The Unit provides independent expertise for Industry collaboration.

Examples of Collaborations:

Pharmaceutical - new therapeutics for treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy: complete diet balance studies

Food - novel butter fat and cardiovascular risk

Food components - dairy lipids & proteins and cholesterol lowering

Food ingredients - barley ß-glucan Glucagel and cholesterol lowering; barley ß-glucan Cerogen and glucose control

Neutraceuticals - marine polysaccharide Chitosan and weight loss; Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (fish oils) and stroke

The Human Nutrition Unit is also a member of the LactoPharma consortium, a NZ-wide collaborative program supported by the NZ Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST) and the NZ dairy company Fonterra Co-Operative group Ltd.

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