Food Engineering Laboratory

Food Engineering Laboratory facilitates the students with experimental and research work on food biochemistry, and food process engineering. The laboratory is equipped with a spray dryer, retort sterilizer, freeze dryer, fruit juice extractor, dough mixer, and other ancillary units required in food processing.

Contact:

Lab in charge:             Prof. (Mrs.) S.H.P. Gunawardana

Technical officers:      Ms. W.K.I. Gayani 

Lab Attendant:            Mr. M.P.A.J. Kumara 

Equipment list:

  • Fruit juice extractor
  • Heating mantle
  • Juicer
  • Microwave oven, pressure cooker, rice cooker, blender, polythene sealer, Refrigerator
  • Spray dryer
  • Constant heating sealer
  • Viscosity cup

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