Plant-based proteins for health and wellbeing

Efforts to limit the environmental impact from animal-based food are needed to meet the goals of Agenda 2030 but innovations within plant-based proteins options are lagging behind. Evidence-based knowledge within food processing, consumption and health benefits of plant-based proteins is currently scarce, which limits the necessary further development. 

PAN Sweden will, in a precision nutrition perspective, clarify the relationship between processing, structure, bioavailability, digestion and fermentation of proteins, and health effects in terms of gut, metabolic and mental health. Furthermore, sensory aspects and consumer behaviour determinants concerning plant-based proteins will be studied and gastronomic test environments will give access to various food consumption settings. The core approach of the centre is the development of an integrated model/method “toolbox” that facilitates innovations within plant-based products with proven benefits for health and wellbeing but also being the preferred choice of the consumer.

Pan Sweden’s vision is that sustainable-produced food with health benefits will be the consumer’s preferred choice. We bundle a globally unique set of interdisciplinary competence and infrastructure overarching food, nutritional, technical, medical and social sciences. Our approach will provide Sweden an exclusive chance to successfully build the knowledge, competences and skills to become a leading global player in plant-based protein food development.