feed, food and health
The laboratory is part of the department of Organic
Chemistry. In the flavour laboratory the formation of aroma compounds and
contaminants as a result of the Maillard reaction (nonenzymatic browning) in
food is studied.
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The Laboratory of Food Technologie and Engineering focuses on the
innovative development of foods on a miscrostructural level. This
approach is the answer to the consumer demand for new products that are
tasty, satisfying, healthful, convenient and inexpensive.
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The Laboratory of Industrial
Microbiology and Biocatalysis is active in the field of industrial
biotechnology. Industrial Biotechnology (white biotechnology) is the
application of biotechnology for the industrial production and processing of
chemical substances, materials and bio-energy.
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The Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food
Preservation focuses on gathering knowledge (know how but especially know why)
on the microbial behaviour in food products during harvesting/slaughtering,
processing, storage, distribution and preparation.
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The courses provided by the Research group EnVOC are mainly intended for
students in Chemistry and Environmental Technology (Bachelor and Master of
Bioscience Engineering). The courses deal with
environmental organic chemistry and analysis, environmental technology
and clean technology, and process engineering.
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The research mission of the Laboratory of
Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET) is to gain better insight in the
microbial-ecological processes which occur in complex mixed microbial cultures
and to understand how these processes can be managed, steered and applied in
numerous environmental and industrial applications.
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The activities of the Laboratory of Animal
Nutrition and Animal Product Quality involve fundamental research related to
the feeding of ruminants and monogastric farm animals. A second aim is the
optimisation of quality as well as health value of animal foods.
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The
objective of the project is to give an adequate multidisciplinary support to the
packaging and the food industry concerning the packaging of food products. The
interaction between packaging materials, food products and filling systems is
very important to achieve requested shelf lives.
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The laboratory is part of the department Veterinary Public Health &
Food Safety and the research group Veterinary Public Health &
Zoönoses.
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The Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering
L-PROBE (Prof. Dr. Bart Devreese) has a long standing experience in
protein analysis, both at the structural and functional level.
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