Welcome to Food Innovation @ Abertay

Food Innovation @ Abertay (FIA) is a practical innovation support service to food and drink businesses particularly small to medium sized ones. FIA offers creative solutions to business challenges by the use of specialist staff, equipment and facilities. These solutions are tailored to specifically meet business needs and are delivered on schedule and in a cost effective way.

FIA's range of services for the development of food and drink products can begin with a concept and can then carry that right through to a finished safe product for which there is a market.

FIA's services include:

• New Product Development
• Product Reformulation
• Consumer Evaluation
• Product Analysis
• Shelf-life Testing
• Nutritional Analysis
• Food Photography
• Food Hygiene, Food Safety and HACCP advice
• Marketing and Consumer Research Analysis

Equipment available to FIA:

• Atomic Force Microscopy
• X-ray Computerised Tomography Scanner
• Stable Microsystems Texture Analyser
• Vaccum / Modified Atmospheric Packaging
• Freeze Drying (small scale)
• Various High Shear Mixers
• GCMS + HPLC
• Ultrasonics (pasteurisation)
• Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (heavy metal analysis)
• Microbiology Laboratories
• Laboratory Scale Brewing & Distillery
• Ultrafiltration
• Sous Vide
• Smoker (external pilot plant)

Facilities available to FIA:

• New Product Development Kitchens
• Photographic & Food Styling Studio/Kitchen
• Consumer Panels / Sensory Analysis
• Eye Tracking
• Human Interaction Virtual Environment
• Lecture Theatre for Food Demonstrations

FIA also has access to specialist services:

• Advanced Microwave Technology (AMT Ltd)
• UKAS Accredited Laboratory (Glasgow Caledonian University)
• Ingredient Adaption (Univar Ltd)