Our research programmes look to a healthy and sustainable future

Future Foods in Harmony with Nature

The next generation of food products will need to address not only nutrition and health, but also the most pressing environmental and ethical issues of our time. There is an urgent need for foods to become more sustainable; environmentally; nutritionally; socially; economically. This will require the introduction of new materials in the food chain, such as novel crops, animal protein replacers, marine plants and food materials from bioreactors, as well as the creation of foods that appeal to consumers and deliver their nutritional needs with less wastage.

The vision of the new Riddet Institute Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) research programme is 'Future Foods in Harmony with Nature' – we aim to provide the fundamental underpinning science to support tomorrow’s innovations in advanced foods. These foods will be sustainable, support optimal nutrition, human health and wellbeing, and appeal to the preferences of tomorrow’s global consumers.