Max Rubner-Institut - Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food (MRI)
The MRI is a research institution of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. The research focus of the MRI is health and consumer protection in the food sector. Important research fields are the determination and nutritional assessment of health relevant food ingredients, the investigation of careful and resource-preserving procedures of processing, the quality assurance of vegetable and animal food as well as the investigation of the motivation of nutritional behaviour, and the improvement of nutrition information.
Address
Max Rubner-Institut - Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food (MRI)
Haid-und-Neu-Str. 9
76131 Karlsruhe
Baden-Württemberg
Phone: +49 721 6625 200
Fax: 49 721 6625 111
E-mail: poststelle(@)mri.bund.de
Mandate:
national
Activities:
- Research
Focus:
- Healthy nutrition and secure food
Coordinated projects
- Development of reference and rapid methods for assessing the workability of wheat / wheat farming in the new industrial strength Details of Development of reference and rapid methods for assessing the workability of wheat / wheat farming in the new industrial strength
- Udder health monitoring as a preventive measure to improve udder health in dairy goats Details of Udder health monitoring as a preventive measure to improve udder health in dairy goats
Involved in research projects:
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- ECHAIN - Developing a stakeholders' guide on the vulnerability of food and feed chains to dangerous agents and substances Details of ECHAIN - Developing a stakeholders' guide on the vulnerability of food and feed chains to dangerous agents and substances
- Investigation of quality during processing and storage of selected products from Bio-trout and conventionally produced trout as a precondition for the preparation of a code of practice for handicraft trout-culture. Details of Investigation of quality during processing and storage of selected products from Bio-trout and conventionally produced trout as a precondition for the preparation of a code of practice for handicraft trout-culture.
- Differentiation of herring, cod and flounder populations from different fishing grounds of the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic by DNA-analysis Details of Differentiation of herring, cod and flounder populations from different fishing grounds of the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic by DNA-analysis
- PATHOGENCOMBAT - Control and prevention of emerging and future pathogens at cellular and molecular level throughout the food chain Details of PATHOGENCOMBAT - Control and prevention of emerging and future pathogens at cellular and molecular level throughout the food chain
- Influence of Camelina sativa oilcake in organic broiler feeding on performance, carcass and meat quality Details of Influence of Camelina sativa oilcake in organic broiler feeding on performance, carcass and meat quality
- Price politacal margins for regional produced organic products: Analysis and implementation of a regional marketing strategy for organic milk products Details of Price politacal margins for regional produced organic products: Analysis and implementation of a regional marketing strategy for organic milk products
- Novel integrated strategies for worldwide mycotoxin reduction in the food and feed chains (MYCORED) Details of Novel integrated strategies for worldwide mycotoxin reduction in the food and feed chains (MYCORED)
- EuropeaN energy balance research to prevent excessive weight gain among youth Details of EuropeaN energy balance research to prevent excessive weight gain among youth
Subordinate Institutions:
- MRI - Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition (MRI-PBE)- Details of MRI-PBE
- MRI - Department of Nutritional Behaviour (MRI-EV)- Details of MRI-EV
- MRI - Department of Food and Bio Process Engineering (MRI-LBV)- Details of MRI-LBV
- MRI - Department of Safety and Quality of Fruit and Vegetables (MRI-OG)- Details of MRI-OG
- MRI - Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology (MRI-MBT)- Details of MRI-MBT
- MRI - Department of Safety and Quality of Milk and Fish Products (MRI-MF)- Details of MRI-MF
- MRI - Department of Safety and Quality of Meat (MRI-FL)- Details of MRI-FL
- MRI - Department of Safety and Quality of Cereals (MRI-GE)- Details of MRI-GE
- MRI - work group analytics - Details of MRI - work group analytics
- MRI - Working group Anlytics (AA)- Details of AA