Facilities and equipment
Based within the main University campus, the Centre for Food Innovation offers a fully functional presentation suite, extensive test and development kitchens, a sensory suite, pilot plant, and a range of laboratories.
Together with the wide range of highly qualified staff and a convenient national location, these facilities offer an opportunity to deliver solutions to industry problems.
The laboratories and kitchens have a wide range of specialist equipment for product development, testing and research activity. A full list of equipment is available upon request - highlights include
- real time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and 'lab on a chip' to aid microbial identification
- MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) workstation
- cell culture incubation
- autoclave
- retort for sterilization of pouches/cans
- spray dryer for micro encapsulation
- tray and MAP sealer
- pasteuriser
- reflotron for weight management and nutritional studies
- texture / fat / protein / fibre analysers
- freeze dryer
- plate freezer
- Olympus Vanox microscope
