CASS Food Research Centre

CONSUMER | ANALYTICAL | SAFETY | SENSORY Making sustainable and healthier foods the preferred choice.

The Deakin University CASS Food Research Centre is dedicated to working with the Australian food industry to make sustainable and healthier foods the preferred choice of consumers.

By using state-of-the-art facilities and renowned researchers, we aim to deliver high-quality industry relevant research, offer industry focused consulting services, as well as training the next generation of food scientists.

Find out about our ARC Training Centre for Hyphenated Analytical Separation Technologies (HyTECH)

Benefits of working with CASS

Analytical and Food Safety laboratory

Boasting state of the art separation science and food safety capabilities.

Sensory and Consumer laboratory

State of the art sensory and consumer facilities, including virtual reality.

Consumer database of over 2,500 participants

Ethnically, gender and age diverse.

Highly skilled and technically diverse

CASS works collaboratively within the team, giving you direct access to a wide range of expertise, technical skills and resources that cover the span of the food industry.

Customised solutions

The CASS team will work with you to determine your project objectives, testing details and deliverables. All whilst using the best of traditional and novel methodology for the question at-hand.

Collaborative approach

CASS works collaboratively with other research groups in other disciplines across Deakin University. This gives us direct access to capabilities of world class research facilities and expertise in multiple areas.