Sustainable development

Urgent need to make the future sustainable

Watch a video about DTU National Food Institute's work with sustainability

A driving force in the green transition

See a handout about the green transition from DTU National Food Institute.

Sustainable technological solutions

Read about some of the ways in which DTU National Food Institute works to reduce the climate and environmental impact of our diet.

Sustainable and Safe Food Production

Become a Master of Sustainable and Safe Food Production, because life-long learning develops you and your job opportunities.

Sustainable production processes

Read about DTU National Food Institute’s efforts to rethink the food industry’s production processes in a series of articles from the institute’s 60th anniversary publication

Turning by-products into new foods

Read about some of the ways in which the National Food Institute works to create value from by-products from the production of food

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DK: Ost. Foto: Colourbox| EN: Cheese. Photo: Colourbox

21 februar 2023

Production of Danbo cheese can be accelerated with a new solution

Today, a Danish Danbo cheese takes at least a month to mature at the dairy. Researchers from DTU National Food Institute have developed a new method that can reduce ripening time by 3-4 weeks, thus making the production faster, cheaper and more sustainable.

19 januar 2023

International climate conference gathers businesses and scientists

International cross-functional conference for businesses and scientists sets out to find efficient climate solutions for the reduction of the agricultural carbon footprint. The conference takes place in May 2023 in Copenhagen.

10 januar 2023

Danes don't eat as climate-friendly as they would like

According to Gallup, one in five Danes had a New Year's resolution for more sustainability in everyday life in 2021, and several indicate that they would like to eat less meat. However, a new analysis from DTU National Food Institute shows that good intentions are not paying off when you look at the Danes' shopping habits.

Plantebaseret varm ret. Foto: Colourbox.dk

10 november 2022

Cooperation platform within the development of plant-based foods

Plant2food is a new collaborative platform, DTU National Food Institute is part of, where researchers and companies will collaborate in exploring complex challenges within plant and food science and sharing new knowledge across sectors – without taking out patents based on the results.

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