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Givaudan wins
29 Nov 2016Givaudan has announced that it is part of the winning EIT Food Knowledge and Innovation Community which will drive sustainable transformation towards a more consumer-centric and resource-efficient food sector.

Givaudan has announced that it is part of the winning EIT Food Knowledge and Innovation Community which will drive sustainable transformation towards a more consumer-centric and resource-efficient food sector.
Over the next seven years, the EIT Food Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) will build sustainable end-to-end food supply chains realised through transformative innovation and education initiatives, with a central role for the consumer.“Givaudan has been working with our EIT Food partners over the past two years to craft the winning development plan, and we are naturally delighted our bid has been successful,” said Mauricio Graber, President Givaudan Flavour Division. “We are fully committed to working together to develop a more sustainable food industry. The programmes and objectives are strongly aligned with Givaudan’s 2020 strategy which focuses on sustainability, health and well-being and working with our partners to create great tasting food.”With broad coverage in EU member states and associated countries, EIT Food KIC is a unique partnership of 50 leading companies, universities, and scientific partners covering the entire food value chain. With consumers as change agents, each partner is committed to jointly transform the way in which food is currently produced, distributed and consumed.EIT Food will set up four innovation programmes targeting societal challenges: personalised healthy food (FoodConnects Assistant), the digitalisation of the food system (The Web of Food), consumer driven supply chain development and new technology adoption in farming, processing and retail (Your Fork2Farm), and resource-efficient processes, turning the food sector into the spearhead for transforming the currently linear ‘produce-use-dispose’ model into a circular bioeconomy (The Zero Waste Agenda).EIT Food KIC will build a trusted food innovation ecosystem to support consumers’ right to a healthy and more environmentally sustainable diet.“The best way to be prepared for the future is to actually create it,” said Chris Thoen, Givaudan Head of Global Science and Technology. “We believe EIT Food KIC is a great consortium and network to define and enable the future of food. Givaudan shares the EIT food philosophy of fostering innovation and putting the consumer at the centre of everything we do. We are excited Givaudan is playing its part in this.”