The Biotechnology Hub for Sustainable Food and Drink provides businesses with new research possibilities; from alternative ways to manage crop diseases to environmentally-friendly packaging options.
Located in Canterbury Kent, the Biotechnology Hub applies high tech approaches to production and processing of high-value foods and plant-based compounds from plant material and waste, pathogen identification and control, and maintenance of healthy soil.
It specialises in sustainable food and drink research and is run by some of the leading experts in plant biology, post-harvest and packaging.
With new cutting-edge equipment, the research team based at the Hub are able to support horticultural and plant-based food and drink businesses to solve a wide range of challenges:
- identifying and controlling crop diseases and pathogens
- optimising plant growth conditions
- developing sustainable packaging
- improving biocontrols
- creating new sources of proteins for food
- producing high-value compounds, like fragrance or enhanced flavour, from plant material and waste
- analysing chemical components
- maintaining healthy soils