| Year of foundation: | 2003 |
| Original name: | FOOD Graduate School |
| Original partners: | The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL) |
| The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) | |
| The Danish Institute of Agricultural Science (DJF) | |
| Danish Institute for Fisheries Research (DFU) | |
| Danish Institute of Food and Veterinary Research (DVFV) | |
| Technological Institute (TI) | |
| Major food and food ingredient industries | |
| Partners after the university reform 2007: | University of Copenhagen |
| Technical University of Denmark | |
| Aarhus University | |
| First expansion: | University of Southern Denmark joined LMC and FOOD in 2008 |
| Change of name: | The original FOOD Graduate School changed into a research school soon after the university reform at the same time as local graduate schools (in Danish: Ph.d.-skoler) were established at the universities. Also, the name was changed to FOOD Denmark Research School. |
| Second expansion: | Aalborg University joined LMC and FOOD in 2009 |
| Heads: | Susanne Knöchel, 2003-2004 |
| Leif Skibsted, 2004-2010 | |
| Charlotte Jacobsen, 2010- | |






