Webinar: Unlocking the Potential of Solid State Fermentation

How do we transform agricultural and industrial side streams into nutritious, tasty, and market-ready ingredients? Biosolutions offer a promising path forward, and Solid State Fermentation (SSF) is emerging as a cornerstone technology for localized, circular, and resilient food production.

This webinar brings together academic experts, innovative startups, and process technology specialists to explore how SSF can build robust food systems in Europe.

Through expert presentations, concrete industrial case studies, and interactive discussions, we will address the current state of technology, scaling challenges, regulatory hurdles, and sensory considerations necessary to bring SSF products successfully to market.

• Ecosystem & Networking: Connect with researchers, innovators, and industry peers to explore upcoming collaboration opportunities and relevant networks.
• Technological & Market Status: Understand the latest developments, potential, and EU perspectives of Solid State Fermentation.
• Industry Case Studies: Gain insights from frontrunners working with SSF in practice—from scaling Danish tempeh production to valorizing side streams like malt sprouts.
• Interactive Problem Solving: Participate in discussions identifying industry blind spots and overcoming commercial barriers (regulations, pricing, sensory profile, consumer acceptance).

Program

1. Welcome
2. Swiss Food Research: Solid-state fermentation (SSF): status, potentials and perspectives, with Jan Biel
3. Open discussion: if we want to develop SSF technology, applications and explore potentials, what is the industry missing? Are there any blind spots or missed opportunities?
4. Seaqurelabs:perspectives on ingredient production using SSF with Sajjad Karimi
5. Bodec: turning SSF concepts into validated, pilot-ready processes, with Wouter van den Acker
6. Swarm the problem and open discussion:
   1. How do we overcome barriers (regulation, pricing, sensory elements, consumer perception/behavior) for marketing and selling SSF products or ingredients?
   2. How do we take advantage of hidden opportunities?
7. Network opportunities: How can we create momentum, and what possibilities for collaboration lie ahead. Relevant networks and events
8. Thank you for today

(Note: The program and speaker lineup are preliminary and subject to minor adjustments).

Registration

Participation is free of charge, but prior registration is required to receive the webinar access link.

Target Audience

This webinar is designed for R&D professionals, product developers, process engineers, quality managers, and business developers within the food, feed, and biosolutions industries. It is also highly relevant for researchers, startups, and innovators working with food upcycling, circular economy, and fermentation technologies.