Projects

Lab research & collaboration

Sustainable Food Platform Biscuit Development

Develop nutritious and affordable food solutions based on locally produced ingredients for low income consumers.

Amplifying the Knowledge and Use of Testbeds

A multi-partner Erasmus+ project focused on increasing the positive impact of and access to food innovation testbeds.

WHO Vegan Diet Study

This project aims to understand the nutritional composition of processed plant-based products sold in five European cities.

SUStainable INsect CHAIN (SUSINCHAIN)

FoodLab participates in this multi-partner project to develop new, insect-based consumer food products.

Predictive Analytics for On-Farm Food Loss Prevention

Develop mathematical models to help mitigate on-farm food loss of fruits and vegetables.

Contempehrary Collaboration

FoodLab collaborates with the University of Copenhagen and Contempehrary to develop safe and improved tempeh processing procedures.

Danske Frilandssnegle (Nordic Snail) Collaboration

Skylab FoodLab collaborates with Danske Frilandssnegle to improve their wholesale snail processing procedure and to extend shelf life.

Startups

Aiming at improving and sustaining vanilla households’ income and livelihoods through the adoption of high-tech solutions in vanilla farming

April 2021 - Present

Beta Blockers aim to help malnutrition in Etiophian children by developing protein rich food products.

A social enterprise dedicated to provide eco-friendly and affordable fertilizer and feed made from soldier fly larvae.

April 2021 - Present

Fishing in the Desert (Kakuma Refugee Camp)

The project aims to solve malnutrition in Kakuma refugee camp by establishment of fishponds to farm tilapia and catfish.

April 2021 - Present

Casju (formerly FruitUp)

Casju makes caramels with cashew-fruit to combat food waste and to support African cashew farmers.

January 2019 - January 2020

Færm creates tasty, plant-based spreads by mixing novel and traditional production methods, such as fermentation and aging.

January 2020 - Present

Umamamia makes organic flavour enhancer for plant-based meat substitutes.

February 2020 - present

Nordic Crabs is developing a new local and sustainable product for culinary chefs from European green crabs, a pest in inland Danish waters.

September 2019 – ongoing

Seasony is a startup specializing in robotic solutions for vertical farming.

Master's & Bachelor's Theses

Starter Cultures for Camel Milk Fermentation

Developing freeze-dried starter cultures to acidify camel milk to reduce health risks associated with traditional camel milk products

Evaluation of Brewers' Spent Grains

Enriching nutritional values of dough and bread by utilizing brewers spent grain proteins (BSGP).

Holistic Food Innovation at Roskilde Festival

Creating a collaborative cooking experience for the Roskilde Festival.

Student projects

DigiFood: Increasing informed food choices in the digital food environment

Upcoming challenge

The project evolves around the digital food environment and the challenges lying within.

Milk storage in east Africa

Upcoming challenge

How can low-cost technologies and better-designed containers for milk storage improve dairy safety and quality in east Africa?

Modern food culture and NCDs

Upcoming challenge

Mitigating Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) risk factors connected to modern out of home food culture on online delivery platforms.

The Pomace Project

Upcoming challenge

Reducing food waste by making a healthy snack from Danish Apple pomace, an unused slag ressource from juice and cider production!

Food with Microbes

Upcoming challenge

The core of our project is to reduce food waste by creating new food products and functional food ingredients by fermentation of food waste.

ChufaGurt with Social Foodies

Upcoming challenge

A collaboration with Social Foodies and Skylab FoodLab students to develop new products from chufa pulp

Invasive canned fish project with Fiskeslagteren

Upcoming challenge

Utilizing invasive species from Danish waters to produce sustainable canned fish products for Fiskeslagteren

Up-cycling coffee silverskin as a potential functional food ingredient

Upcoming challenge

To reduce food waste and environmental impact caused by the coffee industry with ultrasound-assisted extraction

Upcoming challenge

To deliver a design that enables commuters to have healthier food options when in transit.

Pausen - Join the fun by CitySeed

Upcoming challenge

Pausen is an entertainment option for teenagers that separates fun from unhealthy food habits.

Upcoming challenge

Challenging Danish households to reduce the amount of meat waste they produce through packaging design and technologies.