Dairy-derived functional foods the main goal of €21m investment

Health-focused dairy products are the key focus of a second term of funding worth €21m for the functional foods technology centre Food for Health Ireland, based in UCC.
Dairy-derived functional foods the main goal of €21m investment
Thu, 28 Nov, 2013 - 00:00
Joe Dermody

Details of the investment were unveiled at yesterday’s first Technology Centres Expo, hosted by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland in Leopardstown, Dublin.

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, through Enterprise Ireland, will invest €16m in Food for Health Ireland, with the other €5m coming from the firms involved in the Food for Health Ireland research centre: Dairygold, Carbery, Glanbia, Kerry Group, and the Irish Dairy Board.

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