Over the past two decades, our understanding of food traceability has grown dramatically, however, it can be shaped and reshaped in different directions. Traceability is developing and maturing, but much remains to be tackled.
This session will introduce the TITAN project and some of its industrial and research partners, who will be sharing some of their experience with these innovative solutions.
TITAN Transparency solutions for transforming the food system – Isabelle Guelinckx (ILSI Europe)
A major transformation of the food system is required if Europe is to address the two major challenges of the 21st century: addressing societal and planetary health.
TITAN will provide an extensive platform for the development of a wide range of innovations that aid transparency and address key challenges identified in the EGD. The project comprises a mix of technology providers and research centres linked to agri-food actors and businesses through an interactive co-creation approach.
A strategy to ensure authenticity across the olive oil value chain by using SNP genotyping for olive variety identification – Marta Prado (USC)
Fast DNA based analytical methods could be a game changer to bring advanced analysis to decentralized settings such as farms or food production sites. Such analysis should allow their integration on miniaturized devices and provide reliable results for the correct identification of the organisms of interest. The olive oil value chain is a clear example.
Within the TITAN project, DNA-based methods are being developed and integrated for the specific detection of autochthonous olive varieties on miniaturized devices and evaluating the different points of the olive oil value chain that can help to ensure the full traceability of this product with the objective of combining both technologies for a holistic control.
Digital with purpose: Innovating for Sustainable Food Chains – Edward Sliwinski (EFFoST)
Meeting the food needs of a constantly growing global population requires sustainable food production for both the planet and society. To do this, the food industry needs to address multiple complex issues.
Digital technologies will be critical to achieving the sustainability goals of most companies and industries. They not only make it possible to measure and track progress against sustainability goals, but they also foster the collaboration and innovation needed to solve our greatest sustainability challenges.
The development of a co-created tool to improve eating habits of kids and their families using AI – Ana B. Baranda (AZTI)
Childhood is the best time to learn healthy and sustainable habits that can last a lifetime, where educators, play a great role. To increase families' knowledge on health and sustainable food, improve their eating habits, and help them make better dietary choices, an interactive platform has been designed within the current TITAN project.
The impact of looking at food through a single health and sustainability lens – the Sus-Health index – Joe Livingstone (QUB)
The aim of this work was to develop, in conjunction with stakeholders, an index that reflects a food or meals nutritive and environmental value in one combined consolidated score and test its impact on consumer decision making in real world settings.
Designed specifically to assess meals, but applicable to individual foods and ingredients, the Sus-Health index is a product of existing Enviroscore and Nutrient Profiling Model (NPM) indices.
You can join this session on Wednesday 13th November, from 11:00 to 12:30 at the EFFoST International Conference.