Call for Partners

Bachelor's Master's - Call for partners | NovaMOO - Novel nutritious dairy alternatives Dairy alternative products currently on the market are typically trailing conventional products regarding nutritional profile. Recent research has shown that smart combinations of ingredients and processing techniques can improve nutritional quality. NovaMOO wants to innovate by looking beyond protein quality and widen the scope to include other nutrients such as fat and carbohydrate quality, as well as health impacts such as lipid metabolism and translocation of inflammatory mediators across the gut barrier. Partner up for impact Partner up We are looking for Partners that want to co-develop this project with us! We aim to create synergies between partners by involving ingredient suppliers (sustainable / novel proteins, fats and emulsifiers, carbohydrates, etc.), product manufacturers and/or technology providers. This proposal features a public-private partnership setup focused on precompetitive research with partial government funding. Industry research partners will provide cash contributions and are invited to provide in kind contributions that are complementary to the project description. Planning May 1, 2027 - April 30, 2031 About the project About Nutrition and sustainability can and should go hand in hand. Dairy alternatives provide an excellent and underinvestigated opportunity to innovate in this domain. The goal of NovaMOO is to investigate the nutritional quality of such products and to assess the risk-benefit relation of the composition, matrix and additives used to make sustainable, healthy and delicious products. The project aims to cover a range of non-diary milk, yogurt or fresh cheese-like products, while sustainable medical foods or sports nutrition applications may be considered as well. Using innovative in vitro approaches, nutrition and health impact can be assessed beyond protein quality and digestibili...