enable more resilient food processes, and inspire a new generation of scientists working at the interface between engineering, biochemistry and food physics.