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About Wageningen Food & Biobased Research

Applied research for sustainable innovations in healthy food, fresh food chains and biobased products.

Wageningen Food & Biobased Research develops insights and technologies that support companies, governments and other research institutes in creating innovative solutions for a healthier, more sustainable and prosperous world. We partner in the creation and production of healthy and tasty foods, of truly-sustainable food chains, and in developing chemicals and materials that use biomass instead of fossil resources. Our in-depth knowledge of the entire chain, from raw materials through processing to end product, drives our approach.

Our research programs

Our mission

Wageningen Food & Biobased Research is one of the Contract Research Organisations of Wageningen University & Research, with the aim to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life. Our researchers have direct access to the latest scientific findings and have a firm grasp of what modern technology offers. Making smart connections between various disciplines, we investigate and develop at all stages: upscaling from lab to pilot and from initial idea to the production processes that deliver real products for our customers. To fulfill our promise, we ensure that the solutions we create are applicable in daily practice.

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Wageningen Food & Biobased Research

Applied research that delivers sustainable solutions to the complete food and biobased products supply chain.

Creating economical viable and sustainable solutions that contribute to supplying a rapidly growing world population with healthy, delicious, sustainably-produced food and with high quality materials, chemicals and fuels made from biomass. This is the vision of Wageningen Food & Biobased Research. Part of Wageningen University & Research, it engages with companies, government authorities and other knowledge institutes to meet these goals. Cooperation is key to success within bilateral projects and public-private partnerships. Confidentiality, clear agreements on intellectual property, on quality and a goal-driven approach are key elements in all projects. 

Wageningen Food & Biobased Research is focused on the following expertise areas:

Postharvest quality Biorefinery Biobased chemicals and fuels Renewable materials Nutrition & Health Proteins for life Agro Food Robotics Food innovations for responsible choices Water treatment and technology Food waste prevention & utilisation

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Wageningen Food & Biobased Research

Wageningen Food & Biobased Research and the F&BKP

Wageningen Food &  Biobased Research (WUR FBR) has been involved in various studies funded through the Knowledge Management Facility of the Platform.

About Wageningen Food & Biobased Research

Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (WUR FBR) develops insights and technologies that support companies, governments and other research institutes in creating innovative solutions for a healthier, more sustainable and prosperous world. They partner in the creation and production of healthy and tasty foods, of truly-sustainable food chains, and in developing chemicals and materials that use biomass instead of fossil resources. Their in-depth knowledge of the entire chain, from raw materials through processing to end product, drives their approach.

For more information, visit the Wageningen Food & Biobased Research website .

Many projects and initiatives worldwide are aiming for the reduction of food loss. Companies, governments or NGOs involved may find inspiration in similar existing initiatives and experiences elsewhere in the world. The brochure “Tackling food loss – Drivers for change” presents the results of an inventory study on how agro-food chains can be optimized or better organized to prevent food losses. »

The F&BKP Office has contracted the Food & Biobased Research institute of Wageningen University to conduct a study on “Drivers for Change” that focus on reducing postharvest food losses and improving food value chains. »

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Wageningen Research

• Website https://www.wur.nl/wfbr , https://www.wur.eu/wfbr
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• Research units

