Food Processing facilities and services

Our laboratory expertise include use of various food raw material fractionation and processing techniques. Pilot food processing units are available for research and innovation with exploiting equipments used in bakery, dairy and meat processing. Modified atmosphere packaging is available as well as techniques to assess barrier properties and migration of food packaging material.

We offer independent equipment use for subject to charge for academic researchers. Contracted analytical service is also possible for different purposes. The laboratories are located at Viikki Campus (Agnes Sjöbergin katu 2) at the Department of Food and Nutrition. 

Independent use of equipment:
•    know-how of equipment use is mandatory
•    prices do not include laboratory supplies or chemicals
•    short technical briefing available
•    booking of equipment through contact person (see table below)

For contracted analytical services please contact (form)

Fees and services
EQUIPMENT 
PRICE CATEGORY * 
CONTACT 
firstname.surname@helsinki.fi 

 

FRACTIONATION
   

Membrane filtration device 

Mikko Kangas 

PROCESSING

 

Extruder 

** 

Kirsi Jouppila 

Microfluidizer 

Mikko Kangas 

Spray dryer (big) 

Mikko Kangas 

Spray dryer (small) 

Mikko Kangas 

Deep freezer 

Mikko Kangas 

PILOT FOOD PROCESSING UNITS

 

Bakery (dough mixers, dough handling machines, proofer, ovens) 

Equipments: farinograph, extensograph, viscometer, colloidal mill 

 

 

Outi Brinck 

 

 

Noora Mäkelä-Salmi 

Dairy (pasteur, separator, milk/whey/yoghurt/cheese tanks, cheese kettle & molds, salting tanks, cheese ripening rooms) 

** 

Tuulia Leppänen 

Meat (cutter, stuffer, clipper, steaming chamber) 

Tuulia Leppänen 

PACKAGING

 

Modified atmosphere packaging 

Mikko Kangas 

Barrier property analysis Systech 8001 

** 

Hanna Koivula 
(hanna.m.koivula)

Migration analysis 

** 

Hanna Koivula 
(hanna.m.koivula)

Instron 

Hanna Koivula 
(hanna.m.koivula)

Barsealing with accurate temperature control 

** 

Mikko Kangas, Hanna Koivula (hanna.m.koivula)

Vacuum/MAP packaging machine 

Mikko Kangas 

* Price (€) categories, half day/full day. The prices include use of equipment with brief (max 2 hour) technical support. Laboratory supplies and chemicals are not included. For contracted analytical services VAT 24% and profit are added - please ask for quotation. 

  1. 360/555 

  1. 381/598 

  1. 425/685 

  1. 468/773  

  1. 490/790 

** Only by service – please use contact form