The agroo-food value chain is highly fragmentated. This is why in SHEALTHY we are analysing the crucial stage, namely, logistics. ITENE is analysing the main factors that may hinder or boost the activities related to the different logistics and transport processes, within agri-food value chain. This survey will steer this project's activity toward the definition and [...]
In any sector, trends are fully aligned with society context and movements and, in this case, the food sector future trends are completely influenced by COVID-19 crisis. To start, food delivery is already a trend that people have adopted as a sheer of necessity, and it will become a regular habit in 2021. Restaurant chains [...]
Interview with SHEALTHY Innovation Manager, Ms. Macarena Baylos, Higher Agriculture Engineer and Head of International Business Unit at Ctic Cita. What aspects do you consider when designing Business Models (BMs) Prototypes? Could you please explain the ultimate objective of developing SHEALTHY’s Novel BMs? In SHEALTHY, collaborative and holistic BMs will be designed. We will combine [...]
SHEALTHY Project aims to assess and develop an optimal combination of non-thermal sanitization, preservation and stabilization methods to improve the safety while preserving the nutritional and organoleptic quality and prolonging the shelf-life of fresh and minimally processed F&V products. By combining and modulating non-thermal technologies with minimally processing operations, SHEALTHY will respond to consumers’ demand [...]
Nowadays, consumers are increasingly worried about their nutrition and health, and demand for fresh and healthy food products from companies, which besides are expected to be eco-friendly. In particular, consumers are concerned about how conventional stabilization techniques traditionally employed for food preservation can be detrimental to the nutritional quality of foods. In this context, SHEALTHY [...]
In this edition of #ShealthyPeople, we talk with our Project Scientific & Technical Coordinator, Mrs. Elena Torrieri. Elena is Associate Professor in Food Science and Technology at the Department of Agricultural Science of the University of Naples Federico II. How will SHEALTHY project be able to meet consumers’ needs, expectations and demands? Consumers have been [...]
The food industry is evolving rapidly. Healthy diet is a trend that has been a fundamental driver of change in food and beverages field worldwide. This trend it is not only expected to continue steadily but also to be the major engine for growth in the near future. Fruit and vegetables are key elements of [...]
The SHEALTHY Project it is a EU-funded project by the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme that began last May, seven months ago. Marco de la Feld, the Project coordinator, talks about the past, present and future for SHEALTHY. Where does the idea of SHEALTHY come from? What’s the reason behind this project? Consumer preferences have [...]