Organisational unit : Wageningen University & Research

• 4,190 shared research output

Fresh Food and Chains

Organisational unit : Business Unit

• 2,783 shared research output

Wageningen Graduate Schools

Organisational unit : unknown

• 1,934 shared research output

Wageningen University

Organisational unit : University

• 1,593 shared research output

Biobased Products

• 1,518 shared research output

Organisational unit : Graduate School

• 1,480 shared research output

Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences

Organisational unit : Department

• 1,152 shared research output

Food Technology

Organisational unit : Team

• 700 shared research output

Food, Health & Consumer Research

• 645 shared research output

Post Harvest Technology

• 606 shared research output

BBP Bioconversion

• 515 shared research output

BBP Biorefinery & Sustainable Value Chains

• 499 shared research output

BBP Sustainable Chemistry & Technology

• 454 shared research output

Supply Chain & Information Management

• 439 shared research output

Wageningen Plant Research

Organisational unit : Research Institute

• 421 shared research output
• 258 shared research output

Human Nutrition & Health

Organisational unit : Chair Group

• 245 shared research output

Department of Plant Sciences

• 241 shared research output
• 231 shared research output

Wageningen Economic Research

• 219 shared research output

Department of Social Sciences

• 212 shared research output

Wageningen Environmental Research

• 192 shared research output

Bio Process Engineering

• 188 shared research output

Business Unit

• 159 shared research output

Biobased Chemistry and Technology

• 156 shared research output

Food Process Engineering

• 155 shared research output

Department of Animal Sciences

• 150 shared research output

Food Chemistry

• 140 shared research output
• 136 shared research output

Wageningen Livestock Research

• 116 shared research output

Food Quality and Design

• 105 shared research output

Sensory Science and Eating Behaviour

• 103 shared research output

Wageningen Food Safety Research

• 102 shared research output

Food Microbiology

• 92 shared research output

Horticulture & Product Physiology

Agrosystems Research

• 83 shared research output

Cell Biology and Immunology

• 78 shared research output

Sustainable Value Chain

• 75 shared research output

Greenhouse Horticulture

Field Crops

• 73 shared research output

Global Nutrition

• 72 shared research output
• 71 shared research output

Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter

• 69 shared research output

Physics and Physical Chemistry of Foods

• 67 shared research output

Microbiology

• 65 shared research output

Marketing and Consumer Behaviour

Executive Board & Corporate Staff

Organisational unit : Concern Staff

• 64 shared research output

Corporate Staff

• 61 shared research output

Department of Environmental Sciences

• 56 shared research output

Blue and Green Economy

• 53 shared research output

Animal Nutrition

• 52 shared research output

Nutritional Biology

Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation

• 51 shared research output

Earth Observation and Environmental Informatics

• 50 shared research output

Regional Development and Spatial Use

• 49 shared research output

Wageningen Marine Research

• 48 shared research output

International Policy

• 46 shared research output

GTB Tuinbouw Technologie

• 44 shared research output

Land Use and Food Security

• 41 shared research output

BIOS Applied Metabolic Systems

Nutrition and disease.

• 40 shared research output

Management & Staff Sciences Groups

Organisational unit : Board and staff

• 39 shared research output

Plant Breeding

Operations Research and Logistics

• 34 shared research output

Biointeractions and Plant Health

• 32 shared research output

Applied Spatial Research

Business Unit Microbiology & Agrochains

• 30 shared research output

Team Agrochains

• 29 shared research output

OT Team Schimmels Onkr. en Plagen

Climate resilience.

• 28 shared research output
• 27 shared research output

Biodiversity and Policy

Consumption and healthy lifestyles.

• 25 shared research output

Sustainable Soil Use

Animal breeding & genomics, onderz. form. d..

Wageningen Bioveterinary Research

• 24 shared research output

BU Authenticity & Veterinary Drugs

• 23 shared research output

Sustainable forest ecosystems

• 22 shared research output

Environmental Technology

• 21 shared research output

Emissions & Manure Valorisation

Ot team agriculture & society.

• 20 shared research output

Transition Risk and Innovation Governance

Laboratory of plant physiology.

• 19 shared research output

Host-Microbe Interactomics

• 18 shared research output

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Applied ecology, knowledge technology and innovation.

Environmental Sciences Group

• 17 shared research output

Organic Chemistry

Nutrition, metabolism and genomics, ot team fruit-bomen, mathematical and statistical methods - biometris, forest and nature conservation policy.

• 16 shared research output

Plant Production Systems

Human and animal physiology.

• 15 shared research output

Water and Food

ESG Staff Departments WENR

Agro Field Technology Innovations

Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group

• 14 shared research output

Performance and Impact Agrosectors

Corporate value creation.

