Helga Guðný Elíasdóttir

Helga Gudny Eliasdottir is a PhD student at the division of Food and Nutrition Science, working on the Formas-funded 3D-MIX project. Her research aims at valorizing highly nutritious underutilized aquatic and agricultural raw materials by extracting proteins from those materials using mild fractionation processes. Helga’s aim is to maximize the yield and functional properties of the recovered proteins but ensure that the amount of antinutrient and off-flavors is kept at minimum. After extraction, the aquatic and agricultural proteins will be mixed and the nutritional and functional properties of the mixed fractions will be optimized. Finally, she will work on development of sustainable, convenient, and personalized foods using 3D food printing and extrusion from those hybrid alternative proteins.