Food matters live 2015 will take place at ExCeL, London between 17th – 19th November 2015.
‘Food Matters Live is the UK’s first cross-sector event bringing together professionals from across the food and drink industry, nutrition and health to address one of the most important challenges of our time: the relationship between food, health, nutrition and their connections with the environment, population health and wellbeing.’
Main topics of discussion:
Innovations in nutrition for health and wellbeing
Sugar, salt and fat: strategies to reduce consumption
Free-from, allergy and intolerance
Improving nutrition in the community
Sustainable food business
Future nutrition: advances in science and technology
Packaging: sustainable and healthier by design
Marketing matters: strategies for healthy brands
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To find out more about the conference and to register your interest please visit their website: http://www.foodmatterslive.com/
The front cover of issue 9 features artwork by Hongxin Wang from Jiangnan University. With his colleagues Wang investigates the components of a new resource food in China, peony seed oil (PSO) by GC-MS (gas chromatography–mass spectrometry), its inhibitory effects on carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes in vitro and its anti-diabetic effects on mice induced by streptozotocin (STZ).