• 13 shared research output

Bacteriology, Host Pathogen Interaction & Diagnostics

Corporate Strategy & Accounts

AFSG Staff Departments (FBR)

CVC Impact for society

Ot team bedrijfssyst.onderz./bodemkwaliteit, team authenticity & nutrients, agricultural economics and rural policy.

• 12 shared research output

GTB Teelt & Gewasfysiologie

Urban Economics

Agricultural biosystems engineering.

• 11 shared research output

Animal Production Systems

Biochemistry, onderz. form. b..

Sub-department of Soil Quality

Business Economics

• 10 shared research output

Epidemiology, Bio-informatics & Animal models

Public administration and policy, business management & organisation, soil, water and land use.

• 9 shared research output

Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management

Laboratory of entomology, agro water- en biobased economy.

• 8 shared research output

Programmamanagement

Programme team esg, farming systems ecology, entomology & disease management, laboratory of virology, soil biology.

• 7 shared research output

Onderzoeksformatie

Virology & molecular biology, animal health & welfare.

Education & Student Affairs

Business Manager projects Mid-North

Wpr gtb bloembollen.

• 6 shared research output

Soil Physics and Land Management

Laboratory of geo-information science and remote sensing, kb programme leaders, bioint diagnostics, food safety & phyt. research, environmental policy, laboratory of phytopathology, strategic communication.

• 5 shared research output

Business Development

Psg staff departments.

Plant Sciences Group

Animal Ecology

Team animal drugs 1, ot internationaal, animal farming systems, rootzone dynamics, aquaculture, crop health.

BU Contaminants & Toxicology

OT Team Int. Prod. & Gewasinn.

Staff corporate strategy & accounts, team animal drugs 2, aquaculture and fisheries.

• 4 shared research output

BioNanoTechnology

Hnru&lb, marine animal ecology, plant ecology and nature conservation, team bioassays & biosensors, bioinformatics.

Centre for Crop Systems Analysis

OT Bedrijfsbureau

Regional center yerseke, food quality and health effects.

• 3 shared research output

Teaching and Learning Centre

Staff Departments Social Sciences

Social Sciences Group

Bios plant development systems, gtb bedrijfsbureau, soil chemistry and chemical soil quality, bios applied bioinformatics, hydrology and environmental hydraulics, information technology, development economics, marketing & communicatie, crop physiology, executive board, sociology of consumption and households.

ISRIC - World Soil Information

Consumer Research

Education and Learning Sciences

Wageningen Data Competence Center

Gtb teelt & gewasfysiologie a, team bacteriology, molecular biology & amr, animal breeding and genomics.

• 2 shared research output

Food System & Impact Research

Onderzoeksassistenten, smaaklessen, csa - extern gefinancierde activiteiten.

ESG Staff Departments Environmental Sciences

Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning

Environmental economics and natural resources, team toxicology, laboratory of molecular biology, department experimental animal research.

Wageningen Academy

Degree Programmes

CC&M Board & Management

Corporate Communications & Marketing

Directie kenniseenheid, dir directiestaf, diagnostics & crisis organization, wageningen pre-university, team data science, os&daeb.

Organisational unit : Facilities and Services

Adaptation Physiology

Eps graduate school, laboratory of cell biology, health and society, team natural toxins, management trainees, data competence centre, team inorganic contaminants, data science and innovation.

• 1 shared research output

Sociology of Development and Change

Departement

OT BVG/MNH/MDS

Els universitair docent, laboratory of nematology, biological recovery & re-use technology, soil geography and landscape, environmental risk assessment, economic and environmental history, forest ecology and forest management, pbr mushroom research.

Departement Beleidsruimte

Crop and Weed Ecology

Ewuu alliance, student service centre, pbr quantitative aspects of plant breeding, earth systems and global change, bioint moleculair phytopathology, robotics and automation, water resources management, meteorology and air quality, environmental systems analysis, wildlife ecology and conservation, dean of research office, biosolar cells, directiebureau, pbr breeding for a-biotic stress tolerance, toxicology postdoc, postdoc directie - chl, rural sociology, ppo agv team bodemkwaliteit, ot internationaal land- en waterbeheer, programme and account management, biosystematics, experimental zoology, studentenvoorlichting & werving, european union (eu).

