Research Infrastructure FOODNUTRI
FOODNUTRI is a national research infrastructure focusing on climate smart food and nutrition. The three-year project is funded by the Academy of Finland and lead by the University of Helsinki. In addition to contributing to the implementation of the EU’s Food 2030 policy, the purpose of the infrastructure is to widely serve the whole national food system – from researchers, business operators, authorities, healthcare professionals, farmers to other stakeholders.
The partners of the infrastructure, including University of Turku, contribute to providing tools and methods for food characteristics, physiological responses to food, consumer acceptance, food consumption and nutrient intake as well as on environmental and health impacts.
Other FOODNUTRI Partners
University of Helsinki, Department of Food and Nutrition University of Eastern Finland, School of Medicine Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Finnish Food Authority Natural Resources Institute Finland Finnish Environment Institute South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
Services in UTU
University of Turku offers various expert services related to four FOODNUTRI platforms: Food Processing, Food Characterization, Physiological Responses to Food, and Sensory and Consumer Research.
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