This means we have a unique opportunity to follow a product through production, packing and storage and to analyse the product for sensory, microbiological and health quality right through the process.
The vegetable pilot plant contains equipment for
- Washing and peeling vegetables
- Cutting and mixing vegetables
- Heat treatment of vegetables, potatoes, fruit and berries
- Production of juice, jellies and jam
The vegetable pilot plant is part of Nofima Mat's food workshop, which also offers a bakery, pilot plants for packaging, meat and meals laboratory. They are all approved by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. There are opportunities for inter-disciplinary collaboration between all these process pilot plants, making it possible to work on complex products consisting of several types of raw materials.
