Whole label approach to ingredient substitution offers greater value
Brands concerned about ‘clean labelling’ can achieve this more effectively if they analyse all the ingredients on the label at the same time to see how their function can be achieved in other ways. Dr Aidan Craigwood, consultant for breakthrough innovation consultancy Innovia Technology, comments that chemical, biological and physical processes can provide fresh solutions to old challenges around…
Could insect protein feed the world? asks Innovia
Innovia says that textured chunks of insect protein would provide a sustainable alternative to animal meat. “The Harper Adams University's 'Edible Bug Challenge' isn’t so far-fetched,” says Greg Dickens, a vet and consultant at Innovia Technology. “Insect flour is already available and 'Quorn-style' high-protein pieces are on the way”.
Innovia helps create the world's first sustainable highway
Is it possible to have a ‘green highway’? The Mission Zero Corridor Project in West Georgia, USA, believes that it is. It has appointed breakthrough innovation consultancy Innovia Technology to help create a ‘travel corridor’ and rethink the purpose and function of this infrastructure to generate social, environmental and economic value.