The 3rd Focus Group with Italian consumers took place online on December 16th. Eight persons attended it: 4 in the 18-35 age group and 4 in the 45-60 age group in a perfect gender balance (50/50). The participants were very involved, and it emerged that participants would like: -to have practical information on food storage -to [...]
The 3rd Focus Groups with Italian consumers will be held online on December 16th 2021. It is really important to have good communication with the consumers, in fact, in order to ensure the success of Shealthy technologies in the marketplace, we need consumers’ full involvement. The last 3rd Focus Group has been scheduled for January 6th [...]
On 19th November, the 3rd Focus Group with consumers within the Shealthy projects was organized in Serbia. The participants found the topic of mild processing technologies very interesting and engaging. The majority of them concluded that they would be open to trying SHEALTHY products, but have expressed a strong need for transparency regarding processes and even [...]
Focus groups with consumers continue in the wake of the fruitfulness of the previous ones. Tomorrow, November 25, Focus groups with consumers will be held in Germany and the Netherlands in virtual mode. The purpose of this set of focus groups is to understand how to best communicate the SHEALTHY innovation to consumers. In fact, we [...]
SHEALTHY will be introduced during the webinar “L’Agricoltura Sostenibile” by Ing. Giampiero De La Feld, on behalf of ENCO SRL, on 24th November organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Portugal. In the session “Cooperation projects: European funds for sustainability in agriculture”, he will show the objectives and impacts of the project, giving due visibility [...]
Today, 16th November, AIPIA, Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association promotes an online congress about “Smart Packaging Solutions for digitalization, supply chain and sustainability”. Dr. Jesús Palenzuela, head of printing technologies and functional surfaces unit at ITENE, will show how SHEALTHY is involved in this topic explaining “Active labels for the quality control of packaged fruits [...]
SHEALTHY will be presented during the 3rd International Congress – Advances in the Packaging Industry “Sustainability: Products and Processes” which will be held online on 11 and 12 November. Elena Torrieri, Scientific & Technical Coordinator of SHEALTHY from UNINA will present a poster about Active packaging based on PP or PLA and essential oils: Antimicrobial and [...]
After the positive and successful experience of the 2 focus groups with consumers conducted in 6 partners’ countries (Italy, Spain, Denmark, Netherland, Germany and Serbia), focused on their perception and expectations towards mildly processed Fruits and Vegetables, the Shealthy project is going to organize an online Focus Group, on 18th and 19th November, with Spanish consumers [...]
SHEALTHY project was presented during the 35th EFFoST Conference last 3rd November as joint parallel session with our sister project FOX - #FOXfoodinabox. Simona Mincione, EU Project Manager, on behalf of ENCO as the SHEALTHY project coordinating organisation, introduced "Mild processing innovations to preserve fresh fruits and vegetables", providing an insight into SHEALTHY PROJECT innovative aspects. Elena Torrieri, Scientific & Technical Coordinator [...]
According to the WHO, one of the main keys for a healthy diet is to eat at least 400g (i.e., five portions) of fruits and vegetables per day. Despite these recommendations, many countries remain below the levels suggested. According to a survey of the European Union population in 2017, around 1 in 4 people (27%) said [...]
