Systemic Innovations for a SusTainable reduction of the EuRopean food waStage (SISTERS)
Research Project, 2021 – 2026

CHALMERS is taking part in the EU funded Horizon 2020 project SISTERS that aims to reduce food loss and food waste in the main different stages of the Food Value Chain in Europe through innovations targeted to each link of the value chain: new tools to primary producers for promoting direct and Short Chain sales (farmers); new technological innovations in packaging for processors and retailers; and awareness campaigns for retailers and consumers on food loss and food waste.

With the support of the European Commission, SISTERS will be a key EU project addressing the problem in a holistic way, reducing FLW by 27.4% and CO2 emissions by around 20% in the case studies. Our role within the project will be to extract valuable compounds from food lost (with antioxidant, antimicrobial and/or material properties) to be add in the food packaging improving sustainabilty and circularity in the food value chain. 

Participants

Amparo Jimenez Quero (contact)

Chalmers, Life Sciences, Industrial Biotechnology

Collaborations

AITIIP Technology Center

Zaragoza, Spain

ARCHA Srl

Pisa, Italy

ASOCIACION DE ORGANIZACIONES DE PRODUCTORES DE FRUTAS Y HORTALIZAS DE LA REGION DE MURCIA

Murcia, Spain

AYECUE SA

Autol, Spain

BIO-MI DRUSTVO S OGRANICENOM ODGOVORNOSCU ZA PROIZVODNJU, ISTRAZIVANJEI RAZVOJ

Matulji, Croatia

BM Services

La Canourgue, France

CARBIOLICE

Riom, France

Cork Institute Of Technology

Cork, Ireland

ENCO Engineering & Consulting

Naples, Italy

EROSKI SCOOP

Elorrio, Spain

EURIZON SL

Madrid, Spain

GAIA BIOMATERIALS AB

Helsingborg, Sweden

ITC PACKAGING SL

Ibi, Spain

NATUREPLAST

Mondeville, Spain

National Centre for Technology and Food Safety

San Adrián, Spain

REBUS LABS AG

Bern, Switzerland

RIBEREBRO INTEGRAL SOCIEDAD ANONIMA

Alfaro La Rioja, Spain

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Stockholm, Sweden

Safe Food Advocacy Europe

Brussels, Belgium

The Edmund Mach Foundation

Trento, Italy

University of Trento

Trento, Italy

Funding

European Commission (EC)

Project ID: 101037796
Funding Chalmers participation during 2021–2026

Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure

Sustainable development

Driving Forces

Production

Areas of Advance

Chalmers Infrastructure for Mass spectrometry

Infrastructure

Innovation and entrepreneurship

Driving Forces

Life Science Engineering (2010-2018)

Areas of Advance

Chalmers Materials Analysis Laboratory

Infrastructure

Materials Science

Areas of Advance

Publications

More information

Project Web Page

https://sistersproject.eu

Latest update

10/7/2024