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Sector focus: Food and health

At Norwich Research Park there is a unique multidisciplinary approach to research in the field of food and health and the fundamental relationship between them.

The Quadram Institute, a new multi million pound Centre for Food and Health will bring together in one building academic researchers, clinicians and patients with a focus on gastroenterology and the gut microbiome, food bioactives, nutrition and safety.

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  • Gut health and the microbiome

    Multidisciplinary programmes focus on how the Gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and the microbial communities that it hosts, function and protect our health.

  • Food bioactives

    Many plant-based foods contain compounds that may have specific functions within our bodies to maintain health or prevent disease. Scientists are seeking to understand how certain bioactive compounds in foods can keep us healthy.

  • Food safety

    The Food Safety Centre utilises world-leading expertise on Norwich Research Park in the areas of food microbiology and food security. Expertise includes food authentication and bacterial food-borne pathogens.