Rickard Öste Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: How Oat Milk Could Change the Way You Drink Coffee. Time.
2. Web site: Against the grain - Issue 126 - Magazine. Monocle.
3. Web site: Rickard Öste. Food's Future Global.
4. Web site: Rickard ÖSTE | professor emeritus | Lund University, Lund | LU | Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition. ResearchGate.
5. Web site: Lär känna alla pristagare . Polhemspriset . Polhemspriset . 18 January 2023.