TY - BOOK
T1 - Solutions for intelligent nutrition
T2 - Nutritech roadmap
AU - Selinheimo, Emilia
AU - Saarela, Maria
AU - Halonen, Minna
AU - Koivisto, Raija
AU - Tiilikainen, Aimo
AU - Lyly, Marika
AU - Mikkonen, Jarno
AU - Lehtinen, Pekka
AU - Mokkila, Mirja
AU - Kaukovirta-Norja, Anu
AU - Poutanen, Kaisa
N1 - Project code: 34237
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The objective of the Nutritech roadmap was to feature
drivers, needs and future potential for various actors
involved in the food production, distribution chain, and
communication services. Seven general drivers influencing
the challenges and needs of stakeholders in the area of
food, nutrition and eating patterns were first
identified: healthcare costs, sustainability, ubiquitous
ICT, information flow, ageing, cultural mixing and
individualism. Then five themes, Convenience, Values and
communality, Physiological functionality, Communication
and Personification, were defined in multidisciplinary
workshops. The themes were discussed in a view of
nutrition and eating habits. Based on the formulated
visions of these five themes, various fields in which
there is a need for innovations to improve food supply
and to facilitate healthy eating were identified.
Development of technologies to produce new healthy foods
is the core of the system. Modern exploitation of enzymes
and microbial fermentation offers plenty of opportunities
to design specific product properties, and also for
boosting of energy and raw material efficiency. Revealing
of the physiological responses in humans and subsequent
health effects is facilitated by the rapid developments
of nutritional systems biology. Both control and design
of the production chain and the research in the area of
health effects produce plenty of interesting information
to the consumer. Capitalizing on this information and
design of convenient and experience-giving packaging and
delivery systems is a large opportunity. Development of
new packaging materials and ubiquitous ICT offer
potential for innovations in this respect. ICT may also
help to educate consumers to realise the benefits of
healthy eating by diagnostic and monitoring tools.
The vision for Nutritech roadmap was formulated as
"Well-being through eating". Producing, delivering and
consuming the right types of foods maintain health,
enhance quality of life and contribute to sustainable
environment. Intelligent nutrition is based on choices of
foods and meals which bring multiple values to the
consumer: pleasure for the senses, fulfilment of values,
and benefits for health. In the modern society,
intelligent nutrition solutions means, in addition to
development of food production systems, also development
of delivery, communication and personalization services
for the needs of urban consumers. This opens up a range
of new business opportunities. This roadmap will serve as
a starting point for the VTT Innovation Programme
"Solutions for Intelligent Nutrition", where the aim is
to develop technologies and services enabling to achieve
well-being through eating.
AB - The objective of the Nutritech roadmap was to feature
drivers, needs and future potential for various actors
involved in the food production, distribution chain, and
communication services. Seven general drivers influencing
the challenges and needs of stakeholders in the area of
food, nutrition and eating patterns were first
identified: healthcare costs, sustainability, ubiquitous
ICT, information flow, ageing, cultural mixing and
individualism. Then five themes, Convenience, Values and
communality, Physiological functionality, Communication
and Personification, were defined in multidisciplinary
workshops. The themes were discussed in a view of
nutrition and eating habits. Based on the formulated
visions of these five themes, various fields in which
there is a need for innovations to improve food supply
and to facilitate healthy eating were identified.
Development of technologies to produce new healthy foods
is the core of the system. Modern exploitation of enzymes
and microbial fermentation offers plenty of opportunities
to design specific product properties, and also for
boosting of energy and raw material efficiency. Revealing
of the physiological responses in humans and subsequent
health effects is facilitated by the rapid developments
of nutritional systems biology. Both control and design
of the production chain and the research in the area of
health effects produce plenty of interesting information
to the consumer. Capitalizing on this information and
design of convenient and experience-giving packaging and
delivery systems is a large opportunity. Development of
new packaging materials and ubiquitous ICT offer
potential for innovations in this respect. ICT may also
help to educate consumers to realise the benefits of
healthy eating by diagnostic and monitoring tools.
The vision for Nutritech roadmap was formulated as
"Well-being through eating". Producing, delivering and
consuming the right types of foods maintain health,
enhance quality of life and contribute to sustainable
environment. Intelligent nutrition is based on choices of
foods and meals which bring multiple values to the
consumer: pleasure for the senses, fulfilment of values,
and benefits for health. In the modern society,
intelligent nutrition solutions means, in addition to
development of food production systems, also development
of delivery, communication and personalization services
for the needs of urban consumers. This opens up a range
of new business opportunities. This roadmap will serve as
a starting point for the VTT Innovation Programme
"Solutions for Intelligent Nutrition", where the aim is
to develop technologies and services enabling to achieve
well-being through eating.
KW - food
KW - nutrition
KW - health
KW - well-being
KW - consumer
KW - service
M3 - Report
SN - 978-951-38-7542-8
T3 - VTT Tiedotteita - Research Notes
BT - Solutions for intelligent nutrition
PB - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
CY - Espoo
ER -