Pilot Plant facilities

A wide range of modern food processing facilities and equipment are available to food businesses at both Teagasc Ashtown and Teagasc Moorepark. An ultra modern pilot plant, Moorepark Technology Ltd., containing the most up-to-date and versatile pilot scale processing equipment exists on the Moorepark campus. MTL has a wide range of capabilities in general food and food ingredient development and is arranged in a modular structure of self-contained processing areas which guarantees single client access and total confidentiality.

At Teagasc Ashtown a pilot production scale facility is available which includes incubation units and a range of processing and test equipment. These include an abattoir, cooked meats plant, bakery, prepared foods plant, product development