Plant-based proteins for a healthy and sustainable diet

Date: 2025-11-25

Time: 13:00–17:00

Venue: Beijer Hall

Address: The Royal Swedish Academy Of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen 4 A, Stockholm

Last date for registration: 2025-11-16

Recorded and available on demand

Plant-based proteins for a healthy and sustainable diet

The current planetary challenges urge for a more sustainable food system with plant-based proteins in a pivotal position. How do these proteins relate to the SDGs, are there health concerns and what are the technological challenges to make them healthy and palatable? These are key questions discussed in the symposium organised by the Swedish national research centre Plant-based Proteins for Health and Wellbeing (PAN Sweden) and the National Committee for Nutrition and Food Science at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA).

Program

13:00
Theme I: Plant-based proteins in a global perspective
Moderators: Robert Brummer and Anna Ström

13.10
Plant-based proteins in a global perspective – insights from EatLancet

Line Gordon, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden

13.50
Theme II: Plant-based proteins from a health perspective

Moderators: Robert Brummer and Anna Ström

13.55
Challenges of plant-based proteins from a nutritional perspective

Anna-Maria Pajari, University of Helsinki, Finland

14.35
The double-edged path of plant-based diets for immunity and metabolism

Paul de Vos, Maastricht University, Netherlands

15.15
Coffee break

15.30
Theme III: Plant-based proteins and food technology

Moderators: Anna Ström and Maud Langton

15.35
Challenges in a food transition from a food tech perspective

Kati Katina, University of Helsinki, Finland

16.15
Processing of plant protein-based food microstructures

Bettina Wolf, University of Birmingham, UK

16.55
Concluding remarks

Moderators: Robert Brummer, Anna Ström and Maud Langton

The event is free of charge and open to the public, registration not needed. 

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