Safe food

Research and development represent an integral part of TINE’s total investments. Well-qualified employees and specialists in different disciplines work on product development, research, advisory services for dairies, technology & environment, packaging, quality assurance, nutrition and safe food.

The R&D Centre has three main areas of focus: product development, safe and efficient production and research.

Developing and launching of new products is an important element along with assuring the quality of existing products. Product development calls for challenging teamwork, involving the customer, the R&D Centre, TINE’s Marketing Centre and our production plants. Behind a new product lie hours of painstaking work: supplier assessments, production instructions with specifications of raw materials and packaging, complete product specifications and thorough testing – both internal and external. A comprehensive system of quality control ensures that TINE delivers products of stable and desired quality.

One of TINE’s prime goals is the production of safe food. There are governmental requirements for hygiene and product safety, and regulations are constantly being developed and harmonised internationally.

All production is subject to strict controls: international procedures, international All production is subject to strict controls: international producers, international standards and public legislation ensure that the consumers are supplied with products of very high quality. Our export dairies are certified according to the NS-EN ISO 9000 standard and HACCP has been implemented at all dairies.

Pilot plants, which have been in existence for almost 30 years, are used in the development of new products for the retail, catering, industrial and international markets. At the same time TINE is working continuously on further development and modernisation of existing products.

In addition to our own expertise, a large and important network has been built involving external research environments. TINE is Norway’s largest food company and has a solid position in the market, which means that external research institutions and other industries regard the Group as an attractive partner.