The National Prepared Consumer Food Centre strategy for 2025-2030 has been launched.
On Wednesday at Teagasc Ashtown, Minister of State Noel Grealish officially launched the strategy for the centre, which aims to enhance the competitiveness of Ireland’s prepared consumer foods sector through technical support and research.
The new strategy will focus on six objectives: enhancing the PCF sector through technical support; facilitating equipment and technology; providing knowledge and support; providing access to state-of-the-art facilities; driving excellence through research; and building relationships with key stakeholders including government, EU and International agencies.
Minister Grealish said that the centre is a dedicated innovation hub, designed specifically to meet the needs of this sector.
“This initiative is fully aligned with Food Vision 2030 Ireland’s 10-year strategy for the agri food sector and also our national development plan, Project Ireland 2040,” he said.
Strategy
Since opening in 2018 the centre has completed over 520 projects, with over 350 food companies providing technical support, training and access to services.
It can provide pilot scale processing equipment and access to modern analytical and sensory laboratories, to characterise foods in terms of nutritional, compositional, microbial and sensory profiles.
Teagasc chair Liam Herlihy said: “The National Prepared Consumer Foods Centre is well established as a centre of excellence, helping companies across the country to pilot collaborative, industry-led innovation, access cutting-edge food research and develop scalable, market-ready solutions.”
Minister Grealish added: “The work done by the National Prepared Consumer Foods Centre also supports food businesses to reformulate their products in line with the ambition of the Government’s Roadmap for Food Reformulation.”
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The National Prepared Consumer Food Centre strategy for 2025-2030 has been launched.
On Wednesday at Teagasc Ashtown, Minister of State Noel Grealish officially launched the strategy for the centre, which aims to enhance the competitiveness of Ireland’s prepared consumer foods sector through technical support and research.
The new strategy will focus on six objectives: enhancing the PCF sector through technical support; facilitating equipment and technology; providing knowledge and support; providing access to state-of-the-art facilities; driving excellence through research; and building relationships with key stakeholders including government, EU and International agencies.
Minister Grealish said that the centre is a dedicated innovation hub, designed specifically to meet the needs of this sector.
“This initiative is fully aligned with Food Vision 2030 Ireland’s 10-year strategy for the agri food sector and also our national development plan, Project Ireland 2040,” he said.
Strategy
Since opening in 2018 the centre has completed over 520 projects, with over 350 food companies providing technical support, training and access to services.
It can provide pilot scale processing equipment and access to modern analytical and sensory laboratories, to characterise foods in terms of nutritional, compositional, microbial and sensory profiles.
Teagasc chair Liam Herlihy said: “The National Prepared Consumer Foods Centre is well established as a centre of excellence, helping companies across the country to pilot collaborative, industry-led innovation, access cutting-edge food research and develop scalable, market-ready solutions.”
Minister Grealish added: “The work done by the National Prepared Consumer Foods Centre also supports food businesses to reformulate their products in line with the ambition of the Government’s Roadmap for Food Reformulation.”
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