Beijing Food Research Institute (BFRI; Chinese: 北京市食品研究所) is a food science research institution in China.
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History
The institute was founded in 1963. Its success in providing both foreign and domestic investors with project consulting service has earned it high reputation. Well-known enterprises using BFRI's know-how In 1989 the know-how of Instant Enriched Soymilk Powder was transferred to Xuzhou W Food & Beverage Co. Ltd. Since 1997 BFRI has been supplying Xurisheng Group Co in Hebei Province with instant tea. In 1998 Beijing Tea Quality Supervision Station established under BFRI and Tea Leaves Beverage Quality Assaying Center of China Commerce Association were approved by the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and started to render assaying services for the first batch of appointed tea stores, such as Zhangyiyuan Tea Compary.
Research Department of BFRI
It carried out many state-level key scientific and technological projects in the 7th, 8th, and 9th Five-Year Plan periods, all of which have been put into practice in the food industry. Now it is focusing its efforts on membrane separation technology, biofermentation technique, microencapsulation technique, supercritical liquid extraction technique, extrusion technique, etc. BFRI has obtained more than 400 achievements in scientific research, one of which won State Spark Prize, nine won State Science and Technology Progress Prize and thirty-one gained state patents.Tea Leaves Beverage Quality Assaying Center of China Commerce Association Beijing Tea Quality Supervision Station. Both are institutions approved by State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. The Centre is fully equipped with advanced testing equipment.
Journal
China Food Publishing Co., Ltd.: China Food was published its first issue in 1972. It has been the China's first food magazine, welcomed by the general public. Food Science was published its first issue in 1980, In 1982 Chemical Abstract, the authoritative periodical in USA, started to carry abstracts derived from Food Science. In 1992, 1996 and 2000 it was successively chosen as one of the core periodicals for the food industry by the China State Commission of Science and Technology. Food Abstract is the sole publication of its kind in China, covering a wide range of subjects on food research, production and teaching. Its subscribers include technical personnel, policy-makers and college students.