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
Timeline of Food composition research at Quadram Institute Bioscience
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
New: Food Waste Compositional Database
New Food Waste Compositional Database. FoodWasteEXplorer is an online, searchable database of food waste compositional data. It allows users to search for nutrients, bioactives, toxicants and other waste related data in specific side streams FoodWasteEXplorer has been developed during the
Personalised Nutrition Symposium
Personalised Nutrition Symposium Are you interested in exploring issues around delivering scientifically valid personalised nutritional advice? Why not join us at the Quisper Personalised Nutrition Symposium, Brussels, 19th June. At the event, Maria Traka will be presenting on NCD and
Food Databanks in Amman Jordan
Food Databanks in Amman Jordan for Workshop with World Health Organization Food Databanks National Capability, in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO), are leading a workshop this week in Amman, Jordan on the standardisation and update of food composition tables. This is the final
Food Chemistry Conference, September 2019
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: