NIZO in short

                                               Together to the next level

NIZO food research is one of the most advanced, independent contract research companies in the world. Our 200 employees successfully assists food and ingredient companies to be more profitable by developing and applying competitive technologies to support your: 

* innovation (flavour, texture, health), 
* cost reduction (process efficiency, ingredient replacement, test productions), and
* responsible entrepreneurship (food safety & quality, sustainable processing, evidence based health claims). 

Working with NIZO provides access to the latest food science and technology, and easily mobilised expertise on a project basis.
NIZO thus serves the international dairy, food & beverage, ingredients and biotech industries with confidential and well scoped projects.

Innovation is teamwork: only when people work together, share results, and continuously look for the earliest opportunity to apply results, progress can be made. Since 1948 our experts have worked in joint teams with industry to co-create new products and process technologies.
In addition to R&D projects, our food-grade Pilot Plant – one of the world’s largest – is available for test productions. You can use our industrial kitchen facilities for product oriented research or to develop new food concepts with the assistance of scientists or a chef: it’s your choice!

HQ is based in Food Valley, The Netherlands with offices in the USA, France, UK, and Japan.

 NIZO is ISO 9001:2008 certified

                     NIZO premises