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- Find out how researchers from the Innovative Foods Centre will use new Victorian Government funding to develop the next generation of potentially revolutionary food processing technologies.
35 Litre HPP Plant
HPP-treated Orange Juice
Innovative Foods Centre
The Innovative Foods Centre was established in 2002 and has since been recognised as a crucial component of CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences’s research portfolio. The Centre has attracted wide acclaim for its pioneering role in new emerging food processing technologies.
Scientists at the Centre research novel 'fresher' foods and foods with improved sensory attributes using a range of emerging food processing technologies, including:
As part of its unique offering, the centre houses a world-class pressure-assisted thermal sterilisation plant, which combines mild heat with high pressure to guarantee better, fresher and safer food products. This plant is one of just three such facilities (other units are located in the USA and Italy), and offers unparalleled opportunities to deliver new and high-quality food products to Australia's local and export markets.
The Innovative Foods Centre was established with support from the Victorian Government’s Science, Technology and Innovation initiative, and is a collaboration of CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences, the University of Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology and CSIRO’s Food Futures Flagship.
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