Welcome to iBPL: Ingredient, Biomaterial & Plasma Processing Lab

The iBPL is a cross-disciplinary research lab in the Department of Food Science at the University of Arkansas. The lab is well-equipped with various processing methods (e.g., Ultrasound, Cold Plasma, Ultrafiltration, Fermentation) and analytical facilities.
Research areas include:

• Use engineering principles to process novel and sustainable food ingredients and packaging materials
• Processing agro-processing by-products and post-processing modifications of biomaterials
• Develop novel ingredients for clean-label and shelf-stable alternative dairy and meat product
• Design of circular and resilient agri-food systems through waste-to-resource valorization.