COOPERATION WITH INDUSTRY
Designing physical and health properties
- Analysis of the composition and design of physicochemical properties of dairy products.
- Increasing the health value of dairy products through the use of bioactive ingredients.
- Designing conditions for the production of dairy products.
- Modifications to the composition of powdered milk-based mixtures.
- Microscopic imaging of food matrix, topography of food structure, visualization of macromolecules in milk and dairy products.
- Freeze-drying, microwave-vacuum, hybrid, evaluation of the retention of bioactive properties of food during drying.
- Determination of kinetics, energy consumption and optimal conditions for convective drying of food products.
Durability tests
- Assessment of the extent of changes in texture and consistency of dairy products subjected to storage.
- Study of syneresis of yoghurts and leakage in cheeses during storage.
- Analysis of water activity and mobility in food.
- Study of changes in technological and microbiological quality.
- Creating forecasting tools for optimizing the course of technological processes and predicting microbiological and technological quality using mathematical methods and artificial intelligence (artificial neural networks).
Innovative products
- Pilot production of dairy products on a micro and semi-technical scale.
- Obtaining innovative products from milk and other non-dairy raw materials.
- Development of new recipes.
- Development of methods for rapid monitoring of the quality of food products in the production process.
Sensory analysis and consumer testing
- Marketing research and consumer testing, analysis of consumer perception and expectations.
- Analysis of the attractiveness of new markets and directions of development of dairy products.
- Profile sensory evaluation based on the selection and selection of descriptors that identify the product and the assessment of their intensity.
- Study of the emotional profile of consumers based on positive and negative emotions in the consumer when purchasing and consuming a product.
- Consumers' assessment of the overall desirability of the product.