Institute of Food Science and Nutrition ETH Zürich

Abstract

The Institute of Food Science and Nutrition consists of five laboratories: the Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Food Technology, the Laboratory of Food Process Engineering, the Laboratory of Food Microbiology, the Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, and the Laboratory of Human Nutrition. Six professors co-ordinate the teaching programme for the undergraduate course in Food Science and each has his own focussed research programme. In addition the Laboratory of Human Nutrition co-ordinates a one-year postgraduate diploma in Human Nutrition. The following review describes the teaching and research programmes, and selected projects.