Food

Contact: Prof. Nives Ogrinc

The food-related research conducted in MASSTWIN is focused to following topics:

  • Understanding the appearance and migration of non-intentionally added substances (NIAS), e.g., BPA alternatives, phtalates nanoparticles, agrochemical residues, and essential and toxic elements from food and food contact materials (FCM) (in close collaboration with INIA, UA, IPREM/UPAA)
  • Developing analytical procedures for quantification and sizing of metal NPs regarding food safety and quality by SP-ICP-MS (in collaboration with IPREM/UPPA)
  • Understanding In vitro biotransformation of NIAS (identification of metabolites, where appropriate) (in close collaboration with INIA, UA, IPREM/UPAA)
  • Transformation of NIAS during use of FCMs (identification of transformation products, where appropriate) (in close collaboration with INIA, UA, IPREM/UPAA)
  • Building knowledge capacity in terms of food traceability and authenticity in development of compound specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA) of organic compounds (in collaboration with FEM, Italy)
  • Developing a method for stable isotope determination of Sr, Hg and Pb using MC ICP-MS (in collaboration with IPREM/UPPA)
  • Identifying relevant biomarkers for food traceability and data processing and analysis (foodomics, chemometrics, modelling) (in collaboration with FEM, Italy)