Rickard Öste (11 June 1948) is a Swedish scientist and businessman, the inventor of oat milk, and the co-founder of Oatly, a Swedish food company making oat milk products.
In 1994, Öste co-founded Oatly with his brother Björn.[1][2] The parent company of Oatly AB is Ceba AB, which was founded by Öste in 1994, and he is the majority owner.[3] Another Ceba subsidiary is Aventure AB, a research company.[3] In 1993, Öste also founded Agrovision AB.[3]
Öste is professor emeritus in Lund University's Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition.[4] Öste spends 20% of his time at Lund University.[3]
In 2021, Öste along with his collaborator Angeliki Triantafyllou won the Polhem Prize for their work on oat-based foodstuff.[5]
References
- ^ "How Oat Milk Could Change the Way You Drink Coffee". Time.
- ^ "Against the grain - Issue 126 - Magazine". Monocle.
- ^ a b c d "Rickard Öste". Food's Future Global.
- ^ "Rickard ÖSTE | professor emeritus | Lund University, Lund | LU | Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition". ResearchGate.
- ^ "Lär känna alla pristagare". Polhemspriset. Polhemspriset. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
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