Summary
- Closed for EoI
- Profile Type
- Research & Development Request
- POD Reference
- RDRBE20250606008
- Term of Validity
- 16 June 2025 - 16 June 2026
- Company's Country
- Belgium
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A Belgian start-up developing plant-based dairy alternatives based on pulses, with a first focus on chickpeas, is seeking research and industry partners for a Horizon Europe proposal (HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IA-03). The company wishes to join a consortium focused on scaling up nutritional proteins from alternative sources. They seek partners including dairy/plant-based food companies, co-manufacturers, and legume producer organisations. Research cooperation agreement is envisaged.
- Full Description
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Double Triple Foods is a Belgian start-up innovating in the plant-based dairy sector. They are developing a dairy alternative based on pulses, first chickpeas, using a unique direct milking process for clean label products with improved nutritional and functional properties.
Their R&D activities include:
- Optimisation of processing of pulses to dairy alternative products;
- Formulations;
- Upscaling of processing & production;
- Piloting Regenerative chickpea cultivation in Belgium.
Double Triple Foods is actively seeking to join a consortium for the Horizon Europe call HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IA-03: Scaling-up nutritional proteins from alternative sources. They aim to contribute as industrial partner in the value chain and testbed development. Their ambition is to develop nutritious and affordable plant-based products, promote regenerative agriculture and expand European protein autonomy.
The company looks for partners with complementary expertise and infrastructure:
- Food manufacturers in the dairy/plant-based sector exploring diversification to chickpea-based alternatives;
- Co-manufacturers with capacity for small- to mid-scale production and fermentation of plant-based drinks;
- Producer organisations/cooperatives of legumes (chickpeas, fava beans, etc.) open to supply chain cooperation and agro-ecological innovation. - Advantages and Innovations
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Double Triple Foods distinguishes itself through its integrative approach combining food innovation, sustainability, and supply chain impact:
- The developed base & drinks mimic dairy properties without common allergens (e.g. lactose, soy, nuts...);
- Contains added micronutrients tailored to consumer health needs;
- Focuses on scalable, clean-label fermentation processes avoiding synthetic additives.
- Integrates regenerative agriculture into protein ingredient sourcing, enabling local value creation. - Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- Partners are expected to co-develop, pilot or validate components of the value chain: from chickpea cultivation and processing to co-manufacturing and market uptake of the final product.
- Type and Size of Partner
- University
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- R&D Institution
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Call details
- Framework program
- Horizon Europe
- Call title and identifier
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Scaling-up nutritional proteins from alternative sources
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IA-03 - Submission and evaluation scheme
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Single-stage
- Coordinator required
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No
- Deadline for EoI
- Deadline of the call
- Project duration in weeks
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144
- Web link to the call
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IA-03
- Horizon Europe
HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IA-03
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 08001004 - Food Processing
- 06006011 - Fermentation
- 08001005 - Food Technology
- Market keywords
- 07003002 - Health food
- Targeted countries
- Afghanistan
- Aland Islands
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antarctica
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Territory
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Republic of the Congo
- Reunion
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor Leste
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wallis and Futuna
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe