Cork-based food trials firm set to expand

Cork-based Atlantia provides clinical research for companies on the health benefits of their products

As food companies across the globe work on meeting a growing demand for innovative new functional foods, Cork-based food clinical trials company Atlantia works on providing companies with evidence which allows them to prove that their products have the health benefits they say they do.

Although unable to name clients for confidentiality reasons, Atlantia is, according to CEO and co-founder Andrea Doolan, at the forefront of commercial food clinical research internationally and has already conducted clinical trials for more than half of the top 10 global food companies.