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Production of Swedish pea flour, as a product and as an ingredient in everyday food.

Reference number
Coordinator Industriellt UtvecklingsCentrum i Kalmar Län AB
Funding from Vinnova SEK 2 604 420
Project duration November 2021 - May 2024
Status Completed
Venture Food from the future
Call The good and sustainable everyday food of the future - Innovations for support for Swedish processing of plant-based raw materials

Important results from the project

The project aimed to produce a heat-treated Swedish flour based on yellow and/or gray pea, and allow the pea flour to be included in the production of more climate-neutral and healthy foods. The objective was to produce a complete basis for choosing a full-scale process for the production of a pea flour as a finished consumer and industrial product, with packaging and calculations.

Expected long term effects

The project has identified a working process to heat-treat Swedish yellow and gray pea flour. The project has demonstrated a method where heat treatment through microwave technology of minimally humidified peas gives desirable results both economically and nutritionally. Continued tests and studies are recommended to ensure the results from completed pilot tests as well as continued product development.

Approach and implementation

The project has been carried out in collaboration between Industriellt UtvecklingsCentrum i Kalmar län AB, Kalmar Ölands Trädgårdsprodukter, Linnaeus University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. The project has had two focus areas: 1. Realize the production of a Swedish heat-treated legume flour, which no Swedish project has so far achieved. 2. Apply the flour in the manufacture of cured meat analogue products together with a number of major national meat and cured meat companies as well as flavor and texture companies.

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Last updated 11 June 2024

Reference number 2021-03594