RESEARCH GROUP
Food Science and Technology (CICTA)
Science Faculty
.
.
Minciencias Classification : A
For over 30 years, the Food Science and Technology Research Group CICTA has been a team of professionals who have provided support to companies in the sector for the development and analysis of food quality.
From the Food Laboratory, which is accredited by the Colombian National Accreditation Agency, it is carried out the analyses of a wide variety of foods and those required for the preparation of the nutritional table according to Resolution 333 of 2011 of the Ministry of Social Protection.
We are
classified as A
by Miniciencias
OUR
Research lines
EXTENSION
Services
- Assistance to the food industry in the development and promotion of foods with nutritional and health benefits, particularly in:
- Nutritional study of ingredients to add to foods with nutritional and health properties
- Design of the nutritional composition of foods with nutritional and health properties according to current legal standards.
- Drafting of the scientific-technical text for the promotion of foods with nutritional and health properties according to current standards and legislation.
- Design and implementation of educational and communication interventions in the promotion of food with nutritional and health properties.
- Recruitment, selection, and training of sensory evaluators with performance skills in discriminatory and descriptive food tests.
- Design and application of sensory tests to evaluate food.
Our
researchers team
academic
Production
-
Alternatives for the use of co-products obtained during the benefit of cocoa
Seminar Research | 2017 | Development and innovation of special cocoa under agroforestry systems
-
Study for the elaboration of flat polyethylene membranes by the TIPS method using palm oil as solvent
Presentation| 2015 | XXVII Inter-American and Colombian Congress of Chemical Engineering
-
Cocoa Husk as Source of Natural Phenolic Antioxidants: Comparison of Polyphenols and Antioxidant Activiy in Theobroma Cacao Beans and Husk
Presentation| 2014 | II International Congress of Research and Innovation in Food Engineering, Science and Technology
AGREEMENTS
and allies
The UIS has established different agreements with national and international entities in order to have a greater impact on their training, teaching, research and related processes in the articulation of the public university with the different social actors.
Do you want more information?
Contact Us
Food Science and Technology Research Group (CICTA)
Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3545
Email:
cicta@uis.edu.co
Guatiguará UIS Campus
Parque Tecnológico Guatiguará, Km 2 Vía El Refugio.
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Do you want more information?
Contact Us
Food Science and Technology Research Group (CICTA)
Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3545.
Email:
cicta@uis.edu.co
Guatiguará UIS Campus
Parque Tecnológico Guatiguará, Km 2 Vía El Refugio.
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Do you want more information?
Contact Us
Food Science and Technology Research Group (CICTA)
Phone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3545
Email:
cicta@uis.edu.co
Guatiguará UIS Campus
Parque Tecnológico Guatiguará, Km 2 Vía El Refugio.
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Office hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.