Taking into account the analysis and diagnosis of current environment in which IMDEA Food will operate and the opinion/the view of the international scientific advisory board of IMDEA Food, the strategic areas of research in the field of Food Science and Technology that will be initially undertaken:

Área: Food and Health

Line:

• Genomic bases of the healthy effects of food
• Design and development of Functional Foods

Programme: Effects on cardiovascular health and related metabolic disorders

Area: Food safety

Line: Risk / benefit assessment in the food chain

Programme:

• Characterisation of emerging food risks
• Development of fast analytical methods based on molecular, micro or nanodetection techniques

Area: Food quality

Line: Technologies to control food production

Programme:

• Application of advanced physical techniques to food quality control
• New technologies that can be applied to control functional / personalised food quality