Projects
Nofima is involved at any moment in several hundred projects, from long-term industrially targeted fundamental research to short innovation projects, where the results are immediately put to use. A few of our projects are presented here. Could you benefit from Nofima’s expertise? Contact us to find out.
- Remove filters
- Show strategic initiatives
- Select commissioner
- All
- Agricultural Agreement Research Funds (FJM)
- EEA Grants
- EU - ERA-Net Cofund
- EU - FP7
- EU - Horizon 2020
- EU - JPI
- Foundation for Research Levy on Agricultural Products (FFL)
- Mikon - The Fram Centre
- Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
- Nofima
- Norconserv Foundation
- Nordforsk
- Nordic Innovation
- Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
- Regional Research Fund Northern Norway RFF
- Regional Research Fund Vestlandet RFF
- The Nordic Council of Ministers
- The Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme (NPA)
- The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund - FHF
- The Research Council of Norway
- Select research area
- Breeding and genetics
- Capture-based aquaculture
- Consumer and sensory sciences
- Fish health
- Food and health
- Food safety and quality
- Industrial Economics
- Marine biotechnology
- Marketing Research
- Nutrition and feed technology
- Processing Technology
- Production Biology
- Raw materials and process optimisation
- Seafood industry
Showing 8 results in research area Food and health:
CrispResist
Do Pacific salmon species carry a secret they could share with Atlantic salmon? What is it in the genes that make these relatives of Atlantic salmon less susceptible to lice? Researchers will …
1. January 2021 – 31. December 2024
Researcher: Nicholas Andrew Robinson
Commissioner: The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund - FHF
EAT4AGE
EAT4AGE will prevent undernutrition and avoid impaired muscle function by investigating how age-related changes can be overcome.
1. April 2021 – 31. March 2024
Researchers: Paula Varela-Tomasco, Øydis Ueland, Bente Kirkhus
Commissioner: EU - JPI
Strategic initiative
FoodForFuture
The main objective of this research program is to contribute to research-driven innovation in the Norwegian food industry in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
1. January 2021 – 31. December 2024
Researchers: Antje Gonera, Paula Varela-Tomasco
Commissioner: Foundation for Research Levy on Agricultural Products (FFL)
iNOBox
Teaming up with key industry and market players, iNOBox main goal is to integrate in the Norwegian food industry more efficient, profitable and sustainable processing, securing the supply of …
1. April 2018 – 31. March 2022
Researcher: Tone Mari Rode
Commissioner: The Research Council of Norway
MycoSafeBread
Primary objective in MycoSafeBread is to optimize bread products tailored for young children, with an absolute minimum of the mycotoxin DON.
1. July 2020 – 30. June 2023
Researcher: Ida Rud
Commissioner: The Research Council of Norway
NORSKVegetar
The project NORSKVegetar will work with key challenges to increase the production of Norwegian food products in the vegetarian segment, based on Norwegian plant-based raw materials.
1. October 2020 – 30. September 2023
Researcher: Grethe Iren Andersen Borge
Commissioner: Agricultural Agreement Research Funds (FJM)
The Norwegian Seaweed Biorefinery Platform
The main goal of the platform will be to serve as a hub for research, knowledge, methodology and stakeholders for development of economically and environmentally sustainable biorefinery processes.
1. May 2019 – 30. April 2024
Researcher: Svein Halvor Knutsen
Commissioner: The Research Council of Norway
VegMeatCRC
The project investigates the association between consumption of processed meat (sausage) and colorectal cancer (CRC).
1. January 2018 – 31. December 2021
Researchers: Ida Synnøve Bårvåg Grini, Bente Kirkhus
Commissioner: Agricultural Agreement Research Funds (FJM)