External organisation : Unknown

• 199 shared research output

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)

External organisation : Academic

• 99 shared research output

Utrecht University

Netherlands organisation for applied scientific research (tno).

External organisation : Government

• 55 shared research output

University of Groningen

Erasmus university rotterdam.

• 26 shared research output

NIZO food research

External organisation : Corporate

VU University Amsterdam

University of montpellier, université paris-saclay, danone nutricia research.

External organisation : Company

Radboud University Nijmegen

University of bologna, frieslandcampina, kikkoman europe r&d laboratory b.v., charles sturt university, chemhouse research group, university of amsterdam (uva), btg biomass technology group, national institute for public health and the environment (rivm), university of rome la sapienza, institut national de la recherche agronomique (inra), university of l'aquila, eindhoven university of technology, norwegian university of life sciences, university of milan, norwegian institute of food, fisheries and aquaculture research (nofima), maastricht university, agricultural university of athens (aua), university of algarve, leiden university, politehnica university of timisoara, flemish institute for technological research (vito), academie van bouwkunst arnhem, artez.

External organisation : University College

IFP Energies nouvelles

Gelderland valley hospital.

External organisation : Medical

Erasmus Medical Center

Unilever r&d, energy research centre of the netherlands - ecn, delft university of technology, university of copenhagen, national research council (cnr).

External organisation : Research Institute

Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Centre for renewable energy sources (cres), fuzhou university, chinese academy of sciences (cas), spanish national research council (csic), university of catania, university of southern denmark, ghent university, organic waste systems nv, imperial college london, technical university of denmark (dtu), gadjah mada university, university of aveiro, university of naples federico ii, university college dublin, rise research institutes of sweden, university of turku, novamont s.p.a., university of reading, university of novi sad, uppsala university, university of pisa, university of coimbra, university of stellenbosch, chinese academy of agricultural sciences (caas), university of twente, university of strathclyde, university of applied sciences joanneum, istituto agrario di san michele all'adige, university of tehran, university of bremen, university of natural resources and life sciences, vienna (boku), nord university, radboud university medical center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, international institute for sustainability analysis and strategy (iinas), azti-tecnalia, has university of applied sciences.

