Objective The project intends to explore the feasibility of introducing to the market a small milk steriliser unit based on a patent pendingdevice developing high voltage (>100kV) nanopulsed electric discharge in liquids, to be used mainly by farmers sellingdirectly their fresh dairy products through vending machines.Wider objective met by EMILK: increased nutritious food production opportunities in Europe and in developing Countries.EMILK has the potential to develop into a viable sterilisation solution suitable for use in areas without infrastructure tosupport the refrigerated collection of food.The European organic market is growing by approximately six percent (24 billion euros in 2013). In this scenario direct sales(e.g. from farmer to customer) weigh about 5% and it is continuously increasing since «zero km» food is perceived as highervalue by final customer. The milk market is particularly interesting since raw milk is paid by industry to farmers at a very lowprice (0.32€/l for best quality organic milk) while final customer is often willing to pay up to 2€/l for the same product. Rawmilk sterilising solutions that keep intact nutrients and organoleptic qualities, while ensuring the standards of hygiene andsafety are required to enable more Europeans to enjoy raw milk.The feasibility study intends to check the attractiveness of the innovation to the market, define the opportunities both for theintegration of the device in milk vending machines and for further developments, through identification of partners in the dairyindustry supply chain; fine tune the business plan already drafted in this application and applying for further funding (SMEinstrument Phase2, local regional funding, private investments). Fields of science engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyagricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedairysocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) SFS-08-2015-1 - Resource-efficient eco-innovative food production and processing Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2015 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator LASERLAM SRL Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address Corso palestro 8 10122 Torino to Italy See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 21 429,00
