It is estimated that almost 1 in 5 people in the UK suffer from an allergy. From 1 October 2021, Natasha’s Law is coming into effect in Wales, England, and Northern Ireland, which requires prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) food to provide potentially life-saving allergen information on the
FDNC comment on new “Action on Fibre” initiative
Food Databanks National Capability (FDNC), based at the Quadram Institute, welcome the new initiative “Action on Fibre” with the pledge from some food producers to include information on fibre content on packaging. Action on Fibre, being led by The Food and Drink Federation, aims to help bridge the
Protein Calculation Workshop
Methods to calculate protein content of foods have been discussed for many years, with nitrogen conversion factors (NCF) acknowledged to be estimates that may lead to 15-20% error in estimation of protein content. This has led to more accurate NCFs, based on newer data and analytical methods, being
The Smarter Food Company launches investor search
The Smarter Food Company, a spin out company from QIB, is on a mission to help prevent Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). It's developing food products incorporating a unique type of broccoli that could help lower high blood sugar, a key risk for the development of T2D. It's about to launch an investment
The Quadram Institute joins ELIXIR-UK
We are very pleased to announce that the Quadram Institute (QIB) has become the most recent organisation to join ELIXIR-UK, bringing the total number of member organisations to 20. You can view the full list of member organisations here. Maria Traka has joined ELIXIR-UK as the
Wimbledon
Q: What can you serve but not eat? A: A tennis ball. Give me a break, I am having some trouble with my server, so I have made a food and nutrition related blog using words I can make out of the letters in WIMBLEDON. Fifteen of them. “How many?” “Fifteen: love” BOILED; there will be
PERSFO Project in Future Learn Blog
Being more conscious and aware of the food we eat and how it is produced, can benefit not only our health but also the environment. Read more about this fascinating and relevant topic and how our own PERSFO project is playing a role in the personalised nutrition field, in the following blog
Rising to the challenge: managing clinical trials during a pandemic
Kathryn Murray, our Human Studies Research Scientist shared her experience of managing the DIME Study, during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Delivering a clinical study at a time when we were all asked to stay at home initially seemed impossible, but dogged determination and a collaborative effort from