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Rickard Öste

Rickard Öste

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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]

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