Food and Ingredient Preparation and Food Innovation Laboratories

Food and Ingredient Preparation and Food Innovation Laboratories In the food product development team, we are equipped to prepare and test a wide range of food product categories from baked goods to ice cream to confectionery. Food Innovation Laboratory Our food product development laboratory is complemented by state-of-the-art facilities at the Food Innovation Laboratory, a commercial-style kitchen space, based at Waite campus. Within the labs, we are equipped to perform food product development for a wide range of categories from baked goods to ice cream to confectionery. Our equipment Equipment available includes (but is not limited to): blenders and food processors probe homogenisers overhead stirrers stand mixers pasta makers commercial style gas stoves induction cookers ovens (proving, combi, fan-forced, and microwave) sous-vide circulators deep fryers, air fryers dehydrators freeze dryer snap, standard, and walk-in freezers soft-serve machines vacuum sealer a bench-top autoclave and canning press for canning a plethora of domestic and commercial cookware Milling facilities Size reduction is an important step in ingredient preparation and product testing. We have several pieces of milling equipment available for small-scale size reduction depending on the application.
Milling equipment Perten 3100 Laboratory Mill A workhorse hammer mill for milling laboratory samples >50 g. The hammer mill is powerful enough to mill extremely hard seeds including hulls down to a particle size of <0.8 mm or <0.5 mm. The mill also works well for homogenising vegetative mass including leaves and stems for further analysis. UDY Cyclone Mill A smaller version of the Perten 3100 that is easier to clean between samples and is ideal for sample preparation. Retsch ZM200 Ultracentrifugal Mill A general duty mill for homogenisation of soft to medium-hard and fibrous materials. This mill grinds to <0.25 mm and is useful for preparing samples for nutritional analyses. LHB 6SM14A-Type Grinding Machine Suitable for wet milling of fibrous materials like leaves and stalks or dehulling/polishing of grains like rice and soybeans M70 Oil Screw Press A workhorse screw press suitable for cold-pressing oil from various feedstocks like oilseeds. This screw press is suitable for continuous oil pressing rather than small scale batch testing.