The EPO unveils the top 10 innovators of the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025

Prize recognises innovators under 30 who are tackling Global Challenges through groundbreaking science and technology

07-May-2025 - The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced the top 10 global innovators for the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025. These innovators, known as Tomorrow Shapers, are under 30 and have been recognised for their groundbreaking contributions to sustainability, healthcare, ...

AI-controlled production of soft fruits using new sensor systems

16-Aug-2024 - Obst- und Gemüse-Absatzgenossenschaft Nordbaden eG and Obstgroßmarkt Mittelbaden eG have commissioned Fraunhofer UMSICHT with the further development of a new cultivation method. The "inBerry" project, which has now been launched, focuses on a data-driven and year-round production method for ...

Fi Europe Startup Challenge: Time to take centre stage

Entries for the Fi Europe Startup Challenge are now open with a submission deadline of 6 September.

15-Aug-2024 - Now in its ninth year, the Fi Europe Startup Challenge 2024 – a unique competition for young companies championing ingredient innovations – is encouragingindustry entrepreneurs to submit their applications. This year’s challenge will feature four exciting categories, including the new Most ...

Startup HyPhoX develops miniaturized biosensors with support from BAM

"The innovative thing about our sensor is that we combine optical, electrical and biochemical analytics on one chip, and we do it in a handy, portable device"

23-Oct-2023 - Toxic substances, viruses and other microorganisms are a danger to humans and the environment. A team of founders from the Leibniz Institute for Innovative Microelectronics (IHP) and the Technical University of Wildau, with the support of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing ...

Green, sweet and crisp - New apple variety Pia41 approved

The apple bred at the Julius Kühn Institute receives variety protection

05-Sep-2023 - A green-yellow skin, juicy-crisp flesh and a sweet taste with intense aroma, these are the salient features of Pia41. The apple has now been granted plant variety protection. It was bred in Dresden-Pillnitz at the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI). In addition to the above-mentioned properties, the ...

A microchip for Parmigiano Reggiano cheese

Consorzio del Parmigiano Reggiano, p-Chip Corporation, and Kaasmerk Matec Partner to Launch Breakthrough in Food-Safe Digital Tracking Technology

30-Aug-2023 - The Consorzio del Parmigiano Reggiano (CFPR) announced its partnership with Kaasmerk Matec (Kaasmerk) and p-Chip Corporation (p-Chip) to launch a line of food-safe and secure traceability digital labels for its Parmigiano Reggiano cheese wheels. The new technology will deliver previously unseen ...

Ice cream will never be the same again

World’s first Solein® gelato now available to consumers in Singapore

20-Jun-2023 - Fico, a Singapore-based restaurant, is making food history by embarking on a culinary revolution by creating the world’s first Solein Chocolate Gelato, a dessert made with ingredients derived out of thin air. Solein is the world’s most sustainable protein produced by Finnish food tech company ...

"ChatGPT, develop a spice blend that ..."

Ankerkraut has had a spice blend mixed by ChatGPT

15-Jun-2023 - "Develop a spice blend that is on-trend and will motivate consumers:inside to cook. Create an appropriate, creative product name and claim. Develop a recipe for a dish that uses the new spice. Write social media posts to promote the spice. Create a press release to accompany the launch." Those ...

Lightest pizza box in the world

Low weight, great sustainability benefit

24-May-2023 - A pizza box that is anything but ordinary: that was the goal of Metsä Board, a leading European manufacturer of premium virgin fiber cartonboard and a Metsä Group company. Together with industry experts, the Finnish cartonboard manufacturer developed a food-safe package that uses less material ...

The physics of gummy candy

Dozens of ingredient and storage combinations reveal what factors make some gummies harder than others and how product formulation affects shelf life

17-May-2023 - For gummy candies, texture might be even more important than taste. Biting into a hard, stale treat is disappointing, even if it still carries a burst of sweetness. Keeping gummies in good condition depends on their formulation and storage, both of which alter how the molecules in the candies ...