Member funded research programme voting results 2018

Each year our members decide how we should invest over £2m of your membership fees in research that can help your company to succeed. This year you have selected the following projects that complement about 40 existing ones.

Safety

• Next generation methods for microbiological and chemical food safety
• Rapid methods for hygiene determination

Quality and value

• Microbiological shelf life testing - new approaches
• Functionality of novel ingredients from natural sources
• Novel natural preservative systems for use in drinks, sauces and other high aw foods
• Inactivation of bacterial biofilms - new approaches
• Design and modelling of the impact of food structure on food texture

Nutrition, health and well–being

• Clean label sugar reduction

Resilience and efficiency

• Mitigating food fraud - best use of analytical screening tools

Skills and knowledge

• Sampling for hazards: a practical guide

At our winter Member Interest Group round, members will get the chance to help shape and direct these projects. Please come along and have your say.