Professor Manny NoakesResearch DirectorCSIRO Nutrition and Health

CSIRO’s comprehensive expertise includes microstructure visualisation, material and texture characterisation, physical and chemical analysis and utilising laboratory through to pilot-scale processing equipment for the design of concept products.

CSIRO can work with your company to improve the nutritional and health qualities of your products by reducing salt, sugar and fat content, increasing fibre, controlling the rate of digestion of target nutrients,

protecting and preserving unstable ingredients, and enhancing the bio-accessibility and transport of nutrients in the body.

We work with industry everyday in the development of innovative new food and beverage products with improved taste and flavour, more effective processing by characterising raw materials, and using novel ingredients to enhance the functionality of products to offer unique health benefits.

Our experienced researchers partner with industry in solving their innovation challenges in food and ingredient structure and microstructure design for product stability, quality, taste and in-body behaviour.

Backed by world-class facilities and technologies, our researchers assist manufacturers across a broad range of categories including condiments, grains, cereals and bakery products, dairy and spreads, confectionary, snacks and smallgoods.

Our scientists conduct food safety risk assessments and management protocols to assist with shelf stabilisation, and design manufacturing processes for improved safety and efficiency gains.

Australian manufacturers are well positioned to capitalise on the significant growth of fortified, functional and naturally health food products in Asian markets.

We can work with your company in the development of the next generation of food products with improved nutritional qualities, superior functionality with bioactive delivery systems, extended shelf life and enhanced taste, aroma and texture.

Our expertise in sensory evaluation and consumer preference mapping ensures that products are optimised for local and global markets.

CSIRO can also assist with navigating the regulatory framework, providing advice and the scientific evidence required to validate nutrition and health claims for food products and ingredients.

CSIRO’s research team have unmatched expertise in the development of new, value-added consumer food products.

Our knowledge and capability platforms are extensive, with separation technologies such as forward osmosis, counter current flow and bioactive extraction, along with component delivery systems including microencapsulation, nanoemulsion and nutrient-dense peptides.

We also have significant proficiency in beverage processing and shelf life, including heat pasteurization, ultra heat treatment (UHT) and high pressure cold pasteurisation.

Our research teams can help your company to develop new beverage products with functional ingredients and bioactives to deliver

quantifiable nutritional benefits that appeal to today’s health conscious consumers.

Combining these ingredients with innovative manufacturing technologies such as high pressure processing offers a foundation for preservative free beverages with superior shelf life, taste, texture and nutritional qualities.

In an increasingly competitive market, CSIRO’s expertise in product formulation, separations technologies, bioactive component delivery, and consumer preference testing ensures that we can offer you innovative solutions for the next generation of beverages.

CSIRO scientists have significant beverage process engineering expertise and experience in the design of new, value added drink products.

CSIRO has a broad capability across the product development cycle, starting with ingredient design and structural properties, process engineering and component configuration, through to nutrient testing and substantiation of health benefits.

We have a diverse range of food processing techniques at our disposal, with a mix of established and patented technologies that are at the leading-edge of ready-to-eat meal production.

CSIRO can partner with your company in the development of premium and customisable meal solutions that cater to nutritional

and functional needs, offering healthy convenience without compromise.

Our experts can assist you in designing category-leading products by characterising nutrient properties, and model, validate and restructure ingredients for optimal nutrition, biological function and taste.

We can help you to introduce innovative manufacturing technologies such as thermal and high pressure processing technologies, which can be used to minimise preservatives, extend shelf life and improve consumer appeal with fresh-like qualities and superior taste.

Convenience meals are continuing to increase in popularity, providing quick and easy to prepare sustenance for today’s busy consumers.

We have significant expertise in the isolation, separation and stabilisation of bioactive compounds for the development of nutritional supplements.

CSIRO have also developed a portfolio of bioactive delivery systems, to ensure that the compounds retain their nutritional properties and are absorbed at the precise location in the digestive system.

Our clinical substantiation capability provides the scientific evidence to validate nutrient and health claims for supplements and their ingredients.

CSIRO can work with you to extend your product portfolio in the development of new supplements with unique bioactive compounds and delivery systems to maximise nutrient absorption and health benefits.

To distinguish your brand in the crowded marketplace, our nutrient and health claim validation ensures that discerning consumers can rest assured that the product benefits are credible and backed by Australia’s leading scientific institution.

By identifying the biological, environmental and behavioural factors that can cause obesity and related diseases, we are able to develop scientifically-based, cost-effective intervention strategies.

We are also generating new knowledge on the role of food and nutrition in gut health, for the development of diets, foods and supplements that improve the health of the digestive system.

CSIRO has expertise in the developing field of nutrigenomics, which explores the genetic, dietary and lifestyle factors that influence our health at the DNA level.

CSIRO’s in depth analysis of population-level nutrient intake can help you to identify lucrative markets for new value added foods, beverages and supplements.

We can partner with your company in the development and commercialisation of new diet and lifestyle programs for weight loss, and to improve the metabolic health of individuals in local and global markets.

CSIRO can assist you to extend your product portfolio by designing new ingredients, foods, beverages or supplements for improved gut health and digestive function.

Our researchers are continuing to build the body of evidence on the nexus of food, nutrition and human health.

In 2015, CSIRO partnered with SP Health in the development of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet online. The program is a digital version of the popular 12-week eating plan that is nutritionally balanced and scientifically proven to help people feel less hungry and lose weight.

The online version of the diet has proven to be popular with the public, more than 18,000 people have signed up for the program since its launch.

CSIRO also co-developed the ImpromyTM health and weight management program with our partner, Probiotec.

ImpromyTM is delivered through 290 pharmacies Australia-wide, where trained consultants provide point of care testing to assess risk factors such as cholesterol, blood pressure and blood glucose levels.

The information is then used to determine an appropriate eating pattern that includes higher protein main meals with breakfast and lunch meal replacements.

More than 33,000 Australians have used ImpromyTM, with research showing that members lose an average of 7 kilograms over the 12 week program.

Food innovation centre

CSIRO’s food innovation centre makes it easy for food, ingredient and equipment manufacturing companies to access our extensive expertise, technologies and support in innovation. From adopting innovative technologies and improving process efficiency to creating high value products for new markets, we partner with industry every day.

We have pilot plants in Werribee (VIC) and Coopers Plains (QLD), few manufacturing facilities in the world compare in terms of size, expertise and extent of equipment and technologies available for industry and research.

www.csiro.au/food-innovation

Nutrition and health research clinic

Our health and nutrition facilities in Adelaide includes a presence at SAHMRI, South Australia's new premier health research hub for medical and health sciences and translation.

This brand new facility incorporates the latest technology and equipment for nutrition research and health diagnostics.

CSIRO's world-class nutrition and health research clinic at SAHMRI provides food manufacturers with scientific evidence to substantiate nutrition and health claims on food products for local and international markets.

www.csiro.au/nutrition-studies

Professor Manny NoakesResearch Director Nutrition and Business unit: Health and BiosecurityE: manny.noakes@csiro.au

HEALTH AND BIOSECURITY