History

Creme Software Ltd. was founded in 2005 as a result of research carried out in the Trinity Centre for High Performance Computing (TCHPC) in collaboration with the Institute of European Food Studies over a period of more than five years.

TCHPC is Ireland's premier High Performance Computing Centre with the largest Supercomputing and Visualisation facilities in Ireland. TCHPC lies at the heart of Trinity College Dublin's computational science department. The Centre currently employs eleven experienced researchers and technical staff in the areas of Numerical Modelling, Risk Analysis, Molecular Dynamics, High Performance Computing, Visualisation, Systems Administration and Linux Training.

The following is an overview of Creme's developments and achievements:

October 2006

Creme is chosen as a Regional Finalist in InterTradeIreland All-Island Seedcorn Competition
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February 2006

Creme launches version 2.0 of its flagship software. The improvements in the new version were based on feedback received from various international customers
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January 2006

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and Creme launch a research project to conduct a salt reduction study for the Irish population
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September 2005

Creme completes Colipa Report on European Consumer Exposure to Cosmetic Products.
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April 2005

Enterprise Ireland sponsors a study carried out by TCD to find out if packaging migrants in food will harm children. This study led to the foundation of Creme.
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2004 - 2007

EU sponsors NOFORISK project - to quantify risk assessment strategies for GM and novel foods. In this project TCD and the Italian Nutrition Institute, INRAN, collaborate with Creme in order to extend probabilistic exposure models for novel foods, such as

• Novel ingredients (phytosterols)
• GM potatoes (low-glycoalkaloid potatoes)
• Mutated rice (low phytic acid rice)

1999-2002

Monte Carlo Project: This project was aimed at developing, validating and applying probabilistic modelling of human exposure to food chemicals and nutrients. The project was initiated by the EU, as the member states recognized the importance of food safety exposure assessments. Seven institutions were involved in the project:

• Institute for European Food Studies, TCD, Ireland
• Trinity Centre for High Performance Computing, Ireland
• National Research Institute for Food and Nutrition, Italy
• Rikilt- Institute of Food Safety, The Netherlands
• TNO- Nutrition and Food Research, The Netherlands
• Institute of Human Nutrition, UK
• Gobierno Vasco, Spain

The project led to validated and peer-reviewed exposure models for food chemicals and nutrients (pesticides, sweeteners, micronutrients, food additives and contaminants).

Food Additives and Contaminants. Volume 20 Supplement 1 (2003). Development, validation and application of Stochastic modelling of human exposure to food chemicals and Nutrients (published by: Taylor and Francis Ltd, ISSN 0265-203X, Online ISSN: 1464-5122).

Further information: Montecarlo Project