Food Chemistry Group
The Laboratory of Food Chemistry, led by chairholder Jean-Paul Vincken, is engaged in research and education about food chemistry. Our mission is to leverage analytical and chemical expertise, to establish structure-function & structure-reactivity relationships of food molecules and predictive models, for the improvement of food products and processes.
Research Themes
At Food Chemistry we focus on generating knowledge on a diverse set of research themes. The goal is to understand and to improve the properties of key food components. We have the following research themes:
- Food proteins
- Phytochemicals
- Plant Antimicrobials
- Food carbohydrates & lignin
- Food lipids
- Flavor chemistry
Education
Education by this Chair Group
We care about education. Therefore, we constantly adapt and improve our education to the changing needs of our students and to the possibilities that science and (new) media gives us.
Publications & Projects
The Laboratory of Food Chemistry, led by chairholder Jean-Paul Vincken, is engaged in research and education about food chemistry. Our mission is to leverage analytical and chemical expertise, to establish structure-function & structure-reactivity relationships of food molecules and predictive models, for the improvement of food products and processes.
Highlighted publications
- Polysaccharide lyase family 3 subfamily 2 is specific for highly methyl-esterified homogalacturonan characterized for two Aspergillus nidulans lyases
- Characterization of the reactions of β-lactoglobulin and potato proteins with chlorogenic acid using a UHPLC-ESI-MS approach
- Impact of phosphatidylcholine and galactolipids on the oxidative stability of commercial microalgal oil containing tocopherols
Chairholder
Jean-Paul Vincken has been chair of Food Chemistry since 2019. He investigates the chemical reactions that make food, like apples, turn brown. Vincken also focuses on innovating education: ‘We make use of digital teaching aids for active learning and we stimulate students to come up with their own plan to investigate a research question. Practicals where you simply follow a standard protocol are a thing of the past.’
People of Food Chemistry
Each chair group of Wageningen University & Research, under leadership of a professor, has its own area of expertise. Meet the people of Food Chemistry.