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Paul Finglas, Group Leader from Food Databanks National Capability met with Tim Harford from BCC More or Less to discuss the nutrient levels in tomatoes. Find out more about the radio broadcast by listening on the BBC sounds website

Food Databanks Celebrating World Wholegrain day with a blog! 19th November is International World Whole Grain day, a better source of multiple nutrients and dietary fibre, than Refined Grain Day (30th February, I think). Seems like a good day to bundle together a few facts about whole grains,

Recruiting a Research Scientist! We are currently recruiting for a Research Scientist to lead a Human Dietary Intervention Study. The post holder will be expected to undertake all aspects relating to a human dietary intervention study, designed to test the effects of a bioactive-rich diet on the

The Forum, Norwich on 18th - 26th October 2019 Public engagement of our science is very important, which is why we love to spend time communicating the many uses of our Food Composition data, via lectures and games. This week Hannah and Jenny represented Food Databanks at the Norwich

The NuGO Conference 9-12 September 2019, Bern, Switzerland Maria and Daniela from Food Databanks attended their first NuGO week in Bern, Switzerland 9-12th September.  NuGO http://www.nugo.org/ is Association of Universities and Research Institutes with a focus on the joint development of

Paul Finglas and Maria Traka recently attended the Food, Nutrition and Health Research Infrastructure (FNH-RI) UK National Node workshop in London. The event, held on 11th July at the MRC Conference Centre, was organised jointly by QIB and the University of Surrey to inform participating scientists

Food Composition at Present: New Challenges Food Databanks staff have recently co-authored a Review article in the Nutrients journal as part of the special issue on the NUTRIMAD 2018 event (http://www.nutrimad2018.com/). The conference, held in Madrid from 24-27 October 2018, was a joint

Healthier living through food composition and dietary intake research The Food Databanks National Capability (FDNC) is instrumental in the compilation, interpretation and effective use of food composition data in the United Kingdom that enables the public to make informed decisions about diet and