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Webinar - Product innovation in an ever-changing complex food system

Free webinar by Prof. dr. ir. Koen Dewettinck

In an ever-changing world marked by climate change, shortages of raw materials and an increasing consumers’ demand for tasty, healthy & sustainable food products, the food industry is facing many challenges nowadays. In his lecture, Prof. Koen Dewettinck will focus on trends in product innovation in the food sector such as plant-based foods, food safety, sustainability, healthier nutritional profiles, ultraprocessed foods, food system resilience and the role of biotechnology.


Full Professor at Ghent University, Founder of Cacaolab bv

Prof. dr. ir. Koen Dewettinck

Full Professor at Ghent University, Founder of Cacaolab bv

Koen heads the Research Group of Food Structure and Function (previously known as the laboratory of Food Technology and Engineering) at Ghent University, Belgium. He’s the founder and Chairman of the Board of Cacaolab bv, a UGent spin-off company. He has about 25 years’ research experience on cocoa and chocolate processing..


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