National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre at Leeds

The National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC) was launched in August 2024 following funding by BBSRC and Innovate UK as well as stakeholders from the public and private sector. NAPIC will tackle the pain points from producer→consumers to enable translation of cutting-edge alternative protein technologies into new products and processes. NAPIC will create a highly dynamic open innovation ecosystem that addresses the needs of present and future consumers for tasty, nutritious, safe, affordable and accessible alternative proteins products while reducing anxiety about ultra-processing.