About Food Tech Brainport
The world is changing, and so are the demands on our food. We want to feed more people and use our planet's resources more sparingly. This requires smart technologies that are more sustainable and affordable. Together, we find ways of optimally processing all the raw materials from products into healthier, more natural food. Together, we create products that last longer, without compromising on taste or nutrients.
Our expertise
Food Tech Brainport offers facilities and access to knowledge, funds, and networks in technology and food. We help to create healthier, circular nutrition in the technology areas of:
- Mild separation
- Mild preservation
- Utilization of all raw materials from the product
- Robotics, high-tech and sensoring
Whether you're a start-up, SME, or multinational: you can contact us in our open field lab environment to test and produce innovative products and applications and get them on the market quicker. We support your entire process, from product development right through to production.
Pilot facilities in the field lab
You want your products to have a longer shelf life, and you're looking to make better use of your residual flows. You think you could achieve both by using new technology. Which steps do you need to take from pilot to production? Food Tech Brainport is a centre of expertise that helps you innovate faster by making new, innovative technologies available in our field lab, ensuring more affordable and feasible product development.
Advice and support: from test to market launch
You want to launch a new product on the market. How do you acquire the necessary knowledge and how do you raise funds? Where can you find potential customers? Which new business models could work? Food Tech Brainport helps you achieve faster results by reducing time to market. We connect the High Tech sector with the Food Processing sector in order to turn international food challenges into new economic opportunities for both sectors
Thanks to Food Tech Brainport's specific advice and customer focus, we’ve been able to market delicious products that taste home-made and are free of preservatives.
Albert van der Veen, sales department at Kitchen.blue, producer of the ‘Groentegoed’ label
The knowledge and experience Food Tech Brainport provided us with years ago has helped us to develop our unique range of fresh Guacamole and other fresh dips. For example, we can process fresh avocados using the HPP technique for our Guacamole.
Ron van der Vloed, owner at Lazy Foods
Food Tech Brainport is a great partner to work with. Their innovation brokers are knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and are ready to share their input! Food Tech Brainport's work really got Oatelli's application for the “Food From Food” project off the ground.
Marloes Martens, founder at Oatelli
Food Tech Brainport proved to be the right partner who could help take our innovation to the next level. The innovation brokers have brought us into contact with new development partners, and we're now working together with them to find out new ways of creating new products with raw materials from citrus peels!
Lindy Hensen, founder at PeelPioneers
