Paul Kroon and Paul Finglas from the Institute of Food Research are leading a new collaborative project called BACCHUS, funded by the European Commission, that will help small businesses develop robust scientific evidence to back up health claims for new, innovative food and drink products that will help improve cardiovascular health. In past years, we have [...]
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National Scientific Treasures in Norwich
In May, as part of a £250 Million strategic investment in UK bioscience, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council announced funding for 14 key national capabilities, three of which are located at the Institute of Food Research. Two of these are databases collating information on food composition (Food Databanks) and predictive microbiology (ComBase), and the other [...]
Independent researchers find nutritional improvements in eggs
British eggs contain double the selenium of 30 years ago, according to a new study led by the Institute of Food Research’s Food Databanks National Capability. They also contain 75% more vitamin D, 20% less fat and more than 10% less cholesterol compared with data from previous surveys. “Eggs are a valuable component of a [...]
EU project to harmonise total diet studies for risk assessment and health monitoring
IFR is contributing to a new EU project, TDS-Exposure, that is aiming to improve and standardise the monitoring of our exposure to contaminants and other food components in our diet. These will be based on Total Diet Studies, which assess the contamination of food in the diet as a whole, rather than of raw ingredients, and [...]
Plant Food Supplement science and regulation meet up in Brussels
Regulators from 19 European countries, plus China and the US, recently met with partners from an EU project which is aiming to foster the safe use of plant-derived food supplements. The meeting with the project partners of PlantLIBRA (PLANT food supplements: Levels of Intake, Benefit and Risk Assessment) covered outcomes and strategies to tackle priorities in [...]
IFR to host international food composition and sustainable diets conference
The Institute of Food Research is hosting a three day international conference, from 14th-16th September, on food composition and sustainability diets, bringing together 170 experts from 50 different countries to exchange ideas and opinions on the latest developments in the field. The aim of this will be to extend a scientific definition of what a [...]
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Mining the botulinum genome
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Benchtop NMR breakthrough
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The First UK-Ireland Food Business Innovation Summit
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Contact killing of Salmonella Typhimurium by human faecal bacteria
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IFR scientists use the force to decode secrets of our gut
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IFR scientists use the force to decode secrets of our gut
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Contact killing of Salmonella Typhimurium by human faecal bacteria
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Commercial future for Model Gut
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Poultry probiotic cuts its coat to beat bad bacteria
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Reliably higher levels of healthy compound in Beneforté broccoli
- GHFS scientists discover that probiotic bacteria in poultry have the ability to alter their coat | Gut Health and Food Safety Blog: [...] Now, in research published in the journal PL...
- Le contact mortel de Salmonella avec des bactéries fécales humaines - Le Blog d'Albert Amgar - Un article de Le Blog d'Albert Amgar: [...] « Le contact mortel de Salmonella...
- N4SA.com | Contact killing of Salmonella by human fecal bacteria: [...] above story is reprinted from materials prov...
- New technique to help ‘read’ information in the gut | NEWWorthy – our blog "The New": [...] the category of old can be NEWWorthy - Ato...
- Super broc performs to expectations in field trials | QFOOD: [...] Read the press release on the Institute of F...
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