原文：https://vegnews.com/2019/10/eu-grants-irish-college-10-million-to-research-vegan-food

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EU GRANTS IRISH COLLEGE $10 MILLION TO RESEARCH VEGAN FOOD

欧盟资助爱尔兰大学1000万美元用于研发纯素食品

Ireland’s University College Cork will use byproducts of the bread, pasta, and beer industries to create vegan foods that capture carbon dioxide.

爱尔兰的科克大学（UCC）将利用面包、面食和啤酒行业的副产品，制作有助于减少空气中二氧化碳的纯素食品。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

OCTOBER 6, 2019

2019年10月6日

This January, University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland will begin the Smart Protein project, an initiative to research and develop new vegan foods from would-be wasted by-products from the beer, bread, and pasta industries. 

明年一月，爱尔兰的科克大学（UCC）将启动“智巧蛋白质”（Smart Protein）项目，旨在利用啤酒、面包和面食行业原来的无用副产品，研究和开发新的纯素食品。

The four-year project is funded by grants from the European Commission (the executive branch of the European Union) and industry partners such as beer brand Anheuser-Busch, pasta company Barilla, food company Glanbia, and research company Teagasc—which together contributed €9.6 million ($11.8 million) in funding, €8.2 million ($10.1 million) of which came from the European Commission. 

这个为期四年的项目由欧盟委员会（欧盟的行政部门）与行业合作伙伴一起拨款资助，总共出资960万欧元（1,180万美元），其中820万欧元（1,010万美元）出自欧盟委员会。提供资金的行业合作伙伴包括啤酒品牌公司Anheuser-Busch、面食公司Barilla、食品公司Glanbia和研究公司Teagasc等。

UCC aims to create a shift in the meat- and dairy-heavy agricultural systems in Ireland by creating foods that capture carbon dioxide instead of releasing it. 

科克大学志在通过创造有助于捕获而不是释放二氧化碳的食品，为肉类和乳制品占比很大的爱尔兰农业系统带来转变。

“Ireland is the last place you’d think of for this kind of change of direction in food production,” Emanuele Zannini, lead researcher at UCC’s School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, told The Independent. 

科克大学食品与营养科学学院的首席研究员埃马努埃莱·赞尼尼（Emanuele Zannini）告诉《爱尔兰独立报》（Irish Independent）：“为了做出食品生产领域的这种方向改变，爱尔兰可能是你们最后才会考虑的地方。”

“It’s the black sheep in Europe for its meat and dairy carbon footprint, but I saw that as an opportunity.” The first vegan food products developed by the project are expected to reach consumers by 2025.

“它是欧洲里面的害群之马（black sheep），因为它的肉类和乳制品的碳足迹（carbon footprint）（很大），但我觉得这也是一个机遇。”该项目研发的第一批纯素食物产品预计到2025年开始面市。