Plant-Based Protein Innovation Platform

Venue: NR4 7UQ, UK

Start Date / Time: 18/04/2023 11:00 am

End Date / Time: 18/04/2023 4:00 pm

Member Rate: Free

Non-Member Rate: Free

Join us and discuss how to expand the production of plant-based protein within the East of England’s supply chain. Meat consumption is a leading cause of climate change due to the excessive carbon emissions emitted by the industry. It is now more important than ever to reduce our impact on the planet by shifting society’s diet. Plant-based protein is a sustainable alternative to meat consumption. However, it’s production and distribution channels are limited. Join us for our roundtable to discuss this issue. We will focus on how to expand the production of plant-based protein within the East of England’s supply chain. Get t know the speakers James Dobson 29 Year Old, founder and Production Manager at Club Cultured. Talk: Building a plant-based manufacturing business in the UK Arjan Narbad Professor Arjan Narbad is Group Leader at Quadram Institute Bioscience leading the research on Translational Microbiome. His group is focused on developing different strategies including probiotics, phage therapy, bacteriotherapy, lantibiotics and fermented foods for modulation of the gut microbiome for health benefits. The development of multifunctional starter cultures and the importance of naturally fermented foods in food safety and human nutrition is another area of his research interests. Talk: Health benefits of plant-based fermented foods Joe Hill, One Planet Pizza Joe is one half of the father & son team behind One Planet Pizza, the UK’s leading frozen vegan pizza brand. Together with his Dad, he’s on a mission to save the world with unbelievably tasty vegan pizza that’s better for people and the Planet. Dubbed as Norfolk’s answer to ‘Ben & Jerrys,’ they’ve built an ethical business, taking it from their kitchen in Norfolk to being stocked in Asda and 100s of stores right across Europe. Talk: Building a plant-based business from the ground up within East Anglia Matthew Gilmour, Quadram Institute Bioscience Dr Matthew Gilmour is the Group Leader for ‘Listeria and other invasive pathogens’ research programme, and Co-Lead of the ‘Microbes in the Food Chain’ programme at the Quadram Institute Bioscience in Norwich. Together with Maria Traka, Matt recently set up the UK Food Safety Research Network – an innovation hub to catalyse and fund research and training projects between partners in the food industry, academia and government, with the view to applying science to improve the safety of food. Matt was previously the Scientific Director General of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory, where he focused on national science informatics needs that result from modern genomics and other ‘big data’ technologies. Talk: New plant-based food categories: new research questions View the agenda on here

Venue: NR4 7UQ, UK

Start Date / Time: 18/04/2023 11:00 am

End Date / Time: 18/04/2023 4:00 pm

Member Rate: Free

Non-Member Rate: Free

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