Campden has maintained its position as the world’s leading food research organisation by recently winning a major contract to analyse olive oil imported into the UK.
The Chipping Campden-based research, analysis and consultancy for the food and drink industry won the Best Place to Work category in the Gloucester Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo’s Business Awards last year.
Now the 2014 Business Awards, which again have accountants Randall & Payne as title sponsors, will once more highlight the county’s leading companies.
New olive oil regulations have come into force in the UK to ensure olive oil is marketed correctly and to provide a deterrent against fraud.
The analysis work being carried out at Campden BRI’s state-of-the-art laboratories in the county will ensure olive oil producers are adhering to the new regulations.
Campden BRI is analysing the chemical composition of the different lipid components of the oil to determine what grade of olive oil it is – for example, extra virgin or virgin olive oil.
Dr Julian South, head of chemistry and biochemistry at Campden BRI, said: “Our analysis work will help to protect and reassure consumers that when they buy a bottle of olive oil it contains what it says on the label.”
Under the contract with the Rural Payments Agency, Campden BRI is responsible for all the testing of extra virgin olive oil, virgin olive oil, olive oil composed of refined olive oils and virgin olive oils, and olive pomace oil imported into the UK.
Campden BRI, a membership organisation employing almost 400 staff, has invested more than £3million in the business over the last two years to maintain its position as a trusted and respected centre providing technical excellence to the food and drink industry.
With its headquarters in Chipping Campden it also has sites in Nutfield, Surrey and Budapest.
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Campden has maintained its position as the world’s leading food research organisation by recently winning a major contract to analyse olive oil imported into the UK.
The Chipping Campden-based research, analysis and consultancy for the food and drink industry won the Best Place...