Jenny and Paul from Food Databanks National Capability, working with a team from CREA (Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, IT) have published their recent work on the expansion of the eBASIS database to include a new group of bioactive compounds present in foods. eBASIS, (Bioactive Substances
Food Matters online live event
Maria Traka, Deputy Head of FDNC was invited to a webinar on Personalised Nutrition and Gut Microbiome on the 14th October 2020, along with Dr Sarah Berry, senior Lecturer, Kings College London (top right), Dr Wilbert Sybesma, Innovation Manager in Gut Health, DSM (top left). The
Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling Consultation
Quadram Institute and Food Databanks National Capability Response to Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling Consultation The Government recently held an open consultation regarding “Front-of-pack nutrition labelling in the UK: building on success”
Recipes from around the world by FDNC team
During this World Food Day, we would like to take you on a culinary journey around the world by sharing typical recipes from the countries where our team members come from. We will go from Central America and the Caribbean, all the way to Europe and then finally, we will finish in China. First
World food day: Celebrating our International Scientists Working on International Food and Health Projects
It’s World Food Day http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/home/en, and what better day to show some appreciation to our international food and health scientists in the team? We are Food Databanks National Capability (FDNC), based at The Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB) in Norwich and are
World Egg Day
The Nutritional Content of Eggs; all our eggs in one basket I have told myself a dozen times not to poach any egg puns from the internet, so from now on this blog will be pun free* (*Disclaimer: This will be eggstremely hard) Who wants to know the nutrition content of eggs? Perhaps
Food Databanks welcomes a new team member
We are pleased to introduce Liangzi who joined us on the 1st October 2020 for 12 months maternity cover. Liangzi has a background in dietetics, food science and nutrition. Her PhD project focused on improving the cost-efficiency of the dietary assessment method used in National Food Consumption
PERSFO
PERSFO Project Meeting, 21st September 2020 Members of the FDNC team recently took part in the latest online project meeting for PERSFO. It was the third virtual project meeting we have held since our initial kick-off meeting in Brussels in January this year. PERSFO (Personalised and Connected