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About this issue
Focus on Nutrition & Health
Nutrition plays an important role in the promotion and maintenance of good health throughout our life span and is, therefore, crucial for healthy ageing. Food not only affects growth and development during childhood and the maintenance of physiological processes, but also affects the risk of developing various chronic diseases, like obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dementia.
Raising awareness and interest in the health benefits of foods requires an effective communications strategy, convincing scientific evidence, and great tasting products. The Netherlands has a lot to offer in this respect. The challenging research area “Nutrition & Health” is being actively explored by Dutch academia, well-recognized institutes, and companies, often in collaborative, public/private partnerships. Some examples of the Dutch initiatives are presented in this newsletter; we hope they will lead you to explore your innovation plans and business opportunities within a Dutch context. |
About Food for Thought
Written for food industry decision makers, Food for Thought reports periodically on agro-food activities and advances within the Netherlands. Its articles, overviews and white papers provide an overall perspective on food technologies, innovations and R&D taking place here.
IFT10 Annual Meeting
+ Food Expo
July 17-20, McCormick Place, Chicago/IL
Holland Food Valley Pavilion @ IFT09
The Netherlands will participate in the IFT10 Annual Meeting + Food Expo with the Holland Food Valley Pavilion (Booth # 5050/5053-5250/5253), organized by the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency and Food Valley. The Holland Food Valley Pavilion will represent and showcase the food cluster in the Netherlands for international trade, (science & technology) cooperation and foreign direct investments.
Attendees can meet with experts from Food Valley, TNO Food & Nutrition Research, Wageningen University and Research Centre, and companies like Newtricious, NIZO food research, Innova Market Insights, FrieslandCampina Domo, OMVE Laboratory & Pilot Equipment, Vitablend and Scelta Mushrooms. In the Investors Lounge you can meet with NFIA representatives and their partners to discuss (technology) cooperation and investment opportunities in the Netherlands.
Stop by the pavilion and meet in person with some of the organizations and companies mentioned in Food for Thought, including the editorial advisory board: Food Valley (Anne Mensink, Saskia van Erkelens, Roger van Hoesel); the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (Roger Kleinenberg, Pierre van Kleef, Martijn Bouwman); the Netherlands Office for Science & Technology (Karin Louzada); and the Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (Caroline Feitel).
We would also like to welcome you at the IFT International Food Nanoscience Conference where Stefan Weigel, Ph.D, Senior Project Manager of the Dutch RIKILT Institute of Food Safety, Wageningen University & Research Centre will speak (Saturday July 17, 2010, 8:00 am-4:30 pm, Hilton Chicago), and the Food Valley seminar “Texture: Where sensory experience and analytical knowledge meet” presented by TNO, Wageningen UR, NIZO food research and Top Institute Food and Nutrition (Monday July 19, 2010, 10.30 am -12.00 pm, room S504ab).
On Monday evening, Holland Food Valley will host a cocktail reception at Millennium Park (Monday July 19, 2010, 5:30-7:30 pm, The Plaza at Park Grill).
If you are interested in scheduling a one-on-one meeting, please e-mail foodforthought@nfia.com or call 312-616-8400. For further information on the IFT Annual Meeting, the Food Expo or registration, please check www.ift.org. |
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Scientific collaboration supports entrepreneur Newtricious in the battle against elderly blindness
Within the Netherlands, a successful collaboration between Maastricht University and biotech company, Newtricious, has provided a leap forward in protecting the elderly against a erious eye condition. This condition...
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Probiotics – A viable concept
The use of probiotics to maintain health and to prevent or to treat disease is a topic that has a long record and that continues to receive substantial research interest. Recent work on the properties and functionality of living microorganisms in food (supplements) has suggested that probiotics play an important role in...
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Researching the links between healthy ageing and nutrition
Nutrition & Health is one of the key subject areas of Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR). Its “Division of Human Nutrition” has a broad expertise and outstanding facilities for academic education and research in this field. Research is performed at...
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Vital knowledge and innovative therapeutic tools to modulate mitochondrial metabolism
Dysfunction of the mitochondria, which are responsible for the cell’s energy metabolism, is implicated in a range of serious and debilitating human diseases involving various systems and organs. Mitochondrial diseases are genetic...
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Reducing salt, a matter of taste
Modern society is trying to turn the tide against cardiovascular diseases and high blood pressure. Governments, in response to scientific discoveries, are stimulating consumers to look not only to new medicines to cure their illnesses, but also to prevent these illnesses in the first place through a healthier lifestyle based on...
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The challenges of molecular nutrition in the diet and health relationship
The relationship between nutrition and health is both obvious and difficult to establish. Most of the evidence originates from epidemiological observations, but once solid proof needs to be added by nutritional intervention studies...
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Development of safe foods for Celiac patients – A multidisciplinary approach
Celiac disease (CD) is a common, food-related inflammatory disorder of the small intestine caused by the ingestion of gluten in genetically predisposed individuals. In children, the main symptoms are chronic bowel ache, diarrhea and...
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Small Bites:
Short articles on food developments in the Netherlands
- The Dutch bring agrofood experts together in a unique research center
- Four recent breakthroughs at NIZO food research
- TNO and Vaessen-Schoemaker work on reducing salt in meat products
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Editorial Advisory Board Dutch Food Industry Network
The Netherlands
Anne Mensink/Food Valley
Roger Kleinenberg/Netherlands
Foreign Investment Agency
Kees de Gooijer/Food & Nutrition Delta
USA
Allison Turner/Netherlands
Foreign Investment Agency
Caroline Feitel/Ministry of
Agriculture, Nature and Food
Quality
Karin Louzada/Netherlands Office
for Science and Technology
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Links to Dutch Food Industry Network
Netherlands Foreign Investment
Agency
www.nfia.com
Food Valley
www.foodvalley.nl
Food & Nutrition Delta
www.foodnutritiondelta.nl
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and
Food Quality
www.minlnv.nl
Netherlands Office for Science and
Technology
www.hollandtrade.com |
About Holland Food Valley
Knowledge, enterprise and innovation are the key factors for success. Holland Food Valley brings them together. Boosting competitiveness through innovation. Introducing entrepreneurs to research institutes, government, and each other. Starting research projects and businesses. Raising the sector’s profile. This is the Holland Food Valley creed! Our wide network and various projects allow us to help you optimize, overhaul and expand business.
www.foodvalley.nl
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| For questions or comments to the Editorial Advisory Board, requests for additional subscriptions to this enewsletter, or information about outsourcing, partnering with Dutch companies, or setting up operations in the Netherlands, e-mail foodforthought@nfia.com |
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