Food Chemistry Conference, September 2019 Paul Finglas is Conference Co-chair and invited speaker at 2nd Food Chemistry Conference, “Shaping the Future of Food Quality, Safety, Nutrition and Health, in Seville, 17-19th September. He will be talking on “Food data in food nutrition and
New searchable UK composition of foods website available
New searchable UK composition of foods website available Food Databanks, in collaboration with Public Health England, has launched a new UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID) searchable website (https://quadram.ac.uk/UKfoodcomposition). “I’m delighted that the dataset is now
IFST Spring Conference, 4 April 2019 – Birmingham, UK
IFST Spring Conference, 4 April 2019 - Birmingham, UK Dr Maria Traka will be speaking on 'Personalised nutrition and gut microbiome: opportunities and challenges' at the IFST Spring Conference on the 4th April 2019 in Birmingham, UK. More information about the event can be found here:
Global Fruit and Veg Newsletter
Global Fruit and Veg Newsletter Maria Traka is guest editor for Aprifel.com Global Fruit and Veg Newsletter this month, introducing us to 3 articles on cruciferous vegetables intake and health benefits https://goo.gl/T3XkxX
Nutritools Paper
Nutritools Paper Food Databanks staff have co-authored a paper creating guidance for researchers to compare and choose the right dietary assessment tool for their research question. A systematic review of reviews identifying UK validated dietary assessment tools for inclusion on an interactive
Nutrition Insight interview with Paul Finglas
Nutrition Insight interview with Paul Finglas Paul Finglas, head of Food Databanks QIB, was recently interviewed by Nutrition Insight to discuss the further funding awarded to FDNC from EIT Food, for our work in the QUISPER Project. Quisper is developing and testing a digital platform for
FDNC helping food composition scientists in the Eastern Mediterranean region
FDNC helping food composition scientists in the Eastern Mediterranean region FDNC are currently working on a project funded by the Medical Research Council, Global Challenges Research Fund, called ‘Capacity building in dietary monitoring and public health nutrition in the Eastern Mediterranean
Producing new data on the nutritional composition of pork
Producing new data on the nutritional composition of pork Have you seen the new campaigns promoting fresh pork? Within the adverts the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) are marketing pork medallions as “just as healthy as chicken breasts”. But are they? That’s where we come