The research is clear, the industry agrees – the food system needs to be transformed to become sustainable for both people and the environment. Sweden has great potential to increase its innovation capacity and be at the forefront in the field. That is why we are now bringing together purposeful and creative actors who want to contribute to sustainability and competitiveness. We are funding five innovation platforms with potential to radically improve the food system.
A New Recipe for the Food System is a long-term effort to address the systemic and policy challenges that hinder innovation and transformation in the food sector. It will help key actors work together to build capacity and conditions for innovation and sustainability in the Swedish food chain.
Vinnova is funding five innovation platforms to create innovation at the system level, for a sustainable and competitive food system. The aim of the initiative is to contribute to the transformation of the food system. In the initiative, a wide range of actors work together towards common objective and are allowed to experiment and explore new methods and working methods.
The place where food meets the consumer, such as the store, restaurant, school or the web, is key to the choices made. Today's food environments do not always contribute to sustainable and healthy food choices. Food environments need to be developed so that they strengthen public health, the economy and sustainable food production.
Actors: Organic Sweden, World Wildlife Fund WWF, Reformaten, Södertälje municipality
Contact: Project manager, Ulrika Backlund
An innovation platform for bioprocess technologies, such as fermentation, where we can develop new ingredients and foods that are tasty, accessible and sustainable. The key is the management of biomass, side streams and climate-smart crops. With biotechnology, the production of new foods can increase, and provide better environmental sustainability, for a growing global population.
Actors: Lund University, Future by Lund, Tetra Pak
Contact: Project manager, Emma Nordell
This mission focuses on producing food, with a diversity of producers, close to where it is consumed. Resource allocation needs to be more efficient and there needs to be a greater spread of risks compared to the current food system.
Actors: Coompanion Roslagen & Norrort ek for, Sveriges Civilförsvarsförbund, Coompanion-Kooperativ Utveckling Stockholms Län, Mikrofonden Sverige ek for
Contact: Project manager, Sarah Thorsaeus
Regenerator begins the transition to a regenerated food system in primary production and puts the farmer at the center of the transition, but in the long term we will include the entire value chain in our project, all parts need to be regenerated, changed and rebuilt.
Regenerator takes its starting point in regenerative methods for sustainable production and seeks new and complementary paths for food from producer to consumer. Regenerator is run by a core team with extensive experience from our traditional food system, but who today work on behalf of the future.
Actors: Pareco AB, Mälardalen University, Academy of Innovation Design & Technology IDT, Fincipio AB, KihlKom AB.
Contact: Project manager, Sara Maxence
Foodtech startups in collaboration with large companies and other actors, are paving the way for a protein shift. Meals need to be sustainable, healthy, accessible to everyone and taste good. It's not just about protein. Other components such as carbohydrates, fat, salt and sugar may also need to be shifted.
Actors: RISE, Dark Matter Laboratory AB, SISP Service & Development AB
Contact: Project manager, Hanna E Svensson
Vinnova finances eight innovation platforms to create innovation at system level, for a sustainable and competitive food system. The purpose of the investment is to contribute to the transformation of the food system. In the venture, a wide range of actors work together towards common objective and are allowed to experiment and explore new methods and ways of working.
The city is the hub of a transformation where food is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. It can shorten value chains and enable circularity. The city becomes an engine of change for how food is produced, distributed and consumed.
Actors: Innovation Skåne AB, Ernst & Young AB (Doberman), Malmö municipality
Contact: Project manager, Margareta Wallentén
A revolution that fundamentally changes how we produce, consume and view proteins in Sweden based on economic, social and ecological sustainability. We need to strengthen the Swedish value chain for alternative proteins, create new consumption behaviors and challenge accepted norms.
Actors: Alba Ecological Information Institute, Peter O Bolinder AB, Lunds Universitet, Beteendelabbet AB, Planethon AB, Gustav Johansson AB
Contact: Project manager, Anna Steorn
Plattformen PUSH strives to create a new narrative about food and focuses on the role of food in human health and well-being. To achieve the mission, a fundamental change is needed in how we produce, distribute and consume food. This is what PUSH drives through collaboration, promoting innovative solutions and mission-oriented working methods for rapid transformation.
Actors: Skåne Food Academy, Swedish Association of Dietitians, Frisk Mat, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola AB
Contact: Project manager, Amanda Allvin
Last updated 24 September 2025
