A new Government and policy landscape supporting growth in the Food Industry November 2015

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1 A new Government and policy landscape supporting growth in the Food Industry November 2015

2 The UK Food and Beverage Manufacturing industry Food & Drink 6,000+ Businesses 76.2 bn Turnover 12bn 77% to Europe Largest UK Manufacturing sector 50 60% UK Farm Production 400,000+ Employees

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4 A need to step up to the plate

5 A need to step up to the plate

6 The Complexity of the Funding Landscape

7 THE FUNDING LANDSCAPE: FILLING BUCKETS AND EMPTYING BUCKETS PPP Government RCUK Industry Size Consumer need IUK

8 A resource efficient food manufacturing supply chain A safe, secure food manufacturing supply chain An innovative, resilient food supply chain for the 21 st century populations

9 Redesigning the food supply chain: choosing and producing healthy, nutritious and sustainable food Food Processing for Enhanced Food Function - Fundamental understanding of the soft matter and physics of food structuring and how it can predict the retention and delivery of key nutrients including the triggered release of micro-nutrients in the GI tract and the design of low energy density foods. Manufactured Food Systems Foods designed for nutritional value, optimal nutrient delivery and palatability through a better understanding of the interplay between food components and the manufacturing processes in order to engineer sustainable processes to create food structure fit for purpose. Simulation of the Food Creation Process - Modelling to understand the more efficient use of ingredients/food materials particularly in the context of novel food sources and processing, for example turning fermented proteins into textured foods with both improved sensory characteristics and high consumer acceptability.

10 Redesigning the food supply chain: choosing and producing healthy, nutritious and sustainable food Structuring foods to increase their acceptability. This would require multidisciplinary working to link a wide range of triggers or physical parameters within the food, its packaging and presentation to the perceived and physical changes in the consumer s acceptance or enjoyment of the food/drink product. Further areas would include mapping of behaviour drivers, their variability within society and between individuals and how the UK population maps onto a global environment and how these paradigms may change in the future. This may include issues related to both access to food, and foods personalised for preference or need, necessitating new manufacturing paradigms and supply chains. These studies would also complete the circle of the food economy linking consumer and population behaviour to the future challenges of manufacturing i.e. utilising low energy food production and distribution, distributed (local) manufacture, low moisture structure control with late stage hydration, low moisture intermediates for late stage customisation, alternative materials for process unit operation design, with cleaning and process safety of continuing importance.

11 Current thinking from the RCUK GFS working group on Priority Research Questions for the UK Food System and the KTN / FDF Priorities for collaborative pre-competitive research How can the fat, sugar, preservative and salt content of foods be reduced while ensuring that palatability is maintained, waste is minimised, and food remains safe and does not spoil? How can primary food production be sustainably intensified whilst maintaining or enhancing the nutritional value of those food items? Opportunities for future research funding were seen under three general headings of Production (including safety, nutrition and sustainability), Manufacture and Behaviour

12 An attempt

13 Navigation

14 Collaborative Frameworks Harmonise and simplify negotiation of intellectual assets to facilitate collaborative strategic applied R&D

15 What can / should we learn from? ITAL NZ Bord Bia Campden BRI

16 Who are we? EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food 5.6m to be spent on Research Started 1 st December 2013 Prof Tim Foster, Prof Shahin Rahimifard and Prof Ian Norton Biomaterials Group Centre for Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling / Reuse Technologies: SMART Centre for Formulation Engineering

17 What are we doing? Innovative manufacturing activities from post-farm gate to supermarket shelf, and the implications on Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Production Innovative materials, products and processes Sustainable food supply and manufacture Creating 38 new jobs Creating THOUGHT LEADERS of the future

18 A resource efficient food manufacturing supply chain A safe, secure food manufacturing supply chain Sustainable Food Supply Chain Eco-Food manufacturing New processing technologies Food manufacturing for healthy diets and lifestyles New flexible manufacturing processes Upgrading of ingredients An innovative, resilient food supply chain for the 21 st century populations

19 HEFCE National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering Dr Martin Howarth

20 Sheffield Hallam University s contribution to the sector s priority areas Thermodynamics/fluid analysis Electronics, sensing Process improvement & lean operations Robotics, automation & logistics Packaging materials, electronics and design Logistics & Supply Chain Management

21 Campden BRI

22 An Integrated Approach Agri-FOOD Biomaterial Processing Process Engineering Consumer Science R&D Design Make Sell R&D Design Make Sell R&D Design Make Sell R&D Design Make Sell RAW RESOURCES INTERMEDIATES (fibres, polymers, metals, other) PRODUCTS SERVICES Value Added Materials Innovative 21 st Century Manufacturing Deep seated understanding of consumer behaviour and digestion

23 Reaching out nationally Moy Park Liverpool Uni Uni of Strathclyde Devro CPI Nestle Advanced Microwave Technologies Sheffield Hallam (Cof E) WJFG Melton Foods Britest Molson Coors Teagasc Martec Croda Weetabix PepsiCo CR&D Dairy Crest Mondelez MTC Global 78 Purnhouse Farm Alvan Blanch Bakkavor RCA Diageo Greencore Premier Foods M&S United Biscuits Brunel University Unilever

24 Fit to the UK Manufacturing landscape Knowledge and Innovation Providers Translators Industry National Formulation Centre

25 THOUGHT LEADERS OF THE FUTURE