6th scientific meeting of ANR metasimfood project in Strasbourg

Published: Jan 20, 2025 by FME Lab

On Tuesday 7th of January, the 7 partners gathered for the second time in Illkirch (close to Strasbourg) and were hosted by Aérial. The meeting was focused on the main advances carried out on the fermented vegetables food model with exiting results confirming the hypothesis postulated earlier in the project. Also, the evening before the meeting, Aérial organized a specific visit of the largest Sauerkraut producer in France, at a small village 30 km south of Strasbourg.

This was a very interesting event to prepare for the last tasks of the project involving pilot-scale production of the innovative microbial solutions under current analysis. Some of us also shared a nice diner at l’auberge du Chou Heim !

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