Food Valley
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Food Valley is a region in the Netherlands where international food companies, research institutes and Wageningen University and Research Centre
are concentrated. The Food Valley area is the home of a large number of food multinationals and within the Food Valley about 15,000 professionals are active in food related sciences
and technological development. Far more are involved in the manufacturing of food products. Food Valley, with the city of Wageningen
as its center, forms a dynamic heart of knowledge for the international food industry.
What makes the Food Valley area unique is the intensive collaboration between food companies, research institutes and the Wageningen University and Research Centre with the objective to develop innovations that form the basis for new food products.
Within this region the Food Valley Organisation creates conditions so that food manufacturers and knowledge institutes can work together in developing new and innovating food concepts. The Food Valley Organisation has joined the Food Innovation Network Europe (FINE).
Wageningen University
Wageningen University and Research Centre is a Dutch public university in Wageningen, The Netherlands. It consists of Wageningen University, the Van Hall-Larenstein School of Higher Professional Education, and the former agricultural research institutes of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture...
are concentrated. The Food Valley area is the home of a large number of food multinationals and within the Food Valley about 15,000 professionals are active in food related sciences
Food technology
Food technology, is a branch of food science which deals with the actual production processes to make foods.-Early history of food technology:...
and technological development. Far more are involved in the manufacturing of food products. Food Valley, with the city of Wageningen
Wageningen
' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students...
as its center, forms a dynamic heart of knowledge for the international food industry.
What makes the Food Valley area unique is the intensive collaboration between food companies, research institutes and the Wageningen University and Research Centre with the objective to develop innovations that form the basis for new food products.
Within this region the Food Valley Organisation creates conditions so that food manufacturers and knowledge institutes can work together in developing new and innovating food concepts. The Food Valley Organisation has joined the Food Innovation Network Europe (FINE).