"Novel" Food Processing Technologies Promote Nutrition And Food Safety

Amazing things going on in Guelph

By Jaan Koel

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada operates 19 research centers. One of them is located in Guelph, Ontario, about an hour’s drive west from Toronto.

The GFRC — Guelph Food Research Center — carries out world-class research in food safety and quality, reducing food safety threats as well as generating knowledge that helps the Canadian agri-food sector to develop health promotion tools that protect consumers and add nutritional value throughout the food chain.

One of things that GFRC is focusing is on “Novel” food processing technologies. Since the beginning of the 19th century, the food industry has been centered on heating, refrigeration,freezing, drying smoking, and salting of foods to preserve and process food on a broadindustrial scale. “Novel” food processing technologies go a step further.

GFRC is on the leading edge — worldwide — of developing new ways of treating food that can make it not only safer, but also more nutritious, and profitable for producers.