Our Priorities
Dairy Innovation Australia aims to create a critical mass of expertise in dairy science and technology. As the innovation hub for the Australian dairy manufacturing industry, we provide leadership in the discovery and delivery of commercially valuable outcomes. Our goals are to:
• Catalyse the development of smarter manufacturing processes
• Identify technological opportunities for faster development of new products and new markets
• Enhance the technical knowledge base and innovation capability of our member companies
Priority areas for the 2011 application round of the DAIRY INNOVATION RESEARCH GRANTS are:
• Extended shelf life of milk and fresh dairy products (eg; yogurts, custards and desserts)
• New packaging technologies across the supply chain ( targets include improved sustainability, product quality, shelf life)
• Use of novel membrane technologies in milk transport, preservation and for applying concentrates and permeates in dairy product manufacture
• Waste management in dairy processing:
- Technologies for reduction and reuse of acid whey
- Technologies to reduce solid waste, packaging waste, etc
- Technologies for the measuring, monitoring and modelling of waste streams.
• Rapid testing methods for dairy product quality (eg: milk quality, processing quality and shelf life quality)
• Technologies and reformulation strategies to reduce sugars and other additives in dairy products.
Applications close December 9th 2011
Announcement of successful applicants is expected in April 2012.
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