EIT Food is the largest food innovation networking organisation in Europe. Every year, it generates more than 200 innovative ideas for a sustainable and circular food chain. The challenge lies mainly in implementing and scaling up ideas and (local) access to the companies and consumers who will use the products.
With the Food Circle Lab project, we want to create a local hub where we connect selected start-ups and various local parties to experiment together with products and services that bring the circular economy in the food sector one step closer.
The lab focuses mainly on the validation and implementation phase of the innovation tunnel: innovative products and services from start-ups in our network are scanned for potential application in Flanders (including Leuven, Mechelen, Ghent). They are then given the opportunity to implement the new product with local partners and further scale up their start-up.
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Our selected start-ups will be included in the New European Bauhaus programme in the coming years and will also receive support from there.
For our events, in cooperation with a professional chef, we have prepared a catering offer of, among others, the selected start-ups and new start-ups in the circular economy. This way, we continue to contribute from EIT Food in their market strategy, knowability and visibility.