RESEARCH GROUP

Food Structures and Properties

Updated: June 2025

We characterize the food raw material, food products as well as bio-based food material by different physico-chemical and structural methods from molecule to macro levels. The overall objective is to design structures with targeted properties, to be applied in food or/and bio-based materials.

Our research expertise is on:

  • The relationship between microstructure and product (food and bio-based materials) quality
  • Design food processes to achieve desired food product properties
  • Create microstructures by optimized/designed processing for healthy and tasty foods
  • Design bio-based materials (additives and composites) with desired functions and properties
  • Study interaction/degradation of the microstructures and bio-based materials with external environmental conditions, including body assimilation
  • Exploitation of biomass for recovering biopolymers and nanoparticles

 

Flow scheme research aims
The overall research aim is to determine the impact of raw material and process conditions for the microstructure of the products, and to relate this to the characteristics of the products.