Unité de Science des Aliments et Fomulation (Conservation

Liaison Entreprises et Universités
University of Liège
GemblouxAgro-Bio Tech
Chimie et bio-industries
Unité de Science des Aliments et Fomulation
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cracking, food chains, food products, formulation, intermediate food products, lipids,
Physicochemistry, polysaccharides, proteins, soft matter, technological functionalities
Questions ?
André Hecq
Conseiller en valorisation - Biotech Matériaux
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Laboratory contact details
Laboratory Head
General Contact
Prof. Blecker Christophe
 Passage des
Déportés, 2
B-5030 Gembloux
Belgium
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Main study areas and research topics
Food Sciences
Formulations
Engineering
Food preparation and preservation
Sensory analysis
Last Research Project
More than 50 projects (recent and/or on going) on steam cracking of food raw materials, their use in industrial processes, in
particular the formulation of food products. Also projects on the physicochemistry of food systems
Industrial application fields
Agro-food Industry
Life Sciences Industry
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Liaison Entreprises et Universités
Extraordinary engineering equipments
Physicochemical analyses (tensiometry, rheology, granulometry, differential calorimetric analysis, thermogravimetry,
X-ray diffraction)
Evaluation of technological functions (foams, emulsions, gels)
Application laboratory (bakery)
Pilots (extraction, rafinery and transformation)
Sensory analysis laboratory
Services proposal
Research collaborations and assistance for companies in the hereabove mentioned areas
Training proposal
Possibility of tailored training in our fields of expertise
Related Lab'Insight Event
Conservation des aliments réfrigérés
Organized on Wednesday 09th November 2011 at Université de Mons
Cet événement s'est adressé aux entreprises du secteur agro-alimentaire : il leur a apporté des solutions aux
problématiques de transformation, distribution et conservation des produits réfrigérés et des réponses à la maîtrise des
procédés industriels.
Bioresources Engineering and Chemistry
Organized on Thursday 01st March 2012 at Université de Liège - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
This Lab'InSight meeting is the perfect place to meet researchers with demonstrated expertise in bio-engineering or
biosourced products.
Bioproducts : from molecules to materials
Organized on Friday 25th May 2012 at Université de Namur
This event was the perfect place to meet researchers specialized in bioproducts.
More information about the Universities & Higher Education Institutions expertise on www.reseaulieu.be
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