From niche to mainstream - alternative proteins for everybody and everywhere

Project Information

LIKE-A-PRO

Grant agreement ID: 101083961

DOI

10.3030/101083961

EC signature date 7 October 2022

Start date 1 November 2022

End date 31 October 2026

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 13 628 303,74

EU contribution

€ 11 999 659,64

Coordinated by

CENTRO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA Y SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA
Spain

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (7)

FE CILLs governance framework

Framework to establish & run FE CILLs with Manual for implementation, Participant Recruitment Strategy, complemented by 3 Train the Trainers sessions

Practice abstracts batch 1

5 Practice abstracts with relevant summaries for middle food system actors & farmers on alternative proteins

Updated FE CILLs governance framework

Updated FE CILLs governance Framework with the Manual for Implementation included

Consumer insights datasets

Consumer insights dataset and a cross country comparison on improving food environments and consumer behaviour within.

Alternative protein integration in EU diets

A report reviewing evidence for key behavioural and socio-cultural determinants of alternative protein choices among European consumers

Built food environment typology

Report of sustainability integrating built food environment typology that have a potential to promote/hinder alternative protein choices

Food system maps for 13 countries

Mapping food systems that can enable or inhibit the promotion of alternative protein products in 13 countries

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Psychosocial determinants of alternative protein choices: a meta-review

Author(s): Hanna Zaleskiewicz, Maria Siwa, Anna Banik, Zofia Szczuka, Ewa Kulis, Francesca Grossi, Polymeros Chrysochou, Bjørn Tore Nystrand, Toula Perrea, Antonella Samoggia, Arlind Xhelili, Athanasios Krystal
Published in: Health Psychology Review, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 1743-7199
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2024.2412630

Geographical context of European consumers’ choices of alternative protein food: A systematic review

Author(s): Hanna Zaleskiewicz, Ewa Kulis, Maria Siwa, Zofia Szczuka, Anna Banik, Francesca Grossi, Polymeros Chrysochou, Bjørn Tore Nystrand, Toula Perrea, Antonella Samoggia, Arlind Xhelili, Athanasios Krystallis, Aleksandra Luszczynska
Published in: Food Quality and Preference, Issue 117, 2024, ISSN 0950-3293
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10908439

Retail practices for plant-based meat alternatives in Italy

Author(s): Antonella Samoggia, Giulia Rossi, Giuseppe Macaione, Aurora Guidotto
Published in: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Issue 53, 2025, ISSN 0959-0552
Publisher: Emerald
DOI: 10.1108/IJRDM-07-2024-0342

Enabling the sustainable protein transition: Alternative protein companies’ perspective on key factors influencing companies’ performance in Europe

Author(s): Chiara Benussi, Antonella Samoggia
Published in: Sustainable Futures, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2666-1888
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SFTR.2025.101563

Characteristics of built food environments associated with alternative protein food choices: a systematic review

Author(s): Hanna Zaleskiewicz, Ewa Kulis, Maria Siwa, Zofia Szczuka, Anna Banik, Francesca Grossi, Polymeros Chrysochou, Bjørn Tore Nystrand, Toula Perrea, Antonella Samoggia, Arlind Xhelili, Athanasios Krystallis & Aleksandra Luszczynska
Published in: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Issue 21, 2024, ISSN 1479-5868
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-024-01606-6

Factors Shaping the Business Development of the Alternative Protein Transition: A Systematic Literature Review

Author(s): Antonella Samoggia, Chiara Benussi, Giuseppe Macaione
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/SU17177930

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (2)

INSECT PULP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

Application/Publication number: 20 25050147
Date: 2025-02-19
Applicant(s): YNSECT

Pulpe d’insectes et son procédé de fabrication

Application/Publication number: 24 01713
Date: 2024-02-21
Applicant(s): YNSECT

Trademark (1)

CDRIS

Application/Publication number: EUIPO 018981958
Date: 2024-02-02
Applicant(s): CALIDRIS BIO