CA24145 - International Food Techno-functionality - Data (INFOTECH-DATA)

The production of food products that meet all societal requests (e.g. sustainable, biodiversity-friendly, healthy and affordable) is impaired due to a lack of data. To be specific, techno-functionality data is needed to formulate new food products. The data is currently being obtained by a widespread analysis of techno-functionality using different techniques by food companies and research groups. The result is a lack of comparable, accessible and reusable data, which thus hampers the food formulation process, especially in terms of predictive decision-making.

Therefore, INFOTECH-DATA (INternational FOod TECHno-functionality – DATA) aims to create a network and facilitate the creation of open-access databases with comparable techno-functionality data of food ingredients. The Action will create methodologies with the whole EU food science community to achieve this. The methodologies will consist of 1) standardised techno-functionality method and 2) blueprints from database architecture and data management strategies. Consensus on these methodologies will lead to an immense scientific milestone within the community and have immense technological and socio-economical impact on the food industry.

Additionally, this Action will host an extensive educational programme to empower young, talented researchers, who will play a key role in implementing these methodologies in the future. By bringing together food techno-functionality and data scientists, INFOTECH-DATA will be able to create effective methodologies that will accelerate the production of healthy, sustainable and affordable foods, and, at a same time, build an interactive and collaborative community which will support these methodologies and collaborate in long-term joint research.