External organisation : University

University of Nottingham

Universitat de valencia, lettinga associates foundation (leaf), bay zoltán nonprofit ltd. for applied research, danone research centre for specialised nutrition, joanneum research, university of rostock, deloitte sustainability, ministry of agriculture of the people's republic of china, bahar dar university, biomass research, saint joseph university, polish academy of sciences, leibniz institute for prevention research and epidemiology (bips), newcastle university, university of lisbon, university college cork, university of balamand, centre national de la recherche scientifique (cnrs), hydra institut für meereswissenschaften ag, nova university lisbon, warsaw university of life sciences (sggw), larive international, german biomass research centre (dbfz), fao bangladesh, university of nebraska, ausnutria b.v., hebrew university of jerusalem, rwth aachen university, louis bolk institute (lbi), university of bern, swiss federal laboratories for materials science and technology (empa), muni university, centro de investigaciones energeticas, medioambientales y tecnologicas (ciemat), lebanese university, fundación circe, aristotle university of thessaloniki, academic collaborative centre agora, voedingscentrum, universita degli studi di foggia, fraunhofer institute for process engineering and packaging (ivv), aix-marseille university, ferdowsi university of mashhad, lifeglimmer gmbh, technical university of berlin, universidad de zaragoza, hellenic mediterranean university, university of manchester, chalmers university of technology, dutch national police, victor babes university of medicine and pharmacy timisoara, ecologic institute, software competence center hagenberg (scch), technische universität dresden, dutch customs laboratory, centrum wiskunde and informatica, hasselt university, royal netherlands institute for sea research (nioz), institute of agrifood research and technology (irta), university of porto, biosense institute, novi sad, loughborough university, universidad complutense, university of bergen, bilateral ethiopia netherlands effort for food, income and trade partnership (benefit), university of warmia and mazury in olsztyn, netherlands standardization institute (nen), greefa machinebouw b.v., wip renewable energies, university of hohenheim, netherlands enterprise agency (rvo), netherlands forensic institute - nfi, noldus information technology b.v., fresh upstream, hogent university of applied sciences and arts, university of leicester, international livestock research institute (ilri), avantium chemicals, aarhus university, chungnam national university, university of iceland, avans university of applied sciences, university of birmingham, hellenic agricultural organization ‘elgo dimitra’, mahidol university, international institute for applied system analysis (iiasa), university of innsbruck, university of belgrade, universidad politecnica de madrid, national physical laboratory, can tho university, world resources institute, university of chemistry and technology, citrus research international (pty) ltd, world agroforestry centre (icraf), university of helsinki, institut pasteur, agh university of science and technology, national agricultural research foundation, royal cosun, harvard university, stichting 'samen tegen voedselverspilling', sofies - solutions for industrial ecosystems s.a., universita degli studi di trento, lund university, feedback global, northumbria university, saxion university of applied sciences, jouf university, sharif university of technology, university of messina, bogor agricultural university, imenz bioengineering bv, cambridge refrigeration technology, national food chain safety office, bioceres s.a, pepsico r&d, european synchrotron radiation facility, it-objects gmbh, royal institute of technology, danish technological institute, fundación zaragoza logistics centre (zlc), ege university, spanish national institute for agricultural and food research and technology (inia), istanbul teknik universitesi, co van ledden hulsebosch center (clhc), national technical university of athens, la trobe university, hungarian foodbank association.

