Services in Food

Quantifying the release rate of active substances is crucial for understanding and controlling their function in various applications. RISE offers reliable methods to measure, analyze, and model release in relevant environments.

Active substances are found in a wide range of products, from antimicrobial agents in wound care to nutrients in food. By encapsulating these substances in microscopic reservoirs, it is possible to both protect them from chemical degradation and control their release over time.

Dialkyl diketene dimers (AKD) are used in the paper industry to add hydrophobicity to paper. Unbound AKD can get hydrolyzed to dialkylketones, which can potentially migrate to fatty foods from food packaging.

The laboratory at RISE is certified by ISTA and is one of the most well equipped and advanced laboratories in all of Scandinavia for testing packaging. We carry out tests according to international standards, to ensure the performance of the packaging.

Microorganisms in liquids, paper, and cardboard can cause staining and contamination, impacting both the production process and the final product. In food-related manufacturing, it is particularly important to monitor and control this to ensure high standards of quality and hygiene.

We offer advanced oxygen analysis services and analyze samples from both solid and liquid materials.

Hygiene and safety are central in the food industry, but not always easy to combine with economical use of energy. RISE offers food-safe and hygienic solutions that take into account the impact on product quality when you want to become more energy efficient.

"A certified food safety management system according to ISO 22000 helps organizations identify and control food safety risks in their production. This can apply to the production of food and packaging, as well as transportation, warehousing, etc."

Product safety is an issue of very high concern for all kinds of materials and products. One of RISE´s core activities in this area is analyses of packaging and materials intended for food contact (FCM).

It is important that the textiles on the market are free of harmful and regulated substances. Chemical analysis is a way to gain control over the products' chemical content.

It is important that dyed textiles maintain their intended colour and do not bleed onto other fabrics and materials through staining. When a piece of fabric come in contact with water it can cause unwanted staining. 

It is important that dyed textiles maintain their intended colour and do not bleed onto other fabrics and materials through staining. When we sweat, fabrics that come into contact with the skin can be affected, and if the colour does not adhere as it should, it can cause unwanted staining.

This standard describes a method for determining the impact of light on colors in textile materials of all kinds.

With the help of TEM, materials can be analysed on the nanometer- to micrometer-scale, which can be useful either as a complementary technique or as preparation and sample screening before experiments at large scale research infrastructure facilities. 

Gain an insight into what consumers think when they evaluate your products; see what the consumers see.

Gain understanding of how the perception of your products/samples change with time during consumption/usage.

CO2 emissions and rest flow from many industries can be used for CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage), in the food industry (beverage and food), and for sustainable production of chemicals and fuels. But for all these applications, CO2 purity is very important. Several specifications exist depending on…

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) is a class of chemicals found in, among other things, food contact materials, and they have garnered increasing attention as they are ubuiquitous, persistent and could have adverse effects on human health and the environment.

Materials in contact with hygiene products and cosmetics are, like foodstuffs, in direct and regular contact with people, thereby necessitating strict control of which substances that can migrate. Many products are also fatty and are kept in packaged form for extended time, further tightening the r…

Biofilm formation is the microorganisms' way of protecting themselves against factors in the environment such as chemicals, antibiotics, heat etc. Biofilm therefore creates problems in many industries and environments, for example in water management in various contexts, in healthcare, in the paper…

The laboratory at RISE Packaging Excellence Centre is certified by ISTA and is one of the most well equipped and advanced laboratories in all of Scandinavia for testing packaging. We carry out tests according to international standards, to ensure the performance of the packaging.

Sometimes things goes wrong in the production and the products are microbiologically spoiled or even worse pathogens are detected in the products. Then it is important to know how to handle the situation to establish why it occurred, what to do about it and how to prevent it happening again. RISE …

RISE offer in vitro-analyses to study interactions between material/subtances and cell lines.

RISE offer an in vitro model to study pro, anti and inflammatory attributes of subtances in the signal path of NF-kB.

Using DNA sequencing and bioinformatics, microorganisms and microbiota can be identified and characterized with high precision in products, processes, clinical and biological samples, as well as in the environment. We support all stages of your sequencing project—from experimental design to transla…

We provide accredited calibration of laboratory sieves according to ISO 3310-1 (metal wire cloth sieves) and ISO 3310-2 (perforated metal plate sieves). The calibration is carried out in our accredited laboratory in Borås, Sweden.

By means of confocal Raman microscopy (CRM), RISE can characterize and map the distribution of different chemical compounds in a sample matrix without the need for extensive sample preparation. CRM can characterize samples from the surface tens of micrometers into the bulk, without the need of a ph…

The test bed Cleaning Innovation offers a team of experts who together with you solve your urgent cleaning problems.

We offer an multidisciplinary capacity to secure the working environment in connection to cleaning processes in food industry and other industries

We offer complete mapping of energy, chemicals, water, time and other key parameters associated with cleaning and washing in industrial processes.

By mapping out your cleaning process we identify the most environmentally effective improvement actions.

We offer the possibility to compare the effect of your current cleaning and disinfection with new alternatives.