Database providing access to the High Technology Network's industrial research offering: research competences, type of analyses and tests available at the Laboratories. Companies can consult the Catalogue to find Laboratories and researchers that match their needs.
Competence
Acoustic methods for solid food texture evaluation (cheese, watermelon, pasta, etc.)
Analysis of chemical compositions and qualitative characteristics of lipid fractions of pig carcasses and thighs
Analysis of contaminants and allergens in raw materials and finished products, flavour analysis, analysis of simple and complex carbohydrates
Analysis of grape, fruits and food processing left-overs
Analysis of standards and regulations: laws and guidelines for protected, typical and biological raw material
Analysis of the physical, rheological, chemical, microbial, and sensorial properties during storage
Analytical methods for detection of allergens of vegetal origin and hidden allergens in food products
Analytical methods for detection of microbial contamination in food (bacteria, viruses, moulds, yeasts)
Analytical methods for the detection of nanoparticles (metal nanoparticles, nanofibres and nanocapsules) in raw materials and finished products
Analytical methods for the evaluation of the effects of industrial processing on nutritional value of foods
Analytical tests for shelf-life characterization
Characterization of microbial components, vegetal and animal species
Characterization of soluble fibre in functional food
Characterization of the composition of food products
Chemical and chemo-physical analysis on meat and vegetal products
Colour analysis with destroing and non-destroying techniques
Consumer science
Definition of product specifications and analytical methods of verification
Design of experiment (DoE) and Food Design to study interaction between formulation and process conditions
Design of new molecular markers for assisted selection (MAS) for vegetal products
Determination of the protein variation during product processing (i.e. dairy and meat products)
DNA samples: preparations and conservation from vegetal materials and plants
Evaluation of typicality by flavour analysis, markers of authenticity and chemometrics
Experimental studies of formulations and processes: use of bioactive components from out-streams or by-products
Extraction and analytical methods for nutrients and functional elements
Fast and non-destructive spectroscopic methods and chemometrics for food quality evaluation
Food decontamination and enzyme deactivation: high pressure homogenization, gas-plasma, pulsed electric fields
Food safety: analytical methods to evaluate the occurrence of toxic natural substances, process and environmental contaminanst
High resolution and solid phase nuclear magnetic resonance to assess food composition
Improvement of process efficiency for saving direct and indirect costs
In silico evaluation of potentially xenoestrogenic compounds
Input-output correlations to assess operational parameters
Intruments and services for precision agriculture
Kits for the determination of contaminants, pesticides and pathogens in raw materials
Lab trails and scale-up to pilot plants of experimental production diagrams; check of the physical, chemical and sensorial characteristics
Methods to increase functional molecules and decrease undesired contaminants in local food
Microbial kinetics during food storage
Modification of technological processese to improve quality of local products
Molecular DNA analysis of vegetal materials
Molecular traceability and chemometrics to define food quality and tipicality