April 2025

Sustain-a-bite Drives Nutritious, Affordable Plant-Based Foods

Sustain-a-bite is focused on plant-based food production by developing affordable, minimally processed, and sustainable solutions. The project aims to unlock the full nutritional potential of whole plant ingredients and food industry side streams by using raw material, energy, and water-efficient processes. At University College Cork (UCC), our team is leading the development of a range of innovative food prototypes. We work with two key ingredient streams: Cereal and legume crops (barley, chickpea, and faba bean) for plant-based yoghurt and cream cheese alternatives. Fruit and vegetable pomaces (apple, carrot, and tomato) transformed into smoothie-style beverages. These side streams, often discarded or

April 30th, 2025|Project Updates & Results|
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Project coordinator
Nesli Sözer
Research Profesor
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
D&C coordinator
Andrea Leon
Communications Manager
Innovarum

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Project coordinator
Nesli Sözer
Research Profesor
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
D&C coordinator
África Pardavila
Communications Director
Innovarum

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