PLENITUDE

It was an honor to host the Director General of the European Commission's Department for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Kerstin Jorna and Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) in Sas van Gent earlier this week!

Can you plot industrial policy in an office ? No ! That is why this morning the DG GROW #bioeconomy team, reinforced by colleagues from the CBU JU, visited two biotech sites : Cargill/ Plenitude/ Enough cluster in the Netherlands and the @Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant in Belgium. We wanted to learn how the biotech business case can scale in the Single Market? And also what holds it back ? And what potential for sustainable innovation and quality jobs ? The Cargill/Enough cluster at Plenitude is a first-of-its-kind, large-scale biorefinery that produces proteins for food and animal feed. This is through a zero-waste fermentation process from low-cost, sustainable raw materials. 3,000 jobs are expected to be created through this biomanufacturing ecosystem in the province of Zeeland by 2032. This plant is one of the flagship initiatives of the @Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU). CBE JU is a partnership between the Commission and the @Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). BIC funds projects that help advance competitive and circular bio-based industries. During our tour of Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant in Ghent, we learned how this facility is scaling up bio-based processes and products, helping SMEs and companies to cross the “startup valley of death”. What I learnt ? Bioeconomy seperates ( from corn to starch to glucose to gluten to protein…) and even the leftover of the leftover of the leftover is used. The magic of bioeconomy is its capacity to offer solutions across industrial sectors, be it agri-food, chemicals, fertilisers, construction, textiles or packaging…. And more . And this also to a very committed and creative workforce. And yes: Alongside the launchpad of R&D support and the “nursery” of CBE JU projects, the #SingleMarket is there to create the scale for new products. We adopted the Biotech and Biomanufacturing initiative back in March, and now we are looking into permitting with our Single Market Enforcement Task Force ( see a previous post ). Thank you very much to Plenitude, Enough and Bio base pilot plant teams for your insights, your readiness to be challenged by our questions and your hospitality. I learned a lot … including to connect a couple of dots .

📽️ Today we’re looking back to the Net Positive Spring Parade, where Plenitude attended and ran series of workshops. Here, we had the chance to meet young professionals in the alt protein sector. 🌱 Marnie Hewat, Community Manager at Bridge2Food, our Communication & Dissemination partner, shares what struck her the most from the conversations she had with the audience of the event. #altprotein #proteindiversification Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)

Some snapshots from Bridge2Food Summit Europe 📸 Stop by our booth to try samples products containing mycoprotein developed by Plentiude partners. Michael Kilkie Andrew Beasley Craig Johnston Marlene Lassen Maria Rossi Koller Vincent Brain Sonia Pignatelli Jim Laird

The Plentiude Steering Committee Meeting has started at Bridge2Food Europe! 🌱 Here are our project partners gathered in The Hague, NL to share project updates and disusss activists for the last part of the project. ENOUGH Cargill Wageningen University & Research Vivera IFF LCE - Life Cycle Engineering Spa ABP Food Group LACTIPS Mosa Meat Vincent Brain Craig Johnston Jim Laird Andrew Beasley Katarzyna Polanowska Marlene Lassen Sonia Pignatelli Gil Rogiers Julie Gaskjenn Zuzana Van Beveren Abde Arrachid Sonia Huppert Julia Wocka-GowdaMaria Rossi KollerLaurice Pouvreau

Plenitude will have a booth at Bridge2Food Europe (June 4-6 in The Hague, NL). Meet us there! 👋 Bridge2Food Europe will also be a good occasion for the Plenitude project to meet, as Plenitude will host its periodical Steering Committee Meeting! Stay tuned for pictures and updates from the event! Learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/g5vd74-v #EUresearch #mycoprotein #altprotein

Plentide’s Commercial Work Package Leader Andrew Beasley (ENOUGH), interviewed at the Net Positive Spring Parade, summarizes the questions got from the audience of young professionals attending the event. Andrew talks about the potential of mycoprotein in food applications, including meat analogs. Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) #mycoprotein #alternativeprotein

A few weeks ago, a Plenitude delegation attended and ran workshops on alternative proteins, including ABUNDA mycoprotein, at the Net Positive Spring Parade in Amsterdam! 🌷 Thanks to our project partners Bridge2Food, ENOUGH, LCE - Life Cycle Engineering Spa, and Cargill for attending such an important event to get young generations involved in sustainable food production. And above all, thanks to all the ones who stopped by! Marnie HewatLucas CitronCraig JohnstonAndrew BeasleySonia PignatelliNuria Jareño MorenoEdwin Berends

This week, Plenitude Coordinator Craig Johnston presented about our project at the AOCS Sustainable Protein Forum last week in Montreal, Canada.

Congrats to the Plenitude delegation who attended and ran a workshop on alternative protein at the Net Positive Spring Parade by The Net Positive Partner Program! 🌱 🌸