Overview
VLI has extensive experience partnering with the food industry, offering training, consulting, and research services to enhance food safety, quality, and innovation, particularly in dairy and meat sectors.
Services
- Product Development: Experiments in micro-dairy and meat laboratories to develop new products or improve existing ones.
- Analytical Services: Chemical, microbiological, organoleptic, and structural analysis of products.
- Functional Foods: Use of health-enhancing supplements (e.g., plant antioxidants, probiotics) to improve quality and shelf life.
- Food Safety: Pathogen detection, traceability studies, and chromatographic analyses for contaminants and additives.
Key Competencies
- Assessing the impact of processing techniques on dairy and meat product quality.
- Developing functional foods with health benefits.
- Identifying and mitigating foodborne pathogens and contaminants.
- Conducting advanced biochemical and microbiological research.
Laboratories
Micro-dairy, Meat Technology, Bakery, Beverage, Sensory, and Food Hygiene Laboratories.
Advanced analytical capabilities via the Food Technology Laboratory Complex.
Training
Courses on food hygiene, production hygiene, HACCP systems, meat and dairy technology, food microbiology, and more.
