Carnot Qualiment

The Qualiment® Carnot supports companies in their innovation challenges in the field of human food through projects to improve and develop food products that meet customer expectations. Qualiment® offers its private partners a range of cross-disciplinary skills that mobilize the scientific and technological resources needed for better produced, better developed, better perceived and better adapted products.
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Key figures
Permanent staff (full-time equivalent) | 550 |
including PhD Students | 250 |
Global budget | €54M |
Partnership incomes with industry | €12,5M |
Contact
Qualiment Carnot Institute
INRAE Transfert,
28 rue du Dr Finlay,
75015 Paris
France
Catherine RENARD
Director
+33 (0)1 42 77 11 40
Anne NAHANT
Business Developper
+33 (0)1 42 75 93 31
+33 (0)7 50 15 86 52
Doudja ALILI
Manager Assistant
+ 33 (0) 7 50 15 67 86
Parent institutions
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST
- AGROPARISTECH
- CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NUTRITION HUMAINE
- CENTRE TECHNIQUE DE LA CONSERVATION DES PRODUITS AGRICOLES
- ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE, AGROALIMENTAIRE ET DE L'ALIMENTATION DE NANTES
- INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L’AGRICULTURE, L’ALIMENTATION ET L’ENVIRONNEMENT
- UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE
Presentation
Better produced
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Mastering industrial processes to improve the nutritional and sensory quality of food
- Eco-designing equipment and production lines
- Applying minimal processing technologies to satisfy demand for naturalness
Better developed
- Understanding the impact of food structure on the release and bioavailability of nutrients and flavour components
- Improving processes including reverse engineered processes
- Stabilising ingredients and processing agents to preserve their functionality
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Offering new formulations to respond to demand for naturalness
Better adapted
- Understanding the biological impact of nutrients and probiotics on the main body functions in specific populations
- Understanding the causes of negative effects of food
- Stuying the impact of diet on the microbiota and the impact of microbiota on health
- Contributing to the development of claims and nutritional recommendations
Better perceived
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Developing new tools to measure consumer assessment
- Identifying the molecules and mechanisms responsible for olfactory and gustatory qualities of foods
- Understanding how a sensory image is formed and the role of memory and food and sensory exposures on food preferences and choices
Qualiment®: 3 essential assets
- Your single point of entry that gives you access to all the resources of French public research in food matters
- Technological means at the forefront of innovation and multidisciplinary skills to offer you a tailor-made solution
- Scientists dedicated to your project who have experience with industrial partnerships
Our commitment: quality and professionalism
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Tools and simplified procedures available for you guaranteed by the ISO 9001 certification obtained by Qualiment® for its contractual methods and process
- Optimised technology transfer and a clear, straightforward and consistent intellectual property policy between all members of Qualiment® to facilitate discussions