Innovating
with ferments
Ferments du Futur is a public-private partnership set up to accelerate research and innovation in ferments, fermented foods and biopreservation, thereby promoting safer, healthier and more sustainable food systems.
A unique partnership in Europe
The players
Members
Centre d'Innovation Ferments du Futur
Paris-Saclay
28 private members
- Agrial (Caen)
- Atelier du fruit (Cavaillon)
- Axéréal (Olivet)
- Bel (Suresne)
- Biogroupe (Erquy)
- Bon Vivant (Lyon)
- C&DAC (Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy)
- Danone (Palaiseau)
- Eurogerm (Saint-Apolinaire)
- Fungu’it (Dijon)
- Grandiose (Selles-sur-Cher)
- Green Spot Technologies (Ramonville-Saint-Agne)
- GreenTech (Saint-Beauzire)
- IFF (Dangé-Saint-Romain)
- InVivo (Paris)
- Lallemand (Biagnac)
- Les Nouveaux Affineurs (Ivry-sur-Seine)
- Lesaffre (Marq-en-Barœuf)
- LIP (Aurillac)
- Mediterranean Food Lab (Dijon)
- Nutrition & Santé (Revel)
- Nutropy (Evry)
- Philibert Savours (Crottet)
- Revobiom (Paris)
- Savencia (Paris)
- ShakeUpFactory (Paris)
- Standing Ovation (Paris)
- Toopi (Bordeaux)
8 associate members
- ACTIA (Paris)
- ANIA (Paris)
- Bioecony For Change (Laon)
- CNIEL (Paris)
- FEDALIM – FICF & SYMTIA (Paris)
- Pact’Alim (Paris)
- SYFAB (Paris)
- Vitagora (Dijon)
7 INRAE research platforms
- MaIAGE (Jouy-en-Josas)
- MGP (Jouy-en-Josas)
- MICALIS (Jouy-en-Josas)
- Sayfood (Palaiseau)
- SPO (Montpellier)
- STLO (Rennes)
- UMRF (Aurillac)
- CI2F – Centre d’Innovation Ferments du Futur (Paris-Saclay)
6 public members
- INRAE (Paris)
- AgroParis Tech (Palaiseau)
- L’Institut Agro (Paris)
- Université Clermont Auvergne (Clermont Ferrand)
- Université Paris-Saclay (Gif-Sur-Yvette)
- VetAgro Sup (Marcy-l’Étoile)
Strategic Steering Committee (SSC)
Executive Committee (EC)
Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
What is Ferments du Futur?
Cutting-edge capabilities
The Ferments du Futur ecosystem is based on an innovation centre located at the heart of the Paris-Saclay cluster, equipped with ultra-modern screening and fermentation platforms, and a technology platform distributed across seven INRAE research units specialising in microbiology, process engineering, microbiome, AI and modelling.
Two project portfolios built on synergy
Ferments du Futur finances an annual call for research projects aimed at French public laboratories and conducts confidential innovation projects with companies.