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The wide range of competences enable to solve different problems and developments of food and biotechnology companies.<br \/>\nOne of the most important areas is the development of science-based food technologies to produce higher value-added products. We develop processes improving product quality, process yields and cost-effective production. We are also studying the use of alternative raw materials for novel foods.<\/p>\n<p>MAIN RESEARCH ITEMS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bio-food systems (Toomas Paalme)<\/li>\n<li>Food sensory and instrumental analysis (Kristel Vene)<\/li>\n<li>Peptides as a source of amino acids in fermentation (Ildar Nisamedtinov)<\/li>\n<li>Food quality and structure (Katrin Laos)<\/li>\n<li>Food microbiomes: food quality, safety and innovation (Inga Sarand)<\/li>\n<li>Solid state fermentations (SSF) (Allan Olspert)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Possibilities for collaboration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We help to develop new food products and improve product texture, taste, and shelf life.<br \/>\nWe provide physicochemical, microbiological, and sensory analyses to assess food quality and safety.<br \/>\nWe assist in finding solutions to reduce the environmental impact of food production and to valorize by-products.<br \/>\nWe organize specialized continuing education courses and practical workshops.<br \/>\nIn cooperation with companies, we conduct research and development projects that can be funded, for example, through EU or national support programs.\/<\/p>\n<p>In addition we are able to offer laboratory services: https:\/\/taltech.ee\/en\/department-chemistry-biotechnology\/trainings<\/p>\n<p style=\"display: none;\">cultivation technologies, food, food analysis, food and drink, food chemistry, food fermentations, food microbiology, food physics, food processing technologies, food safety and quality, food technologies, gut microbiota, nutrition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","tags":[1778,1780,1781,1782,1566,1631,1749,1750,1752,1754,1774,1775,1777],"research_cat":[2057],"class_list":["post-5442","research","type-research","status-publish","hentry","tag-food-microbiology","tag-food-and-drink","tag-food-processing-technologies","tag-food-chemistry","tag-food-fermentations","tag-cultivation-technologies","tag-food-technologies","tag-food-analysis","tag-food-physics","tag-gut-microbiota","tag-nutrition","tag-food","tag-food-safety-and-quality","research_cat-faculty-of-science"],"acf":{"research_manager":4718,"related_team":[4337,4727,4571,5003,5038,4462,4240,4326,4403,4429,4588,5031,4191,4190,4841,17736,17737]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Research group of food science and technology - Health and Food Technologies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/healthandfood.taltech.ee\/en\/researches\/research-group-of-food-science-and-technology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research group of food science and technology - Health and Food Technologies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The objectives of the research group are to develop and promote healthy foods and healthy diets through basic and applied research and teaching. 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