A swedish roadmap for biotech in food

Purpose and goal

The roadmap should identify the path from a current state to a desired future through clear milestones and activities, and capture the underlying potential for new fermented foods in Sweden. The project has two main objectives: 1. Mobilizing the industry and identifying the needs, interest and knowledge status of actors that are important for the impact of new fermented foods. 2. A roadmap for new fermented foods and their potential in Sweden, which can be shared with relevant actors.

Expected effects and result

The roadmap is expected to lead to a better focus and overview of how different initiatives and investments can better benefit the industry´s opportunities and better involve the industry in an active way. The roadmap will also clarify the state of knowledge about how we can move forward more concretely towards a desirable and possible future. The industry workshops that are being carried out are expected to lead to a mobilization and bring together relevant business actors.

Planned approach and implementation

The project includes the following main elements: 1.Preparatory work and invitation of companies. Start collecting reference material and external documents. Formulate specific questions and shape content for the dialogues. 2. undertaking 4 industry workshops and dialogue meetings. 3. Compilation of workshop, desktop research and supplementary interviews 4. Production of final report. The exact schedule may need to be adjusted slightly to better suit the companies´ ability to participate.