The Prairie Research Kitchen (PRK) at Red River College Polytechnic, brings together a unique blend of food science and culinary arts to find creative solutions to support Western Canadian food processors and food service providers through research and development, technical services, and training. Working with the PRK gives clients access to valuable in-house resources and the expertise of culinary instructors and researchers as well as students.
11th floor 504 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0T1
Services offered in: English
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Equipment | Function |
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Demonstration kitchen with chef table sit-up bar | |
Sonifier | Ultrasonic homogenizer for emulsions |
Food Service cooking equipment | Deep fryer, gas range stove, oven, walk-in cooler, walk-in freezer, scales, steam kettles, flat top, grill, commercial mixers, ice machine, proofing cabinet, immersion blender, meat grinder |
Household cooking equpiment | Refrigerator, induction burners, scales, toasters, instant pots, food processors, air fryers, waffle maker, spice grinder, food processors, |
Stone flour mill | Grind grains into flour |
Rational Self cooking centre | Automatically cook various foods, including meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, and desserts |
Camber vacuum sealer | Witn modified atmosphere |
R&D lab | |
Blast freezer | Freeze foods at a speed that avoids damaging food molecules |
Smoking equipment | Preserve and enhance flavour on meats, fish, and poultry |
Programmable curing chambers | Charcuterie and fermentation projects |
Nut butter mill | Grinds nuts into smooth creamy butter |
Bread volume meter | Measures volume for baked goods |
Vacuum tumbler marinator | Tenderizes, marinates, mix, or coats meat and fish |
Pizza dough press | Manual unit for efficient and consistent dough pressing with heated upper platen |
Commercial dehydratior | Dehydrates plants, spices, herbs with a temperature range from ambient to 90°C |
Pasta extruder | Develop new fresh and dried pasta and noodle products. |
Life Sciences equipment | |
Fermentation equipment | Fermentation |
Electrophoresis chamber | Separates and analyzes protein and DNA based physical properties |
Pilot plant for sauces, salsas, and soups | |
Steam kettles, hear pump, screw pump, piston filler | Upscale and package sauces, salsas, soups, etc |
Life Sciences equipment | |
HPLC | HPLC with Refractive Index Detector & HPLC with Ultraviolet-Visible Detector |
Spectrophotometer UV-1600PC and FT-IR / NIR Spectrometer | Conducts and quantities pigment analysis, assesses beverage clarity, enzyme activity assays, and contaminants in food |
Gas Chromatograph with Headspace Sampler and Gas Chromatograph with Mass Spec Detector (GC-MS) | Conducts a more comprehensive flavour and aroma profiling, trace contaminant detection; analyze bioactives |
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) | Conducts mineral content analysis and heavy metal testing |
Inductively Coupled Plasma-optical emission spectroscopy | Conducts trace mineral analysis and heavy metal detection in different samples including food ingredients |
Differencial Scanning (DSC) Calorimeter | Monitors protein denaturation, gelling transition processes, physical state of water in food, polymorphic forms of fats, and others |
Freeze dryer | Removes moisture from materials by freezing them and then subjecting them to a vacuum, which causes the ice to sublimate directly into vapor without melting |
Microwave digestion | It dissolves solid samples into a solution for analysis |
Food quality laboratory | |
Centrifuge | Separate substances based on density, size, or shape |
Rotary evaporator | Remove solvents efficiently via the process of evaporation |
Equipment for microbial analysis | Incubator, micripipetes, autoclave, hot plates, vortex, water distiller |
Electrical sieve | Particle size determination |
Viscometer | Measures fluid flow and viscosity of liquids |
Colour meter | L*, a*, b* colour reader |
Moisture & Aw analyzers | Measures moisture content and water activity |
pH meters | Measures hydrogen ion activity in solutions and solids |
Microscope | |
Texture analyzer | Performs texture profile analysis |
Food styling lab | |
Backdrops, lights, video, and photography editing software | Professional photo lab for food and beverage products |
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