Research

Researchers at the Richardson Centre for Food Technology and Research partner with the food industry in collaborative research and pre-commercial development activities, focusing on advancing food quality and human nutrition through traditional and innovative food processing techniques.

  • The RCFTR is uniquely positioned to offer the expertise of internationally-recognized researchers in the Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences. Research and development capabilities within the Department are all encompassing and include fully equipped analytical, extraction, processing, cell and tissue culture and genomic laboratories.

    The Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences programs aligned with the RCFTR mission of advancing food quality and human nutrition are listed below.

  • Researcher and students examine extruded food product.

Researchers

Affiliated adjunct professors

Research highlights

RCFTR Food Technology and Research Day 2024

On November 14, about 250 people attended RCFTR Food Technology and Research Day with 19 presentations from across academia, government, and industry. A student poster competition was held with 48 submitted posters.

See the student poster abstracts.