• Organisational form:  Ltd.,  organisation
• Focus on: food
• Major activities: sensory and consumer research, commercial contracts, consulting, training in sensory evaluation

MATÍS is an Icelandic food research company which was founded in late 2006 following the merger of three, former public food research institutes:

• The Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories (IFL), which was an independent food research institute, operating under the auspices of the Ministry of Fisheries
• Matra which was a joint venture of IceTec and the Agricultural Research Institute 
• the research division of the Environment and Food Agency, which  operates under the direction of the Ministry for the Environment.

MATÍS also operates  Prokaria,  a private biotechnology company established in 1998 and based in Reykjavik,  and Iceprotein, a protein production company based in Saudarkrokur in the northern part of Iceland. 

Contact:
Emilía Martinsdóttir
Project Manager Product Development and Consumers
Matvælarannsóknir Íslands / Food research, Innovation and safety
Skúlagötu 4,
101 Reykjavík
Sími / Phone: +354 422 5000/+354 422 5032
GSM / Mobile: +354 858 5032 
Fax: +354 422 5001
 emilia.martinsdottir@matis.is

Please check our web-site for further information:
  www.matis.is