The Seafood Laboratory facilities, located in Morehead City, NC in the CMAST building, include a food processing pilot plant, product development test kitchen, and analytical laboratory. The facilities are available for research and testing on a fee-for-service basis. Below is a listing of some equipment housed in the facilities.
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
Microcentrifuge, large benchtop centrifuge, incubator/refrigerator, stomacher laboratory blender, water activity meter, colorimeter, water bath, texture analyzer, N/protein analyzer, ultrasonic cleaner, thermal cycler, gel electrophoresis systems, spectrophotometer, forced air oven, muffle furnace, biosafety cabinet, vacuum pump, orbital shaker/incubator, manual defrost freezer, heat block, hotplate stirrers, pH meter, analytical balance, top loading balance, and homogenizer.
PILOT PLANT EQUIPMENT
Vacuum packaging machine, spray dryer, electric kettle, decanter centrifuge, clarifier centrifuge, ORP meter, dry grinder mill, meat grinder, manual sausage stuffer, manual meat mixer, water bath shaker, variable speed mixer, large desiccator, peristaltic pumps, top loading balances, microwave, dehydrator, freeze dryer, chlorine colorimeter, conductivity/total dissolved solids meter, batter and breading machine, meat bone separator, rice cooker, immersion blender, sous vide machine, electric fryer, water ionizer, and pellet mill.
