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BioPod solution is a vegetable Ecosystem, where only energy, food waste and water are needed. BioPod is energy - water efficient and a circular economy solution. The BioPod solution is a closed-loop food production operating on a household- or a community level, and integrated as a new urban farm concept of Regen villas/Agrihoods or larger-scale commercial food production in Eco-friendly industrial agro-food parks.

MOGU is developing novel protein-rich foods and ingredients using fungal fermentation. MOGU technology converts agroindustrial leftovers, such as brewers' spent grain and yeast or pasta and bread scraps, into food products with improved nutritional values, in particular protein and vitamin content.

Efficient drying system as an innovation enabler of high value biorefineries: Reduction of food waste and energy used to upcycle biomass. Last year, over 9 billion kilograms of coffee were consumed worldwide, of which 30% in the European Union (EU). Caffeine is less than 2% of coffee’s composition. Coffee is the largest source of antioxidants for the Western population, composed of the proteins, sugars, polyphenols, triglycerides, amongst others. All of the above are of high value for human health and skin. However, less than 1% of these compounds end up in a cup of coffee. The 99% left remains intact inside the spent coffee grounds, which most commonly are disposed of as waste; decomposing in landfills or incinerated, which generate methane (340m 3 /ton). This is a challenge as there is still a lot of value yet to be extracted from this resource, therefore, a lot of environmental harm to be avoided.

VIDA WEBINARS: Examples of the awarded Demonstration Voucher projects and new VIDA challenges VIDA – Value added Innovation in fooD chAins aims to accelerate the implementation of new solutions in the food sector which improve the usage of water and energy with the ambition to reduce losses and consumption. VIDA has three different funding schemes to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking new resource efficient solutions. VIDA has already awarded 1.5 million Euro in innovation projects by SMEs . To enhance matchmaking between SMEs from different sectors and territories, ten networking and...