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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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28th July 2021

The Smarter Food Company launches investor search

The Smarter Food Company, a spin out company from QIB, is on a mission to help prevent Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). It's developing food products incorporating a unique type of broccoli that could help lower high blood sugar, a key risk for the development of T2D. It's about to launch an investment

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19th July 2021

The Quadram Institute joins ELIXIR-UK

We are very pleased to announce that the Quadram Institute (QIB) has become the most recent organisation to join ELIXIR-UK, bringing the total number of member organisations to 20. You can view the full list of member organisations here. Maria Traka has joined ELIXIR-UK as the

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7th July 2021

Wimbledon

Q: What can you serve but not eat? A: A tennis ball. Give me a break, I am having some trouble with my server, so I have made a food and nutrition related blog using words I can make out of the letters in WIMBLEDON. Fifteen of them. “How many?” “Fifteen: love” BOILED; there will be

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