Rickard Öste (11 June 1948) is a Swedish scientist and businessman, the inventor of

oat milk Oat milk is a plant milk derived from whole oat (''Avena spp.'') grains by extracting the plant material with water. Oat milk has a creamy texture and mild oatmeal-like flavor, and is manufactured in various flavors, such as sweetened, unsweete ...

, and the co-founder of Oatly, a Swedish food company making oat milk products. In 1994, Öste co-founded Oatly with his brother Björn. The parent company of Oatly AB is Ceba AB, which was founded by Öste in 1994, and he is the majority owner. Another Ceba subsidiary is Aventure AB, a research company. In 1993, Öste also founded Agrovision AB. Öste is professor emeritus in

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

's Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition. Öste spends 20% of his time at Lund University. In 2021, Öste along with his collaborator Angeliki Triantafyllou won the Polhem Prize for their work on oat-based foodstuff.

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