New name: Institute of Food and One Health (FOH)

The previous institute – Institute of Food Science and Human Nutrition – operates under a new name: In any further correspondence, we will be known as the Institute of Food and One Health.
Our website will be updated accordingly.

The Institute of Food Chemistry (Institut für Lebensmittelchemie) works on a wide spectrum of food chemical, analytical and biotechnological topics. Among others, it comprises scientists of the disciplines of food chemistry, biotechnology, biochemistry and life science.

Our research

We are working on

  • Analysis of natural compounds
  • Biotechnology with basidiomycetes and algae
  • New enzymes for the food industry
  • Biotechnology of flavour compounds