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Horizon Europe Research Project

Turning CO₂ into the food ingredients of tomorrow

FERM4FOOD demonstrates the first integrated, scalable EU platform converting industrial CO₂ emissions into high-value, food-grade ingredients through precision fermentation.
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3 genetically engineered microbial platforms: lactic acid, single cell protein and microbial oils
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Real industrial CO₂ emissions valorised at an operating brewery, at TRL7
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2 innovative vegan consumer products validated with 100-person consumer panels
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15 partners · 8 countries · full value chain from gene to market
The challenge

Decarbonising Europe's food industry

Europe's food industry urgently needs to decarbonise and move towards resource-efficient, resilient production models. Fermentation processes alone — in breweries, wineries and bakeries — already generate more than 10% of the sector's CO₂ emissions. At the same time, demand for sustainable, clean-label food ingredients is growing fast.
The opportunity

From emission to ingredient

FERM4FOOD turns this challenge into an opportunity. By capturing real industrial CO₂ emissions and converting them, through precision fermentation with genetically engineered microorganisms, into lactic acid, single cell protein and microbial oils, the project demonstrates a circular, climate-neutral pathway to produce food-grade ingredients — validated at demonstration scale (TRL7) in an operating brewery.
Demonstration at TRL7
At a glance

Key facts

Project name
Scalable CO₂-based Precision Fermentation for Functional Food Ingredients
Acronym
FERM4FOOD
Grant Agreement No.
101262970
Programme
Horizon Europe, HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-FARM2FORK-14
Type of action
HORIZON Innovation Action
Duration
48 months
Coordinator
AINIA (Spain)
Consortium
15 partners from 8 European countries

Meet the consortium

15 partners across 8 European countries, covering the full value chain from gene to market.
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Scalable CO₂-based precision fermentation for functional food ingredients. Grant Agreement No. 101262970.
The FERM4FOOD project is supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under Grant Agreement No 101262970.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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