A Climate friendly food industry with evolving quality and convenience levels?

Solutions for climate friendly, healthy and convenient foods are needed.

Join this interactive talk, with Professor in Food Science Milena Corredig, and discussions collaborating with the other participants. Together we will twist our brains and maybe save the world - who knows?

Food processing technologies have been used for centuries to create safe, accessible and convenient foods. The disciplines in food science have become more interconnected and sophisticated, to deliver increasingly better. However, our concept of what is quality and convenience is changing. We are today well aware of the connection between the food we eat and our health, we demand transparency of the value chains, and most people despise “ultra-processed foods”, although this is a very ill-defined concept.

Without a doubt, food contributes in a significant manner to our carbon footprint, we demand urgently for new sustainable, climate friendly solutions. As food technologists, we can no longer work in an isolated expert community but need to build strong alliances focused on resilient supply chains, high consumer acceptability, novel processing and clean formulations, leading to increased consumer trust with a full systems research approach.

Are the shift to more climate friendly food solutions going hand in hand with the sustainable development goals? Can we find realistic solutions to these urgent needs, and how will our food systems change in the next years?

About the speaker, Milena Corredig
Born in Italy, with a Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Guelph, Canada, she is currently Professor in Food Chemistry at Aarhus University, and Leader of the iFOOD Center, a multidisciplinary community working on healthy, convenient, climate friendly foods.

Prior to her life in Denmark, she was Professor and Research Chair at the University of Guelph, and Vice President of Research and Development for a Canadian Dairy Company, with more than 1000 employees. She has published over 230 refereed research papers and advised more than 50 graduate students.

Amongst her passions are the love for sunshine, food (of course), culture and politics.

Practical information
- A sandwich, water, soda, tea and coffee will be served.
- Please bear in mind, the talk and discussions are gonna be in English.
- Do you have any questions please send an email: majbrohus@gmail.com