Food Research Ireland - Department of Agriculture

Fresh Cut Produce & Cereals Research Agenda
Thematic Area Key Investment Area Potential areas for publicly funded research projects to address Expected impact
“Development and/or application of modern technologies Competitiveness
for rapid quality assessment. “
“The importance of an integrated cold chain management
system to improve product quality, shelf-life and financial returns.” Competitiveness
Food Business and Consumer research “Development of an understanding of Irish consumer Product development
consumer science behaviour toward food.”
“Development of an Irish brand image for plant based foods Product development
and implication of same”
“Strategies for inducing behaviour changes to healthier diets” Product development
“The development of models and strategies to promote Product development
consumer informed plant based food research”
“Irish brand image in packaging. Analysis of risks.” Product development
Food chain integrity Food processing “Green sustainable manufacturing. Life Cycle Analysis. Competitiveness
and sustainability technologies Total Quality approach. Definition of quality in terms of the use.”
“Investigation on current technologies and mechanisms to exploit Competitiveness
by-products (desk work)”
Food safety and quality “Improvement of quality attributes from by-products.” Competitiveness
Food Research Ireland
Functional ingredients/ “Mining new bioactives/applications from by-products.” Input to new product development
foods and bioactivies
“The “pharming” potential of the Irish horticulture industry” Input to new product development
“Added value products from a natural by-product of the Input to new product development
mushroom industry”
Novel processing “Novel approaches to modify by-products of the cereal industry Process development and
technologies to generate ingredients for the food or feed industry. “ Competitiveness
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