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
email: poststelle(@)mri.bund.de
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Healthy nutrition and secure food
Networks:
- German agricultural research alliance (DAFA)
Coordinated projects
- Development of fast screening methods for developing countries to improve quantity and quality of carbohydrates in potato, sweetpotato and yambean Details of Development of fast screening methods for developing countries to improve quantity and quality of carbohydrates in potato, sweetpotato and yambean
- 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
- Fat reduction and increase dietary fiber in cooked sausage using vegetables and fruits Details of Fat reduction and increase dietary fiber in cooked sausage using vegetables and fruits
- Fettreduktion bzw. Ballaststofferhöhung in Brühwurst durch den Einsatz von Gemüse und Obst Functional Meat Products Details of Fettreduktion bzw. Ballaststofferhöhung in Brühwurst durch den Einsatz von Gemüse und Obst Functional Meat Products
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions 154
Involved in research projects:
- Development and use recommendations of selected methods for distinguishing between organic and conventional products Details of Development and use recommendations of selected methods for distinguishing between organic and conventional products
- 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
- 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
- EuropeaN energy balance research to prevent excessive weight gain among youth Details of EuropeaN energy balance research to prevent excessive weight gain among youth
- 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
- 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.
- Levels of dioxin and dioxin-like PCBs in cod liver and the corresponding cod muscle meat from different fishing areas of the Baltic Sea and North Atlantic Details of Levels of dioxin and dioxin-like PCBs in cod liver and the corresponding cod muscle meat from different fishing areas of the Baltic Sea and North Atlantic
- 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)
- 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
- Preventing pest attack in long-term grain storage (Pest-proof long-term grain storage) Details of Preventing pest attack in long-term grain storage (Pest-proof long-term grain storage)
- 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
- Studies on non-aversive gas stunning methods for slaughter pigs Details of Studies on non-aversive gas stunning methods for slaughter pigs
- Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) testing under organic conditions Details of Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) testing under organic conditions
Subordinate Institutions:
- International Competence Center on Meat Quality (IKF)- Details of IKF
- MRI - Analysis Division (AA)- Details of AA
- MRI - Department of Food and Bio Process Engineering (MRI-LBV)- Details of MRI-LBV
- MRI - Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology (MRI-MBT)- Details of MRI-MBT
- MRI - Department of Nutritional Behaviour (MRI-EV)- Details of MRI-EV
- MRI - Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition (MRI-PBE)- Details of MRI-PBE
- MRI - Department of Safety and Quality of Cereals (MRI-GE)- Details of MRI-GE
- MRI - Department of Safety and Quality of Fruit and Vegetables (MRI-OG)- Details of MRI-OG
- MRI - Department of Safety and Quality of Meat (MRI-FL)- Details of MRI-FL
- MRI - Department of Safety and Quality of Milk and Fish Products (MRI-MF)- Details of MRI-MF