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Plants for Human Health Institute 
Moncada Lab
Plant Food Processing

Extension & Research

Extension

We assist new entrepreneurs and long-standing companies by providing rational interventions related to the improvement, design and development of unit operations (drying, extraction and thermal processes) for sustainable food processing.

Services Offered:

  • Food product design and development (process optimization, ingredient applications, new products and scaling up)
  • Accelerated shelf-life study for shelf stable products and ingredients

Trainings and Workshops:

  • GMP’s and advanced thermal and drying processing

Product Evaluation and Consulting

  • Contact Dr. Marvin Moncada

Pilot Plant Testing/Scaling Up Processing

Research

We apply food ingredient engineering expertise to establish innovative ways to revalorize secondary streams of the food industry. Fruits, vegetables, grains and roots are our main targets to create functional foods and ingredients.