GIANT LEAPS Policy Brief 7 Dietary shift insights for integrated food policy
This policy paper, initiated by the Horizon Europe GIANT LEAPS project (grant no. 101059632), describes overarching conclusions from the multidisciplinary project work and recommendations to facilitate the dietary shift from animal-based to alternative proteins. A dietary transition from animal-based to alternative protein foods is needed to reduce the environmental footprint of our food system and to improve human health. Achieving this dietary transition is inherently complex as it is hindered by major knowledge gaps and affected by dietary habits, norms and culture, the current food environment, etc. Addressing the barriers involves a diverse group of actors. Within the EU-funded GIANT LEAPS project, research was performed across multiple domains of expertise downstream of primary production and raw ingredient processing to close gaps and identify the way forward to make the dietary transition a success.
Authors
- Chiara Nitride (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3587-6187)
- Nesli Sözer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5163-7023)
- Merel Celine Daas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7909-2434)
- Birgir Örn Smárason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9463-2831)
- Sergiy Smetana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5471-0521)
- E.D. van Asselt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4653-4123)
- E. N. Clare Mills (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7433-1740)
- H.J. van der Fels‐Klerx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7801-394X)
- André Brodkorb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0501-4925)
- Gloria Bevilacqua
- Emanuele Zannini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4144-4575)
- Hans Verhagen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7952-3530)
- Laura Malinauskaitė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8545-4989)
- Sander Biesbroek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9934-0969)
- Fabienne Michel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3105-6747)
- Matilde Milana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2030-4795)
- Edward Sliwinski
- Andrea Seleljova
- A. Paul Vos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2094-6632)
Institutions
- Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (IE)
- University of Iceland (IS)
- National University of Ireland (IE)
- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation (DE)
- German Institute of Food Technologies (DE)
- University College Cork (IE)
- European Federation of Food Science and Technology (NL)
- University of Surrey (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Matís (Iceland) (IS)
- Europa Media (Hungary) (HU)
- Food & Nutrition (NL)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (FI)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20793104
- Primary Topic
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission