More than 13 research groups from 7 Universities of Greece specializing in food biotechnology, catalysis, microbiology, molecular biology and genetics, biochemistry and enzyme engineering, process engineering, food chemistry and analysis are available to support users with scientific or commercial interests of the agri-food sector to form their ideas, seek for national or EU research funding, develop and implement their research projects or tasks, and develop new products and services.

Examples of R&D services offered to public and private bodies:

• Food product development including product and process design, production development, performance assessment, scaling-up and estimation of shelf-life
• Sensory evaluation of food including a full descriptive profile, discrimination tests, consumer acceptance and consumer preferences analyses
• Microbial and physicochemical analysis of food products, ingredients and wastes
• Isolation and characterization of food related microorganisms
• Biorefinery design and technical feasibility evaluation enabling sustainable conversion of biomass into marketable products such as food and feed, materials, chemicals, fuels and energy
• Techno-economic analysis and evaluation of investments in new products and fermentation technologies with a focus on process simulation, process development and scaling-up, process operation and control, process safety, process dynamics and optimization and life cycle assessment

How to gain access

R&D Services are offered to SMEs, large companies, research centers and public bodies also referred to as stakeholders. The stakeholder shall apply for access by sending an email to info@foodinnovations.gr or completing a form at FOOD INNOVATIONS RI website (if provided) describing the exact subject of interest and the service that they require. A group of experts from FOOD INNOVATION RI will evaluate the application with respect to the resources that are available, the relevance of the requested service to the FOOD INNOVATION RI scope, the science and complexity of the subject and the general criteria highlighted in our access policy which can be found on line (www.foodinnovations.gr). An expert from FOOD INNOVATION RI may contact the stakeholder for more information if needed and subsequently respond by offering a quotation or by sending a rejection letter if the request cannot be processed.