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6th December 2021

Mincemeat or Mince ‘no’ meat. A Christmas Blog

Mincemeat or Mince ‘no’ meat. A Christmas Blog It’s that time of the year again! Last year, we embarked on a journey to calculate the nutrient content of your Christmas dinner. Well, hopefully, that extra roast was well accounted for, even if you swiped it on the sly. Here is the link to last

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1st December 2021

Food Databanks Welcomes New Staff

Food Databanks Welcomes New Staff We are pleased to introduce 3 new people to our team Federico Bernuzzi, Research Scientist Federico has a degree in Biochemistry and an MSc in Biostatistics, and recently completed his PhD in the Traka group at the Quadram Institute, using omics

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8th November 2021

Plants as vegan iron sources

Blog: Plants as vegan iron sources: Plants as vegan iron sources - Quadram Institute In this new blog written by Jenny Plumb we look at which plants make the best vegan iron sources, and the factors that affect how much of this iron we absorb into the body. Jenny covers the EIT Food

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26th October 2021

Norwich Science Festival

Branflakes, Cornflakes, Mini Wheats, Oats! Nutrients in Your Breakfast Cereals Norwich Science Festival is well underway, and Wednesday 27th October is Norwich Research Park Day at Norwich Forum. Food Databanks will be there with our activity: a selection of cereals, kitchen scales and our new

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26th October 2021

Internet of Food Things Network

Internet of Food Things Network Workshop Monday 1st November (online event) Maria from the team will be talking at this great workshop which will address the interplay of data-driven science and innovation in the food system, food safety and food-related health - do join the

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30th September 2021

New allergen legislation – Natasha’s Law comes to effect on October 1st, 2021

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

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16th September 2021

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

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29th July 2021

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

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Ciara Carthy
PA & National Capability Support
Tel: +44 (0)1603 251431
fdnc@quadram.ac.uk

Quadram Institute Bioscience
Norwich Research Park, Norwich
NR4 7UQ UK

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