Vitamin C content of watercress to change to 62mg/100g Recently, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and watercress growers contacted Food Databanks National Capability (FDNC) with concerns about the reported level of vitamin C in this aquatic plant. The Composition
FNSCloud virtual Consortium meeting
FDNC joined members of FNS-Cloud consortium of researchers and ICT experts at the online month 9 consortium meeting on 3rd and 4th June. FDNC is leading the combination of ICT and research efforts to establish and deploy three FNS-Cloud Demonstrators covering Agri-Food (food traceability, food
“Porky Brits now fatter than pigs”
An article in the Sunday times discussed some results from Food Databanks recent analytical survey on the nutrient content of key cuts of pork. The research showed that fat levels in UK pork have dropped, showing positive changes in pig production in the last 30 years and this reinforces the
Food Databanks welcomes another team member
We are pleased to introduce Maja our newest data scientist. Maja has a background in Food Engineering and Data Science and Analytics and this role fulfils her dream to combine the two. She has experience in food product development, research and consulting. Maja joins Food Databanks at QIB to work
Rude health, what’s in our parsnip?
Since it’s now time to plant your parsnip seeds in readiness for harvest after the first frost of next winter(!), it seems like a good opportunity to share with you a monstrous one previously grown by one of the Food Databanks team. Which got us thinking. if we were stuck on an allotment with
Food Databanks welcomes a new member
We are very happy to introduce our newest research scientist, Kathryn Murray. Kathryn has an analytical chemistry PhD and 8 years’ experience at the University of Nottingham carrying out nutrition-based human observational studies researching MRI imaging of the GI tract. Kathryn joins us at QIB to
Happy Valentines Day
Just to prove that romance is not dead on Valentine’s day in Food Databanks at The Quadram Institute Bioscience. We have delved in our database and will attempt to woo you with the nutritional composition of hearts! Apologies if this is the wrong sort of heart, here are a couple for the
Food Composition Thoughts after Veganuary
Did you manage to stick with a vegan diet this January? FDNC spent some time looking at our UK food composition data in light of recent debates that appeared in the press and on social media during Veganuary. For instance, is it possible to reach the daily requirements of some vitamins and