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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.
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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 serious 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
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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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