For safer and smarter food systems
METROFOOD.BE is the Belgian node of METROFOOD-RI, the research infrastructure that brings together high-level metrology services in food and nutrition for the enhancement of food quality and safety.
METROFOOD.BEโs mission is to provide a comprehensive and sustainable infrastructure for food quality and safety including analysis, development of innovative solutions, data management and training services.
Explore our service areas
METROFOOD.BE offers expertise, infrastructure and analytical services across key domains:
Food production & innovation
Food quality & authenticity
Food safety & risk assessment
Food contact materials & packaging
Nutrition, digestion & health
Sustainable food systems
Food data & digital tools
Guidance & Training
News & Updates
What people say about us
Learning through access
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The opportunity to be received personally at the Sciensano laboratories was extremely enriching from a learning perspective.”
PhD student
Service area:
Nanoparticles & trace elements (Open Call)
Reliable results
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The quality and reliability of the results have been of exceptionally high standard, demonstrating a level of excellence that is truly world-class .”
Policy maker
Service area:
Nanoparticles & trace elements
High quality research
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The quality of the work, and the willingness to contribute to the formation of young researchers impressed me the most.โ
University
Service area:
Food contact materials
Our METROFOOD.BE consortium
METROFOOD-RI
METROFOOD-RI โInfrastructure for promoting Metrology in Food and Nutritionโ is a new EU Research Infrastructure of global interest included in ESFRI Roadmap (Domain โHealth and Foodโ) in 2018.
Its general objective is to enhance scientific cooperation and encourage interaction between the various stakeholders, as well as the creation of a common and shared base of data, information and knowledge.
The METROFOOD-RI Consortium involves more than 50 Institutes from 12 European Countries.
