Upcoming Events
Webinar Series: Lessons Learned — Opportunities and Challenges to Monitoring Sodium in the Food Supply
January 24, 2024
Virtual, Event
Webinar Series: Continuous Improvement — What Manufacturers are Doing to Reduce Sodium in Food Products
January 23, 2024
Virtual, Event
Sodium reduction initiatives date back to the 1970s and have impacted many types of products including bread, soups and canned food products, seasoning blends, savory snacks and more. However, as the food supply and consumer behaviors evolve, more work is needed to further reduce sodium.
Webinar Series: What’s New — Sodium Intake and Public Health Today
January 22, 2024
Virtual, Event
This webinar will present recent data on the public health impact of consuming excess sodium, the FDA’s approach to address sodium reduction, and how federal agencies track sodium in the food supply.
Read more about Webinar Series: What’s New — Sodium Intake and Public Health Today
Joint IAFNS-IFT Webinar: Food Innovations Using Fiber and Non-Digestible Carbohydrates for Health Benefits
January 9, 2024
Virtual, Event
This free webinar enables food product developers to formulate using fibers that deliver human health benefits.
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Presenters in the webinar include:
Joanne Slavin, University of Minnesota
Paula Trumbo, Retired FDA
Bruce Hamaker, Purdue University
Nicola McKewon, Boston Univ &
Kara Livingston Staffier, Consultant
Hannah Holscher, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMcKeown Handout
Holscher Handout
This webinar enables food product developers to formulate using fibers that deliver human health benefits. Experienced academic and regulatory experts will address how to determine whether a specific "added" fiber has a human health benefit and can be counted as fiber on the label, whether it has a "prebiotic" effect. The webinar also explores the advantages of blending fibers such as for a medical food application, as well as introduce tools to help you evaluate digestive tolerance and select a fiber with demonstrated human health effects through randomized clinical trials.
The webinar is a collaboration between the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS).
This project was supported by the IAFNS Carbohydrates Committee.
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Past Events
Fortification Workshop: New Findings and Implications for Vitamins and Minerals
June 21, 2012
Washington, DC, USA
In an environment of over-consumption, it is of great interest that Americans simultaneously fail to meet the Dietary References Intakes (DRIs) for many nutrients. Fortification is a way to supplement intakes of the population at large without having to rely on consumer choice. The Forticiation Committee’s workshop will provide attendees with an improved understanding of the value of fortification and the success of current fortification efforts and practices. Additionally the workshop will address the potential future role of fortification in nutrient adequacy, which includes benefits and risks.
Read more about Fortification Workshop: New Findings and Implications for Vitamins and Minerals
2012 Interesterified Fats Workshop
June 1, 2012
Washington, DC, USA
This workshop was supported by the IAFNS Committee on Dietary Lipids.
Energy Balance: A New Paradigm
April 21, 2012
San Diego, CA , USA
This special conference discussed “energy balance” in terms of a biological system in which energy intake and expenditure change over time in response to one another and to the environment.
Diverse and Discrepant Non-O157 STEC: Data, Differences and Discernment
August 1, 2011
Milwaukee, WI, USA
This symposium provided an update on knowledge about non-O157 STEC.
Read more about Diverse and Discrepant Non-O157 STEC: Data, Differences and Discernment
Are We Forgetting About the Gram Positives? From Pathogens to Spoilage
August 1, 2011
Milwaukee, WI, USA
This symposium examined new scientific information regarding this diverse group of spore-forming bacteria and their role in food safety and food spoilage. Lactic acid bacteria and their role in food spoilage were also discussed.
Read more about Are We Forgetting About the Gram Positives? From Pathogens to Spoilage
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