New food

Meeting consumer demand for nutritious, sustainable and ethical food

The emerging ‘new foods’ sector is creating alternatives to traditional agriculture that can produce environmentally more sustainable, healthy, safe and affordable sources of nutrition for billions of people around the world. Potential types of new foods include insect-derived proteins, plant-based meat alternatives, cultivated meats, and cell-derived enzymes, proteins, fats and other nutrients and functional molecules.

New food - people enjoying a meal

A global focus on safe, secure nutrition for all

At its foundation, new food embraces the basic principle and goal of feeding more people using fewer resources. One key focus is on reducing reliance on livestock-based agriculture, reducing waste, and reducing other stresses on the environment by harnessing new sources and production methods for generating plant-based dairy alternatives, alongside proteins, protein-rich foods, and other key nutrients.

Here are some examples of 'new food' types:

Figure 2: The new technology center will be used to evaluate processes for the production of new food on a transferable pilot scale as well as to test production using cell cultures and microbial fermentation in conjunction with upstream and downstream process steps. Image: GEA/Mike Henning

GEA New Food ATC

The New Food Application and Technology Center of Excellence (ATC) has been established as a central hub to support innovation in the emerging field of cellular agriculture.

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The new food shortcut

On tomorrow’s menu: Dairy products made from fermented milk cells. Chicken breast filet produced in a bioreactor. Or food that is sourced literally out of thin air.

GEA will build Novozymes’ new plant to produce alternative products for the human nutrition turnkey. This order in the growing “New Food” market is one of the largest orders in the company’s history.

GEA wins one of the largest orders in the company’s history in "New Food"

Biotechnology customer Novozymes chooses GEA technology for a new functional protein plant in Nebraska, USA.

With its new pilot plant Aker BioMarine will manufacture INVI, a sustainably sourced krill protein hydrolysate that was recently classified as food safe. Image: Aker BioMarine

GEA to build world's first pilot plant for the production of krill protein

On behalf of Aker BioMarine, GEA is to design and deliver the world’s first pilot plant for hydrolyzing krill protein.

Pass the protein, please

Pass the protein

The alternative protein market is diversifying and growing quickly, given massive consumer and industrial demand.

Hunting the flexitarian

Hunting the flexitarian

Casual vegetarianism, known as the flexitarian diet, has exploded as a lifestyle.

Fish farm

GEA explores potential of insect protein for animal feed

GEA has been working with an Australian start-up to explore the potential of sustainable protein for animal feed.

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Arla Foods Svenstrup site

Arla cuts spray dryer CO₂ with GEA AddCool® system

GEA AddCool® installation cuts CO2 emissions associated with the operation of a spray dryer plant by 1,500 tons per year at Arla’s milk powder factory in Svenstrup, Denmark.

GEA CEO Stefan Klebert rings the bell at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange to celebrate the company's entry into the the DAX.

GEA rings opening bell, celebrating DAX debut

On Sept. 30, 2025, GEA rang the opening bell at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, a symbolic moment that highlighted the company’s inclusion in Germany’s leading stock index, the DAX.

GEA Headquarters Dusseldorf

A headquarters with people and purpose at its core

GEA’s new corporate headquarters in the up-and-coming Derendorf neighborhood of Düsseldorf, Germany, brings together people, ideas and expertise under one roof. With its open spaces, green terraces and energy-efficient design, the building reflects the company’s commitment to collaboration and sustainability.

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