Leading-edge expertise and facilities for real-world solutions  

The Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI) has the in-house expertise, facilities, and connections through our well-connected network, to drive leading-edge solutions to real-world problems.

Food Innovation

CRI aims to accelerate new product development, encourage knowledge sharing and technology transfer in the food sector, and promote the development of a network within the industry.

Expertise

 

  • product development
  • manufacturing process
  • quality assurance
  • product testing
  • cannabis research license

We offer our technology and expertise on a per project or per-sample basis. Funding is available for eligible projects.

 

Services

 

Analyses

  • fats, carbohydrates, protein, sugars, vitamins, minerals and trace elements
  • food tracibility (PCR)
  • food/product shelf life
  • calories

Services

  • beverage fermentations
  • CO2 extraction
  • spray drying
  • encapsulation of ingredients
  • cannabis research

 

Facilities

 

CARIB labs

Fanshawe College’s Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in Biotechnology (CARIB) labs are the new collaborative hub for industry-led research in food science, innovation and processing.

Designed to accelerate new product development, encourage knowledge sharing and technology transfer in the food sector, and promote the development of a network within the industry.

CARIB supports the bioeconomy by working on projects to reduce waste along the food production supply chain, and provide solutions to agriculture.

CARIB answers the need to produce more food products that are more nutritious, while reducing environmental impact. This includes research in cannabis processing through our cannabis research license.

 

View the CARIB info sheet.

 

laboratory equipment in CARIB lab

laboratory equipment in CARIB lab lab equipment in CARIB labs

 

 

Sustainable Buildings and Automation

Our campus wide Living Lab provides a unique environment for companies to iteratively design and test building IoT products that will help reshape the management and sustainability of buildings.

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