Driving Decarbonisation in the Food Cold Chain: Highlights from the Danfoss Symposium 2025

At the recent Refrigeration, Air-conditioning & Heat Pump Symposium hosted by Danfoss in Denmark, experts gathered to share solutions and strategies for a more sustainable food system. SINTEF Ocean and IIR participated to this insightful and eventful gathering! A standout moment was the keynote by Yosr Allouche (IIR), who presented on Decarbonisation Opportunities and Challenges.…

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News from demonstrator 12: Long term food storage

Freeze-drying technology removes almost 100% of water from food products by performing the drying process of frozen food under vacuum conditions, causing ice to sublimate directly into vapour. The final products are high-quality, flavourful products that can be stored at room temperature for a long time. Conventional freeze-drying is time-consuming, mainly due to the diffusion…

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News from demonstrator 13: Next generation household refrigerator

As a consequence of the recent eco-design domestic energy labelling system update (labels A-G), it is projected that the average energy consumption in the domestic refrigerator market will be reduced up to 30% by 2025 (when compared to the current market). To achieve this goal, this  ENOUGH demonstrator (read more here) explores the application of…

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ENOUGH presentation at the CFIA exhibition in France

CFIA in Rennes, Western France, is a major technological fair for food companies looking for innovative solutions. It gathers 2 000 exhibitors of machines and ingredients across 50,000 square meters of exhibition space.  This year, for its 28th edition, the fair welcomed 23 600 national and international visitors.     On March 6th , project partner ANIA…

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News from demonstrator 7: Fresh & Green Delivery 

The “Fresh and Green Delivery” demonstrator (read more here) lead by CNR is integrating a cooling unit based on natural refrigerants (CO2) and solar panels to minimise GHGs emissions of a medium-sized van dedicated to short distance delivery of fresh food products. The use of a natural refrigerant prevents the emissions related to the lifecycle…

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News from demonstrator 6: Climate Neutral Packaging

After harvesting, vegetables and fruit are subject to a loss of quality. This leads to large food losses every year. Particularly with very perishable soft fruit such as strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, this results in major economic losses in the trade. To counteract these post-harvest losses, packaging is traditionally used to influence the environmental conditions…

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