UMR QualiSud food technology platform

The platform consists of a 1200 m² multi-process and multi-scale technology hall affiliated with physico-chemical and sensorial analysis laboratories.  Dedicated to research, training and partnerships with companies, it is open to engineering students from Montpellier SupAgro, notably those in the engineering programme "Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems for the South" (SAADS) taking the option "Innovation, development and entrepreneurship in food processing for tropical and mediterranean countries” (IDéAL), offered by the Institute for Higher Education in Tropical and Sub-Tropical AgriFood Sciences.

Located in Montpellier on Lavalette campus, just steps away from the Institute for Higher Education in Tropical and Sub-Tropical AgriFood Sciences, the food technology platform is an innovative facility for Montpellier SupAgro students.

Innovative food products designed and developed by students

Every year, 3rd year engineering students in the Innovation, development and entrepreneurship in food processing for tropical and mediterranean countries option develop an innovative food product that uses a tropical agro-resource for markets in the South. From the idea to the product prototype, future engineers face technical challenges in formulating and processing raw materials - sometimes little known - to produce a final product with optimum sanitary, nutritional and sensory quality.

This work is made possible thanks to the supervision of IRC (Pôle Tropique & Méditerannée) researcher-teachers, engineers from the DEFIS team, and researchers and technicians from the Cirad responsible for food processing equipment and the physico-chemical and sensorial analysis laboratories.