๐๐๐ฐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ: โ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ”
This report has been launched by a coalition of sector partners, European Alliance for Plant-Based Foods (EAPF), Plant-Based Foods Europe, EUVEPRO โ European Vegetable Protein Association โand the FoodConNext Foundation, setting out the ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ.
The plant-based foods and protein industries are calling for a โฌ3 ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ budget for 9 years under 7 different innovation pillars for 75 projects, each with a budget: Investments by the EU, national and regional governments, as well as industry.
The report provides a ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐-๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, identifying where additional support is needed โ from ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ to ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐-๐ฎ๐ฉ and ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ค๐.
It structures these needs around ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ:
- Consumer engagement & food environments
- Health & nutrition
- Sustainable products & circular bioeconomy
- New roadmaps, supply chains & ecosystems
- Better crops & raw materials
- Harmonised methods & regulation
- Digital innovation, AI & smart food systems
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Across these pillars, the report:
- identifies concrete research and innovation gaps,
- highlights areas where current funding is fragmented or insufficient,
- and outlines priority topics where coordinated public and public-private investment could deliver the greatest impact.
The report offers a ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐โ๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก.
