Moorepark targets changing lifestyles and convenience food

A MAJOR review of the operations and capabilities of the Teagasc National Dairy Products Research Centre at Moorepark, now underway, will take account of changing lifestyles and increasing demands for convenience foods.

The ultimate aim is to make the centre’s scientific and technological know-how available to wider sectors of the food industry.

Over the past decade, Moorepark researchers have extended their reach beyond conventional dairy processing into many areas of food technology. Funding from the EU structural programme and later the Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM) under the National Development Plan has strengthened the centre’s knowledge base and the pilot processing capability at Moorepark Technology.