Petra O´Rourke

The photo shows people putting cucumber and spices in a glass jar.

Did you know? The shelf life of food can be extended by improving its resistance to microorganisms

One of these methods is to reduce the amount of active water in the food, i.e. the water that is available for microbes to use. Salt and sugar in food reduce the amount of active water and therefore, for example, jamming with sugar and salting mushrooms are good preservation methods.

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Kuvakaappaus videosta. Taustalla risteilyalus.

Virtual platform developed to promote healthy travel and hygiene for the shipbuilding industry

Research Centre WANDER and University of Turku, School of Economics, Pori unit together with a group of companies developed a virtual innovation platform for the shipbuilding industry, a 3D animation that promotes products and solutions for the shipbuilding industry, informs about health safe travel and presents the ship as a new market destination.

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Kypsiä mansikoita.

Did you know? Food quality can also be tested by sensory analysis?

In the NABLE project, sensory evaluation is used to assess the quality of strawberries, tomatoes and leafy vegetables irrigated with nanobubble water compared to products produced with normal irrigation. The NABLE project uses analytical laboratory measurement to assess the differences in quality between berries and vegetables grown in different ways by a trained panel.

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