What is it about?
This paper analyses how the food innovation strategies carried out by an Italian firm, Argotec, responsible for the development and supply of space food (SF) for European astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), can also be applied to food suitable to be eaten on Planet Earth. This study aims at showing the relationship between SF innovation and terrestrial strategies directed at implementing this kind of food also on terrestrial tables.
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Why is it important?
This research fills a gap in literature: to the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper presenting a case study on a company responsible for the development and supply of SF for European astronauts on-board the ISS, as well as encouraging the consumption of SF by terrestrial beings, as an ordinary “ready-to-eat” lunch/dinner.
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Writing this article was a great pleasure. These products, deriving from years of research and development in the space food field, have been made available, affordable and accessible to everybody, thanks to a dedicated e-commerce platform. One of the innovations in these ready-to-eat meals is to provide healthy, natural and organic solutions for a complete meal preservable at room temperature for up to 24 months.
Erica Varese
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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This page is a summary of: From space food research and innovation to immediate advantages for Earth eating habits, British Food Journal, November 2017, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/bfj-04-2017-0216.
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