Mission statement

The Institute of Food and Environmental Research (ILU) is a nonprofit research institution with 20 years of expertise in the areas of food processing, environmental research and biotechnology.

The activity profile of ILU e.V includes scientific and technological application-oriented research:

• Research and developmantof new methods for food and feed/pet-food production
• Exploration of functional food ingredients

• Food safety

• Environmental contaminants
• Plant protection and treatment agents
• Mycotoxins
• Changes of food during processing
• Anti- nutritional components
• Allergenic effects

• Processing of plant materials and leguminosae-derived products

• By innovative dry methods for refining
• Hydrothermal transformations, extrusions and co-extrusion techniques
• Novel process and product development (customer oriented)

• Development of analytical methods
• Biological and chemical special analyses
• Biotechnology research for the production of biological agents for food, feed, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
• Development of natiural feeds
• Environmental research with phototrophic microorganisms
• Development of biogenic materials for non-food applications

• Process and product development
• ecological building materials
• Soil improvement and erosion protection materials
• Plastic composite materials, binders, filling materials