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.
