Making the agri-food sector of Western France the home of smarter food

A tight-knit mesh to remove locks

5 areas of excellence with a cross-cutting sustainable development approach

In addition to these 5 areas of focus, with our sector-based approach we can cover all your innovation issues. 

• Milk & dairy products
• Meat products
• Bakery: bread, biscuits, pastries, cakes
• Egg products
• Fruit and vegetables
• Food products of aquatic origin
• …

Our actions to encourage ideation (Valorial’Connection, Valorial’Project…), provide support (project development, approval…) and promote your innovation projects are shaped around this mesh.

• Around ten Valorial’Project & Valorial’Connection events held each year, with a focus on cross-sector themes to stimulate, federate and network around shared issues: Nutrition for pregnant and breastfeeding women, industrial performance, the power of food colour, experiential marketing…
• Approval of some 30 collaborative innovation projects each year, spread between the 5 areas: TexSens, Tank2020, AAginov

These areas cover issues such as:

• Food Quality & Safety: Microbial stability during food storage, Development of real-time microbiological control methods, Ensuring the food safety of raw-milk cheeses…
• Manufacturing, Processing & Preservation Technologies: Conservation and improvement of nutritional and organoleptic qualities, Process robotisation/automation, Functionalisation of packaging materials, Secure B-to-B exchanges…
• Food, Nutrition & Health: Managing the issue of portioning and wastage in connection with satiety, Demonstrating the effectiveness of health foods, Demonstrating the benefits/positive impacts of fermented foods and gut microbiota…
• Agricultural and Agri-Food Marketing: Jointly creating and testing new digital tools for the agri-food sector, Developing analysis methods in real-life situations (consumption routes)…
• Functional Ingredients: Optimising technical and functional properties, Functional ingredients for culinary purposes…