Food Sustainability
• Develop novel detection methods for emerging food risks (e.g. microplastics, bird and swine influenza virus etc.);
• Food policy research on impact of major issues to future food industry (e.g. COVID-19 outbreak, climate change and sustainable food packaging etc.)
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Research Focus 1
Smart Technology & Functional Food Development
• Develop the next-generation functional foods for prevention and/or treatment of chronic diseases;
• Research and product development on traditional Chinese tonic foods (e.g. edible bird’s nest, fish maws and sea cucumber etc.);
• Develop smart technology for future food industry (e.g. plant-based meat research, artificial intelligent for food authentication, 3D printing for food waste upcycling etc.)
![Functional food](/rifood/-/media/department/rifood/content/research/research-directions/functional-food.png?bc=ffffff&h=400&w=685&hash=EFC756A42C7BBDD03E50C0A7336D0E71)
Research Focus 2
Nutrition & Human Health
• Cohort study on correlation between biological age and healthspan of Chinese Hong Kong middle-age adults;
• Mechanistic study of targeted micronutrients on COVID-19-mediated vascular diseases and pathophysiology
• Mechanistic study of gut-derived metabolites as potential nutritional strategies in managing metabolic syndromes.
- RiFood people working in this area
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Research Focus 3