NPD Skills Training: AI for Functional Food Development
Learn how to create products that respond to consumer needs while meeting EU regulations on health claims.
Course information
- Open to
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Professionals from RIS countries
- Dates
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27 & 30 May 2025
- Price
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Free
- Applications
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Open until May 13th
About : Learn how AI can support creativity
The AI for Functional Food Development course supports professionals working in food-related roles to strengthen their practical skills in developing products with added health benefits. You’ll learn how to create products that respond to consumer needs while meeting EU regulations on health claims. The course combines scientific insight, legal frameworks, and digital tools to support your decisions throughout the product development process.
You’ll also learn how AI can support creativity, improve formulation precision, and help bring functional food ideas to life more efficiently.
Advantages :
The AI for Functional Food Development course is part of the NPD Skills Training programme, and provides a unique opportunity to learn through experience, connect with other food professionals, and expand your knowledge in the field of new product development.
You can:
- Learn: Gain a solid understanding of functional food design, the regulatory landscape for nutrition and health claims, and how AI can support ingredient selection and reformulation.
- Practice: Use AI tools to analyse data, explore and analyse synthetic datasets, and co-create functional food products with enhanced nutritional value.
- Innovate: Collaborate with peers from across the food industry, share experiences, and develop solutions together.
Take your food innovation skills to the next level – learn, apply, and make an impact in the functional food space!
What you'll learn : You will learn the following competencies
Food systems
- Analyse the food system using a range of systems approaches to appraise current and future sustainability challenges.
- Implement innovative responses to address sustainability challenges in the food system.
Leadership
- Appraise different strategies to deliver a food system innovation.
- Demonstrate leadership towards the implementation of a food system innovation.
Structure & Modules : Divided into 2 parts
AI for Functional Food Development
- Part 1: May 27, 2025 [9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CEST Warsaw Time]
- Part 2: May 30, 2025 [9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CEST Warsaw Time]
This course provides a hands-on introduction to functional food development, with a focus on health claims, regulatory compliance, and innovation through AI. Participants will work in teams, using AI Assistant to support formulation, analyse health benefits, simulate reformulations, and ensure product legality.
Key Topics:
- What is functional food? Key principles and market potential
- Nutrition and health claims in the EU
- Role of AI in the food innovation lifecycle
- Application of synthetic data in food research & innovation
- Group projects on functional food formulation with AI tools
By the end of the course learners will be able to:
- Implement innovation principles of functional food design, with special attention to health-promoting values.
- Use nutrition and health claims in process of functional products development by creating competitive advantages in the market and responding to consumer needs with the use of AI Assistant
- Demonstrate leadership towards the implementation of a food system innovation
WHO CAN ATTEND :
The Training is designed for food professionals who wish to improve their competencies in a particular area.
The ideal applicant should:
- Be a food professional employed in companies, academia, or research institutes
- Have an entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving and a willingness to share their knowledge with other participants
- Have relevant knowledge and experience in the food sector
- Have working knowledge of the English language (the course will be held in English)
- Be a citizen of one of the RIS countries, including:
● EU Member States: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain.
● Horizon Europe Associated Countries: Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel
● Outermost Regions: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Réunion, Martinique, Mayotte and Saint-Martin (France), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal), and the Canary Islands (Spain).
Practical : What you need to know
Application deadline
- AI for Functional Food Development: 13th May 2025
No fee, AI for Functional Food Development course, offered within New Product Development Training ‘NPD Skills’ is free of charge. Costs are covered by EIT Food. No additional fees will be requested from participants.
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