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We ask you to do this by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 1) Using the original journalist\u0027s byline\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 2) Linking back to our original story\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 3) Using the following text in the footer: This article was originally published in \u003Ca href=\u0027#\u0027\u003EHorizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003ESee our full republication guidelines \u003Ca href=\u0027\/horizon-magazine\/republish-our-stories\u0027\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EHTML for this article, including the attribution and page view counter, is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textarea form-item-body-content js-form-item-body-content ecl-form-group ecl-form-group--text-area form-no-label ecl-u-mv-m\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \u003Ctextarea data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 aria-describedby=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 id=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 name=\u0022body_content\u0022 rows=\u00225\u0022 cols=\u002260\u0022 class=\u0022form-textarea ecl-text-area\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EPortable scanner to reveal nutritional value of foods\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe scanner will be able to identify whether your sausages, burgers or croissants contain too much fat and salt, and even pick out traces of nuts or gluten.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s one of five Horizon Prizes where money is offered to inventors and developers who create a specific technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Healthy eating is a key way of limiting certain diseases like obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases,\u2019 said EU project officer Gerald Cultot, who was involved in designing the terms of the prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018There are these fitness apps which tell you how much energy you have spent, but you don\u2019t have that many apps that tell you how much you have consumed, so it\u2019s really about going to the other side of the spectrum and helping people to better measure their food intake,\u2019 he said.\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022tw-text-center tw-text-blue tw-font-bold tw-text-2xl lg:tw-w-1\/2 tw-border-2 tw-border-blue tw-p-12 tw-my-8 lg:tw-m-12 lg:tw--ml-16 tw-float-left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022tw-text-5xl tw-rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022tw-font-serif tw-italic\u0022\u003E\u2018It\u2019s really about going to the other side of the spectrum and helping people to better measure their food intake.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cfooter\u003E\n \u003Ccite class=\u0022tw-not-italic tw-font-normal tw-text-sm tw-text-black\u0022\u003EGerald Cultot, European Commission\u003C\/cite\u003E\n \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe EUR 1 million prize will be split into a maximum of three awards - EUR 800 000 for the winner, and EUR 100 000 each to the first and second runner-ups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn order to win the prize, the prototype needs to be able to analyse food composition, nutrition facts and potentially harmful ingredients such as allergens.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u0027s a major issue because about 17 million Europeans suffer from food allergies, with 3.5 million of them less than 25 years of age, according to the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHorizon Prizes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe idea behind the Horizon Prizes is that they could attract people who might not apply for a standard research project, which are usually awarded to international research consortiums.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe foodscanner prize follows a prize for a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/horizon-magazine.eu\/article\/virus-or-bacteria-soon-test-could-tell-you_en.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003Ebacteria test\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;announced in February, prizes for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/research\/horizonprize\/index.cfm?prize=spectrum-sharing\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003Ebetter sharing of wireless bandwidth\u003C\/a\u003E and for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/research\/horizonprize\/index.cfm?prize=optical-transmission\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003Ehigher speed optical data transmission\u003C\/a\u003E announced in March, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/research\/horizonprize\/index.cfm?prize=clean-air\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003Ematerials that can improve the air quality of cities\u003C\/a\u003E in April.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018With the prize contest we want to bring people to join our programmes that usually wouldn\u2019t apply,\u2019 said Barbara Kowatsch, an EU officer who has helped develop the new funding instrument.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe prizes are seen as an ongoing method for the EU to stimulate innovation. 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