An industrial research centre with oat in focus
Who we are
Passionate about oat, we are working together, for more knowledge and products
What we do
In six work packages, from genome to healthy, sustainable products and tests in a wet milling pilot plant, scientists and companies work together to get knowledge and new, innovative products
3rd Food Oats Conference 2025
We are happy to announce that the 3rd Food Oats Conference will take place in Leuven, Belgium between October 12 and 14, 2025. The conference is hosted by KU Leuven. foodoatsconference2025.com
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“Our goal is to develop food industry using oat as the fundamental ingredient”
– CEO, Leif Bülow
Our ambition with ScanOats is to take a world-leading role in the development of unique products and applications based on oat. The centre will form a link between advanced basic research and industrial applications. This dual approach will benefit Swedish industry, society and agriculture in terms of new knowledge, new products, improved health, a more sustainable environment, increased exports and new jobs. Through the unifying force that ScanOats will provide, we expect that a variety of products and innovations will be delivered partly through members’ activities and partly by ScanOats directly.
Our goals
- Develop new oat varieties
- Develop new ingredients
- Promote cultivation of oats
- Increase the number of application areas
- Double the exports of oat based products
- Educate 8-12 experts, start 1-2 companies and create >100 new jobs
Who we are
Lund University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) together with Lantmännen and Oatly AB working in a strong collaboration with each other.
Organisation
ScanOats is managed by a Centre Board represented by Lantmännen and Oatly. Both companies with a long tradition and experience of working with oat and oat products. The day-to-day management is handled by a Centre director.
Nytt centrum för livsmedelsberedskap får 60 miljoner kronor
Lunds universitet får 60 miljoner från Formas utlysning Centrumbildningar för ökad beredskap och konkurrenskraft i livsmedelssystemet, för bildandet av centrum för livsmedelsberedskap i kris och krig. Cecilia Tullberg, forskare i bioteknik och WP-ledare i ScanOats...
ScanOats utvecklar framtidens hälsosamma havre
Forskningscentrumets ambition är att ta en världsledande roll i utvecklingen av unika produkter och applikationer med goda hälsoeffekter baserade på havre. Framtidens Forskning, nr 1, 2024
ScanOats was present at the 14th European Nutrition Conference, November 2023, Belgrade, Serbia
Lieselotte Cloetens, WP5 leader, presented our oat research at the 14th European Nutrition Conference in Belgrade, Serbia. The European Nutrition Conference is the four-yearly event organized by the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS). It is the premier...
Meet ScanOats work packages leaders
Meet ScanOats work packages leaders Sofia Marmon, Alfredo Zambrano, Johanna Wetterlind (not pictured), Cecilia Tullberg, Lieselotte Cloetens and Martin Hedström…
ScanOats R&D
1] The oat genome
2] New oat varieties
3] Sustainable oat cultivation
4] Oat processing
5] Oat diet for disease prevention
