Maximizing Herring: From Sea to Table

In this episode of Verapodden, Chalmers´podcast, we meet food scientist Ingrid Undeland, who advocates increased consumption of herring – for food security, the climate and our health. Swedes often eat fillets from imported fish, while catches from our own seas end up as animal feed abroad. With new technology, we can use nutrients from the whole fish, extract protein from algae and create healthy, climate-friendly dishes from our marine resources. Antioxidants from cranberries and rosemary also help fish stay fresh longer.

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Ingrid Undeland, Full Professor, Food and Nutrition Science, Life Sciences, , wants us to use marine resources in a more sustainable way. Graphic design: Carina Schultz. Photo: AI-generated photo (fish school).

Graphic design: Carina Schultz. Photo: AI-generated photo (fish school).
Rebecka Strand, PhD student at Chalmers University of Technology, also participates in the episode.

Ingrid Undeland is a Full Professor, Food and Nutrition Science, Life Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology, where she is also vice head of department with responsibility for utilization. Over the years, she has been rewarded for her research with a number of prizes, in 2024 she received the Thordén Foundation's environmental scholarship and the Bertebos Prize, which is awarded by the The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. She received the Bertebos Prize together with Mehdi Abdollahi, Associate Professor of Food Science.

Listen to Verapodden episode 17 (Swedish)

About Verapodden

In Chalmers Verapodd you will hear personal conversations with researchers, students, teachers and alumni. What are their experiences, driving forces and visions? What will become of the knowledge from Chalmers?

Project leaders: Cecilia Hillman & Maria Saline, Genie
Original music by Stefan Karlsson
Programme manager, technology & editing: Malin Avenius
Producer: Anne-Christine Nordin
Art Director: Carina Schultz

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