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Plant & Food Research has merged with AgResearch, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research and Scion to form the Bioeconomy Science Institute

Food & ingredients

Food & ingredients

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Food & ingredients

We create Positive Foods™.

Everyone eats, so everyone's an expert on food. We take that one step further.

What we're doing is world-changing, for anyone interested in producing or eating great tasting, nutritious foods that are environmentally sustainable, with safe and secure supply chains.

We call them Positive Foods™ - good for people and good for the planet.

We're giving people options for healthier lifestyles and wellbeing. And we're creating foods with great sustainability credentials and a lighter production footprint. We want consumers to understand what's good about their food, and increase their desire for better, tastier foods based on smart science. Positive Foods™ that they will enjoy eating while knowing they are produced in a way that is environmentally sustainable.

Our research can be applied at all points in the food value chain

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