20 September 2022
The Agrifood’ture Challenge: 4 start-ups winners innovating the future of food On Thursday September 15th in Dijon, the Agrifood’ture Challenge held the final of its international start-up pitch contest. Organised by Vitagora, EIT Food, FoodTech Dijon Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and MPowerBio, the Agrifood’ture Challenge showcased 33 start-up finalists from 10 different countries innovating solutions that addressed major food industry challenges, from farm to fork. The Agrifood’ture Challenge is a pitch contest open to start-ups from throughout the world developing innovative solutions for farmers, food manufacturers or consumers, with the goal of improving the sustainability of food production. From the 140 applications, 33 finalist…
18 April 2023
Christophe Hébert (The Mediterranean Food Lab), Stijn Boeren (Avecom), Eugene Wang (Sophie’s Bionutrients), Dimitri ZOGG (Cultivated Bioscience), Nathalie Pons (Tetra pak, program partner) ToasterLAB: 4 fermentation tech start-ups unveiled at Vit…
01 December 2022
New European initiative launched to support and accelerate innovation in bioeconomy The transition to a circular bioeconomy and sustainable food systems has high potential to contribute to societal challenges such as climate change, substitution o…
20 September 2022
The Agrifood’ture Challenge: 4 start-ups winners innovating the future of food On Thursday September 15th in Dijon, the Agrifood’ture Challenge held the final of its international start-up pitch contest. Organised by Vitagora, EIT Food, FoodTec…
25 August 2022
EDULIA - Promoting healthy eating in children: the results of two doctoral theses at INRAE Burgundy-Franche-Comté Diet is en important vector of health, starting at a young age. However, 94.9% of food products targeting children do not meet WHO crit…
28 July 2022
Agrifood’ture Challenge - an international pitch contest for innovative agrifood start-ups and SMEs! With the goal of supporting the development of innovative solutions in favour of healthy, sustainable food adapted to consumer usages, Vitagora Fo…
05 January 2022
Updates on Vitagora's innovation projects SWEET - Sugar replacers: measuring sustainability thanks to life cycle assessments The European research project SWEET*, of which Vitagora is a parter, has the goal of analysing the long term effects o…
30 September 2021
On Wednesday September 29th, the final of the the Eco Agrifood Challenge took place, with 5 start-ups being selected for their innovations in service of the transition towards agroecological practices. From 190 applications, 13 finalists were se…
29 September 2021
The drivers of nutritional change, the impact of digital technologies on children, and optimising the aging of white wines NuTWInd: understanding the nutritional transition in the French West Indies Faced with rising levels of obesity and chronic…