Consulting & Services

Assistance to industry

CIFT offers assistance to industry through their talented technical staff, professors and students. Support services include:

     Edible Oil Analysis

• Peroxide values
• Anisidine values
• Free fatty acid values
• Lipid extraction using a variety of methods
• Acccurate EPA and DHA analysis (GOED method)
  
• Lipid class analysis
• Fatty acid profile
  
  Fermentation Related Services
  
  
• Food process design: Thermal and non-thermal processing: Drying, high pressure, low temperature, and modified atmosphere
  
  General Food Science Support
  
  
• Product and process development
• Sensory evaluation: with emphasis on fresh and frozen food sensory
• Optimal process design: particularly in regards to improved quality for fresh and frozen foods
• Analysis: biochemical, toxilogical, sensory, and physical
• Interim processing facilities
• Training & Auditing: training food and beverage technology short courses. Food safety training and implementation.
  
• Assessment of technology (local, new and/or imported)
• By-product utilization
• Packaging technology
• Product evaluation & quality confirmation