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 contaminants and allergens in raw materials and finished products, flavour analysis, analysis of simple and complex carbohydrates
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 soluble fibre in functional food
Clinical requirements analysis
Colour analysis with destroing and non-destroying techniques
Comparative numerical analysis
Definition of product specifications and analytical methods of verification
Design of experiment (DoE) and Food Design to study interaction between formulation and process conditions
Diagnostic biomedical equipments: "selection of the conditioning"
Diagnostic biomedical equipments: 2D and 3D alignment of Radiological Data
Diagnostic biomedical equipments: calibration and performance verification
Diagnostic biomedical equipments: cross-validation, repeatability and reliability studies
Diagnostic biomedical equipments: design of communication protocols and integration between components and instrumentations
Diagnostic biomedical equipments: design of experimental protocols and clinical trials
Diagnostic biomedical equipments: field evaluation
Diagnostic biomedical equipments: hardware and sensors design, for analysis, storage and transmission
Diagnostic biomedical equipments: Segmentation of fluoroscopy data
Diagnostic biomedical equipments: software design for signals elaboration
Diagnostic biomedical equipments:design of recognition and classification algorithms
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
Input-output correlations to assess operational parameters
Lab trails and scale-up to pilot plants of experimental production diagrams; check of the physical, chemical and sensorial characteristics
Microbial kinetics during food storage
Monitoring of chemical, physical, and biochemical characteristics (enzymatic activity and kinetics) during storage
Non-conventional thermal and non-thermal technologies for product stabilization, extraction, and conservation
Numerical optimization of biomedical instrumentation
Numerical simulation to define process-product interaction
OGM detection in food