External organisation : Private non-profit

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

Jiangnan university, east china university of science and technology, sulzer ltd., universidade do algarve faculdade de ciências e tecnologia, evergrain international, universite de bourgogne, suntory monozukuri expert limited, thünen institute, hempflax group b.v., technical university of munich, national research and innovation agency, synthesis capital, collaborating centre on sustainable consumption and production (cscp), china agricultural university, biomax labvantage, leuphana university of lüneburg, research institute for renewable energy, philips healthtech, monash university, italian national agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development (enea), national renewable energy centre (cener), university of queensland, ben-gurion university of the negev, pepsico inc., synbra technology bv, umeå university, utrecht university of applied sciences, pantanova b.v., université de lorraine, kuwait petroleum research and technology b.v., university of liege, university of freiburg, université de bordeaux, canisius wilhelmina hospital, university of surabaya (ubaya), peking university, adm hamburg ag, university of evora, pedak meettechniek, université de rouen, university of the basque country, university of padua, university medical center groningen, anthesis group, uni research, netherlands institute of ecology (nioo-knaw), instituto de biologia experimental e tecnologica, paul sabatier university, campden bri, reinier de graaf groep, university of las palmas de gran canaria, european association for the education of adults (eaea), university of nebraska-lincoln, german federal institute for risk assessment (bfr), hamburg university of technology, flanders research institute for agriculture, fisheries and food (ilvo), nova-institut gmbh, heriot-watt university, addenbrooke's hospital, edilon)(sedra, universita di salerno, university of oslo, catholic university of portugal, university of udine, university of western australia, university of toulouse, centre of research & technology hellas (certh), ministry of health, indonesia, universidade federal de lavras, czech academy of sciences, promillicon, swedish university of agricultural sciences (slu), zhejiang gongshang university, quadram institute, han university of applied sciences, university of gloucestershire, university of east anglia, ondokuz mayis university, university of sfax, ggd north and east gelderland, ministry of agriculture, nature and food quality (lnv), ministry of economic affairs and climate policy, european centre of excellence for sustainable water technology, philips lighting, friedrich-loeffler-institute, basf germany, cornell university, j. rettenmaier & sohne gmbh & co. kg, hungarian academy of sciences (mta), instituto politecnico nacional, jagiellonian university in kraków, free university of brussels, international maize and wheat improvement center (cimmyt), slovanian forestry institute (sfi), graz university of technology, primair air consultancy, royal agrifirm group, university of oxford, mmr research worldwide, non-communicable diseases research center, university of st andrews, kiel center of innovation and technology, cluster of bioeconomy and environment of western macedonia (clube), cátedra-conacyt-tecnológico nacional de méxico, food waste free united, technologiko ekpaideutiko idrima, kritis, synprodo bv, institut universitaire de france, tehran university of medical sciences, hasanuddin university, university medical center utrecht, wien university of technology, university of nova gorica, university of milan - bicocca, the ocean cleanup, universidad autonoma de madrid, fraunhofer institute for systems and innovation research (isi), cnc grondstoffen, state university of campinas, boston children's hospital, tait consulting, instituto de investigación sanitaria del principado de asturias, vlaams gewest, universite des sciences et technologies de lille, royal dsm n.v., brac university, james hutton institute, seoul national university, goodfuels bv, nong lam university, southampton solent university, pannon pro innovations ltd, fachagentur nachwachsende rohstoffe e. v. (fnr), medical university of gdansk, university children's hospital basel, gfbiochemicals (gfb), sabic europe b.v., queen's university belfast, rutherford appleton laboratory, equicap agri ventures pvt. ltd., dutch meat products association (vnv), saarland university hospital, vertoro b.v., indonesian agency for agricultural research and development, sbs scientific bio solutions, university of glasgow, african plant nutrition institute, cork supply portugal, s.a., healthcare research worldwide ltd., global research and technology centre, 3rs managing and consulting aps, omgevingsdienst zuid-holland zuid, humboldt state university, royal haskoningdhv, new energy and industrial technology development organisation (nedo), city university of applied sciences, ministry of health vietnam, inovation & development centre, agrocampus ouest, cranfield university, chungbuk national university, nopalm ingredients, legal medicine organization, university of ottawa, ministry of health malaysia, neuroimaging center groningen, university of chinese academy of sciences, heinrich heine university düsseldorf, national institutes of biomedical innovation, health and nutrition, vital strategies, martini hospital, supreme nanobiotics co. ltd., industriepark kleefse waard, southeast asian ministers of education organization regional center for food and nutrition/seameo-recfon, max planck institute for chemistry, nova southeastern university, schut papier b.v., dutch polymer institute - dpi, agri-food technology center ctic cita, istituto regionale per la floricoltura, the dutch beer institute, redersvereniging voor de zeevisserij (rvz), apollo tyres global r&d bv, university of agriculture in krakow, giannakakis sa, australian nuclear science and technology organisation, university of bari, hes-so valais-wallis, national institute of public health, center for physical sciences and technology, instituto tecnologico del embalaje, transporte y logistica (itene), university of jiroft, hunan agricultural university, university of leeds, german institute of human nutrition, streekwijzer, universitat rovira i virgili, nutricontrol, centre for analytical sciences amsterdam (casa), dubai police ghq, budapest sewage works ltd, universite de reims champagne-ardenne, instituto potosino de investigación científica y tecnológica, foundation euro-mediterranean center on climate change (cmcc), université de lyon, university of galway, university of applied sciences and arts western switzerland, university of aberdeen, university of akureyri, clever consult, institut national de l'environnement industriel et des risques (ineris), fondazione edmund mach, omve netherlands bv, regional centre for food and nutrition, archer daniels midland (adm), h&h research, scottish marine institute, university of duisburg-essen, arkema group, massachusetts institute of technology, magneto special anodes b.v., university of fribourg, university of florida, international hellenic university, university of gdansk, centrum hout, govt of india, roelofsgroep, lamb-weston meijer, university of lausanne, kyoto university, university of eastern piedmont, next generation sensors, saarland university, future diagnostics solutions, 3n kompetenzzentrum niedersachsen netzwerk nachwachsende rohstoffe und bioökonomie e.v., nijhuis industries, global environment facility (gef), vencomatic group.