Develop good and healthy HMMA textured plant proteins for the food industry
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| Coordinator | Proteinish AB |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 3 000 000 |
| Project duration | November 2022 - November 2024 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Food from the future |
| Call | The everyday food of the future - Swedish processing of plant-based raw materials - step 2 |
Important results from the project
The project has exceeded our expectations in several ways, for example a number of samples have turned out significantly better than expected. The research on nutrition has created in-depth insight that is useful for development and the need for new and additional research is more clearly defined. The product development has resulted in the prototypes being ready for product development together with customers and further new development of Swedish textured inserts has begun.
Expected long term effects
The project will lead to Proteinish establishing Sweden´s first facility for the production of textured Swedish plant proteins for the food industry, which the market has been asking for for several years. The facility will both increase the proportion of plant-based foods labeled "from Sweden" and contribute to an increased degree of self-sufficiency.
Approach and implementation
The project has been carried out in close collaboration with Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Örebro university (ÖRU) and Peas of Heaven, in order to produce new Swedish protein mixtures from cereals, legumes and oil plants and algae. A large number of samples have been extruded, selected samples have been nutritionally tested by ÖRU and prototypes for final products have been developed by Peas of Heaven. Proteinish has had the project lead role , the work has followed the plan and the collaboration has laid the foundation for the future.