Factory manager Mr Rod Smith at CSIRO's Food Processing Centre in Werribee, Victoria.
From farm to fork: safer food lasting longer
In this vodcast, we visit CSIRO's Food Processing Centre in Werribee to meet scientists who show us the very latest food processing technologies they work on that can make safe – and better tasting foods than ever before. (9:56)
- 17 September 2010 | Updated 25 November 2011
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We see how ultra high pressures and pulsed electric fields can make foods safe and taste great without using traditional heat treatment, and how we can add nutritious Omega-3 into a range of everyday foods.
We also learn about the sustainability benefits of capturing valuable components from food industry waste, and how sound waves can be used to process liquid, such as milk, using less energy.
Around 100 CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences staff work at the Werribee site in Victoria on research into food microbiology, process engineering, bioprocessing and food material science for healthier, safer and more sustainable foods for Australian consumers.
Read more about Food and Nutritiona Sciences.
