MOBFOOD – Mobilizing scientific and technological knowledge in response to the agrifood market challenges

MOBFOOD – “Mobilizing scientific and technological knowledge in response to the agrifood market challenges” is a project with the participation of CINTESIS that aims to promote the development of the food sector in Portugal.

MOBFOOD involves 45 entities, 21 enterprises and 24 non-entrepreneurial entities of the R&I system. Some of the participant companies are PRIMOR, acting as leading sponsor, and other well-known national companies, namely, “A Poveira”, BEL, BLC3, Central Carnes, CEREALIS, SONAE, DECORGEL, FOODINTECH, FRULACT, ICM, INOVAMAIS, ITS, Mendes Gonçalves, OLANO, SEBOL, Sense Test, UNIVEG, VITACRESS, Vizelplas, CATAA and CIIMAR.

The main contributions from the non-enterpreurial come from CINTESIS, NOVA Medical School, Catholic University of Portugal, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Institute of Experimental Biology and Technology, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, National Health Institute Doctor Ricardo Jorge, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, School of Agronomy (ISA) – University of Lisbon, School of Engineering (IST) – University of Lisbon, Innovation in Polymer Engineering (PIEP by its acronym in Portuguese), Integralar, University of Aveiro, University of Coimbra, University of Minho and Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the Nova University of Lisbon.

MOBFOOD aims to respond to the growing demand for healthy, sustainable foods with superior organoleptic quality and food that have specific bioactive or functional properties to deliver improved health and consumer well-being. It also aims to develop new packaging that enables a better quality of food preservation and safety and the development of integrated solutions that involve the reduction of waste, efficient use of resources and the recovery of waste, by-products and effluents from the Food Industry. The MOBFOOD project promotes the integration of R&D results in the context of globalization by involving different social agents (e.g. companies providing technological services, entities of the national technological and scientific system, and end users of technological solutions who also act as agents of the business fabric).

POCI (Operational Programme “Competitiveness and Internationalization”) and POR Lisboa (Lisbon Regional Operational Programme), through ANI

7,387,591.67€

253,019.36€

7.021.739,21 €

4.547.393,15 €

POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024524 • LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-024524

24.07.2017

01.12.2017

30.11.2020

Norte, Centro, Lisboa, Alentejo

Promotor líder | PRIMOR CHARCUTARIA – PRIMA, S.A.

Copromotores | Fábrica de Conservas “A Poveira”, S.A.

Fromageries Bel Portugal

BLC3 Evolution, Lda.

Matadouro Central de Entre Douro e Minho S.A.

Cerealis Produtos Alimentares S.A.

Decorgel – Produtos Alimentares S.A.

FoodinTech Lda.

Frulact – Indústria Agro Alimentar S.A.

ICM – Indústrias de Carnes do Minho, S.A.

INOVA+ – Innovation Services, S.A.

I.T.S. – Indústria Transformadora de Subprodutos S.A.

Mendes Gonçalves, S.A.

Olano Logistica de Frio, Lda.

Sebol – Comércio e Indústria de Sebo S.A.

Sense Test – Sociedade de Estudos de Análise Sensorial a Produtos Alimentares, Lda.

Sonae Center Serviços II, S.A.

Greenyard Logistics Portugal – Logística e Transportes, S.A.

Vitacress Portugal, S.A.

Vizelpas – Comércio de Artigos Plásticos, Lda.

CATAA – Associação Centro de Apoio Tecnológico Agroalimentar

CIIMAR – Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica

Laboratório Ibérico Internacional de Nanotecnologia

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, I.P.

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra

Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

Maria da Conceição Costa Pinho Calhau

Ana Isabel Gonçalves Faria