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SSI of INAF provide support to bio-food companies throughout their innovation journey, catering to both startups and multinational enterprises
Exemples of services provided: culinary co-creation, diagnostic analysis, validation study, opportunity study, regulatory affairs, professional input from nutrition experts, expert opinions, technology resolution, technical and economic pre-feasibility, clinical study specifications, customized training.
INAF is the largest group of researchers in Canada entirely dedicated to the study of food and its components in the context of the links between nutrition, health and the prevention of chronic diseases.
STELA is part of INAF as an entity and research centre on food processing.
Novalait was created by Quebec dairy producers and processors to invest in research.
Novalait contributes to the development of knowledge and stimulates innovation in order to promote the sustainable development of Quebec's dairy industry.
The Milk and Egg Technology Laboratory is a joint research unit (UMR) of INRA / Agrocampus Ouest.
In addition to its research activities, the UMR is heavily involved in higher education and continuing education. STLO researchers regularly collaborate with STELA researchers.
CRIBIQ is a not-for-profit organisation created in 2008 with funding from the Quebec government.
Its mission is to bring together research institutions to create value by promoting innovation and funding collaborative research projects in the fields of biobased products and bioprocesses.
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) is the only organisation representing the entire dairy value chain worldwide. It ensures that the best scientific expertise is used to support high quality milk and dairy products that are nutritious, healthy and sustainable. It is an organisation with divisions for each member country. The Canadian national committee (IDF-IDF Canada) brings together the various partners in the Canadian dairy sector.
Les producteurs de lait du Québec (PLQ) represents the 11,000 milk producers on the province's 5,050 dairy farms. Affiliated with the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), the PLQ works to defend and promote the general interests of its members.
Run by producers, for producers, Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) is the voice of Canada's dairy farmers.
The Conseil des industriels laitiers du Québec (CILQ) represents Quebec's private dairy companies: dairies, cheese dairies, manufacturers of yogurt and other dairy products made from cow's milk.