Welcome to the Dairy Processing Technology Centre

The Dairy Processing Technology Centre (DPTC) is an industry–academic collaborative research centre, hosted by the University of Limerick, with a research agenda driven by the long-term growth opportunities for the dairy sector. The centre is funded by Enterprise Ireland and the Dairy Industry Partners.

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ABOUT DPTC

DPTC has been established as a centre of excellence for dairy processing research and innovation. The Centre will help to fuel growth in the Irish dairy sector by performing research focused on cost-efficient processing, facilitating a step-change in environmental sustainability and creating, validating and commercializing a pipeline of science and technology-based manufacturing platforms for dairy ingredients. The foundation of the DPTC is a strong, long-term industry–academic collaborative partnership that will develop, build and translate the knowledge and capabilities in dairy processing that are needed today and for the long-term growth development of the sector.
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NEWS & EVENTS

DPTC Alumni Publication in Foods Journal

Congratulations to Puneet Parmar – a DPTC Alumni based in Teagasc – who’s paper entitled “The effect of Compositional Changes due to Seasonal variation on Milk Density and the Determination of Season- Based Density Conversion factors for use in the Dairy industry” has been published in Foods Journal (impact factor 4.092), resulting from his DPTC […]

Success by DPTC on EI Capital Equipment Call

Diarmuid Sheehan (Teagasc) and team were successful in their bid for ~€248k in funding for a Cheese Functionality Suite. The suite is an integrated combination of key equipment which will facilitate the Irish cheese industry to evaluate, characterise and  demonstrate to international customers the functional characteristics of Irish cheeses produced for export markets where specific […]

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