Entrepreneurial training with a focus on allergens in food

Entrepreneurial training focusing on food allergens

Project title: EIT Food RIS Summer School on Targeted Nutrition

Partners: EIT Food Education: Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research PAS, (IARFR), Olsztyn, Poland; Matis Ltd.; The University of Aarhus; Bascue Culinary Center, Bilbao, Spain; IMDEA Research Institute on Food&Health Sciences, Madrid, Spain ; University of Bologna, Italy

Research Fund: EIT Food

Initial year: 2021

Contact

Guðjón Þorkelsson

Strategic Scientist

gudjon.thorkelsson@matis.is

3-4 week online course held twice for university students in RIS countries. The courses were divided into two parts. On the one hand, there were lectures, discussions and projects about allergens and food intolerance, and on the other, product development and entrepreneur training. Group work in developing ideas for products, services or other things that can make life easier for people with food allergies and intolerances.