​EIT Food Accelerator Network (FAN) is a three-month curated acceleration launchpad for AgriFoodTech startups, delivered in a hybrid format across six innovation Hubs across Europe. Viikki Food Design Factory runs EIT FAN - Helsinki Hub, supporting teams that are tackling one of the most pressing challenges we face today: turning our food production from linear to circular.

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This year, the Food Systems session at Y Science will be dedicated to showcasing the 10 startups that are part of our Helsinki Hub cohort. ​​From upcycled ingredients to sustainable packaging solutions, these trailblazing teams are reimagining how we produce, consume, and value food. Here they are:

 

• Brew Bites (Germany) creates clean-label protein from food side streams that professional kitchens actually want, already listed nationwide with Transgourmet Germany.

• Grouse Fibre (UK) is a material science startup creating next generation optical fibre leveraging waste milk and wet-spinning technology.

• HOW Pectin (Latvia) converts fruit waste into premium clean-label pectin.

• MARCO. (France) upcycles coffee grounds into ingredients for the cosmetic and food industry.

• MATRIA Biotechnology (Turkey) transforms food-industry side streams into nutritious, multifunctional ingredients through its ZEROFERM fermentation platform.

• MycoVibes Biotech (Poland) upcycles food industry sidestreams into shiitake-based functional proteins.

• Onima (France) uses their patented debittering biotechnology to transform brewer’s spent yeast into a nutritious, umami-flavored super-flour, rich in high-quality proteins and fibers.

• PACK AWAY (Sweden) develops films and coatings with seaweed for various applications with different end of life from biodegradability, compostability, via solubility to consumption.

• Z1RO (France) develops premium molded packaging from underutilized non-wood biomass such as leaves and agricultural residues.

• Öseen (Estonia) turns brewery side streams into protein and fibre rich food ingredients.

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If you are curious to discover what the future of food looks like, come meet the startups building it!

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