No one can ignore the urgent need to reduce our global environmental footprint. Climate change, intensive food production, harmful emissions are just a few of the many challenges to tackle. The awareness also grows within our company, with our customers and with the consumers.

Grow wheat with less water

 
With less rain and more drought, the usage of water is under pressure. With our hermetically closed system and vertical agriculture, we believe we’ll be able to grow wheat with only a fraction of the water usually required. This technology could also be used in densely populated areas of Earth where farmland is not always available or in regions with extreme temperatures.
Wheat

10x more efficient

Lower use of nitrogen and fertilizers

 
Today, farmers apply nutrients on their fields in the form of fertilizers, which provide crops with the nitrogen and phosphorus they need. However, when nitrogen and phosphorus are not fully utilized by the growing plants, they can be lost from the fields and negatively impact air and water quality. We believe we can be 10 times more efficient and lower the use of nitrogen and other fertilizers.

5-6x in the same spot

Faster harvest times and higher yield

 
In the SpaceBakery we will be able to investigate and optimize the growing conditions of plants. This could lead to a faster harvest, higher yield and a more qualitative crop with more efficient use of nutrients and no losses due to insects or plant pathogens.

Pollination via nano drones

 
Wheat reproduces itself with only the help of wind, which is easy to simulate in a closed environment. But the wavelength of the light in the containers makes it impossible for bees to see colours and find the pollen in the flowering crops. Therefore we’ll look into the usage of nano drones for pollination. We sure hope bees will never become extinct as this might mean the end of humanity, but maybe nano drone technology could help our bees survive in the future.

Optimize energy use

 
To use energy in the most efficient way possible, we’ll investigate the potential of baking bread through microwave technology and ohmic heating. We’ll explore how to re-use the by-products we create like straw, chaff and the bran, to eliminate waste and contribute to a circular economy with a continual use of resources.

At Puratos, we truly believe that successful collaborations can fuel the growth of “Mission to Mars” Program and bring extraordinary benefits to Earth. Join us in our commitment towards a better and healthier planet. 

焙乐道火星计划

没有人能忽视减少全球环境足迹的迫切需要。气候变化、食品集约化生产、有害气体排放......我们公司、我们的客户、甚至消费者对环境所造成的影响的认知也在不断增加。

这就是焙乐道发起雄心勃勃的“火星计划”的原因。在该计划中,我们设想未来火星上的定居者可以获得健康、营养的烘焙产品。它包括开展尖端的研究项目和建立食品技术中心PuraDome,利用火星最恶劣的条件作为我们非凡的灵感来源。

我们相信,我们在这次实验中的发现将带来惊人的、创新的应用,并帮助我们在未来继续为地球上的生命提供健康、营养和美味的食物。通过颠覆性科学和新技术,我们将帮助我们的客户以更可持续的方式发展业务,对面包、蛋糕和巧克力行业的整个生产链产生全面的积极影响

This is why Puratos took off on the ambitious “Mission to Mars” Program, in which we imagine future settlers on Mars having access to healthy, nutritious bakery products. It involves setting up a cutting-edge research program and FoodTech Centre, PuraDome, using the harshest conditions of planet Mars as our extraordinary inspiration.

We believe that our discoveries during this experiment will lead to amazing, innovative applications and will help us to continue to provide healthy, nutritious and tasty foods for life on Earth in the future. Through disruptive science and new technologies we will help our customers grow their business in a more sustainable way, by having an overall positive impact on the entire production chain of bread, cake and chocolate.

PuraDome展示了顶尖和颠覆性的研究项目

为了收集不同的领域的专业知识,我们连同几个合作伙伴一起创建了太空烘焙(SpaceBakery)联盟。它的投入总资金超过630万欧元,其中包括来自佛兰德政府的450万欧元补贴。该联盟正在研究如何进一步改善种植小麦的环境和高效利用能源生产面包——以及在未来更具挑战性的环境进行生产,同时不影响食品的营养、健康和美味。

火星的环境,能带来与众不同的灵感。没有氧气,高浓度的二氧化碳,日均温度-60°C,沙尘暴...这些都不是种植庄稼或烘烤面包的合适条件。因此,我们正在研究如何在密封和完全人为控制的环境中有效地种植谷物。实际上,我们的研究是在PuraDome的四个封闭区域中进行的,在那里,气候可以被调节,使其适合作物生长,并优化资源的利用。下面是每个区域中正在发生的事情的概述:

  • 研究人员通过洁净室进入封闭环境,换上专门的装备,以减少外部污染。
  • 在垂直农场,小麦在架子上生长。
  • 在太空烘焙坊,小麦被加工成面粉。面团通过自然发酵后,进行烘烤和评估。
  • 在第四个区域中(很快将增加)将种植其他植物,这些植物可以用于面包中,作为小麦的营养补充。

给地球带来的好处

每个实验对地球都有巨大的潜在益处:

用较少的水分种植小麦(减少5%)

少雨多旱,水资源面临压力。通过我们的密闭系统和垂直农业,我们相信只需要通常所需水量的5%就能种植小麦。这项技术也可以用于地球上人口密集的地区,那里的农田资源紧张,或者在极端温度的地区。

减少氮肥和化肥的使用(效率提高10倍)

如今,农民用化肥在他们的土地上施肥,为作物提供所需的氮和磷。然而,当生长中的植物没有充分利用氮和磷时,这些元素就会从地里流失,并对空气和水质产生负面影响。我们相信我们可以提高10倍的肥料利用效率,并且减少氮肥和其他肥料的使用。

更快的收获时间和更高的产量(提高5-6倍)

在“太空烘焙坊”中,我们将能调研和优化植物的生长条件。这可能有助于更快的收获、更高的产量和更优质的作物,更有效地利用营养,不会因昆虫或植物病原体而损失。

试验新作物

为了使面包更有营养和多样化,我们将研究新作物的可能性。这些植物可以在极端条件下生长,更多关于这些植物的知识可以帮助改善非洲和其他地区用当地作物制成的面包。

通过纳米无人机授粉

小麦只依靠风进行繁殖,而风在封闭环境中很容易模拟。但是封闭环境中光线的波长使得蜜蜂无法看到颜色,也无法在开花作物中找到花粉。因此,我们将研究纳米无人机在授粉方面的用途。我们当然希望蜜蜂永远不会灭绝,因为这可能意味着人类的终结,但也许纳米无人机技术可以帮助我们的蜜蜂在未来生存。

优化能源使用

为了以最有效的方式利用能源,我们将研究通过微波技术和欧姆加热技术来烘烤面包的潜能。我们将探索如何重复利用我们创造的副产品,如秸秆、谷壳和麸皮,以减少浪费,为循环经济做出贡献,持续利用资源。

在焙乐道,我们坚信,成功的合作可以推动“火星计划”的发展,并为地球带来非凡的益处。与我们一起致力于建设一个更美好、更健康的地球  

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