Paul Finglas and Mark Roe participated in the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workshop “Training Workshop on Standardization of Food Composition Tables Reflecting Sugar, TFA, SFA and salt contents in the EMR” in Amman, Jordan on the 19 & 20 April 2017.
New nutrient data available for nutritionists, dietitians, researchers, apps and labelling
New nutrient composition data for fresh and processed fruits and vegetables has just been published by Public Health England. The data was produced by members of our team at QIB and includes new values for 62 different foods covering up to 60 nutrients, some with full fatty acid data. These foods
The Natural Food Show: The home of organic, natural & speciality food
19th & 20th April 2014, London ExCel Paul Finglas and Jenny Plumb from FDNC together with IFR’s Food and Health Network (http://www.foodandhealthnetwork.com/) had a joint stand. We showcased the work of the team, highlighting our areas of work covering composition of foods, food labelling,
Food Databanks at the Big Bang Fair
FDNC staff have been active in producing games and activities for the IFR stand “What's in our Food?” at The Big Bang Fair. The Fair, held at Birmingham NEC is UK’s biggest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths for young people. We were there, discussing what makes a
CoFID is now available online
We are pleased to inform you that the McCance and Widdowson’s Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID) is now available online. The CoFID lists analytical nutrient data for 2,898 foods and is available as two parts: New and recently reviewed data (McCance and Widdowson’s composition of
Visit from Dr Bob Allkin Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK.
In February FDNC hosted a visit by Dr Bob Allkin and his team from Medicinal Plant Name Services (MPNS) , Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. We are looking into how we can combine the expertise of Kew within the eBASIS and ePlantLIBRA databases, ensuring we communicate about plants effectively and
Food Matters Live
Food Matters Live 18th - 20th November, ExCel, London FDNC were at Food Matters Live highlighting our work on the composition of foods and our new nutrition information (labelling) service.
Goodbye Dawn
On the 21st November we said goodbye to Dawn Wright our wonderful hardworking project manager, she will be greatly missed by us all. Dawn joined IFR in January 1995, where she helped collate an EU funded project final report; this was her introduction to EU reporting rules and regulations. Via a