Functional Foods Forums 20th Anniversary

Time

28.4.2022 at 13.00 - 19.00
Functional Foods Forum (FFF) was founded in 2002 to strengthen Finland’s competitiveness and Finnish knowledge in the topical international trend – health-promoting foods. From the very beginning, it has also been our goal to create active dialogue and collaboration with businesses.

On Thursday April 28, 2022 we are celebrating our 20th anniversary with an international hybrid seminar and cocktail reception, quests will have the opportunity to experience multisensory environment in Aistikattila. Welcome!

Time:
28.4.2022
Seminar/webinar between 13-17
Cocktail-reception between 17-19

Program:

Opening words - prof. Anu Hopia
Greetings from the University of Turku - Rector Jukka Kola

13:15 FUNCTIONAL AND HEALTH-PROMOTING FOODS

Functional Foods with Health Claims - prof. Marina Heinonen

13:45 HEALTH-PROMOTING PROBIOTIC FOODS

Probiotic Research Today and Tomorrow - prof. Seppo Salminen
Fermented Foods Today and in the Future - prof. Gabriel Vinderola

15:00 SENSORY STUDIES AND INDIVIDUAL FOOD EXPERIENCE

The shaping of food preferences by taste experience in infants and children - Sophie Nicklaus
Individual Differences in Sensory Perception: FoodTaste Finland - prof. Mari Sandell

15:40 PLANETARY WELL-BEING AND CHALLENGES IN THE FOOD CHAIN

Biodiversity loss threatening the future of humankind - prof. Ilari Sääksjärvi

16:10 TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN THE FOOD CHAIN

Co-Designing Technologies for the Food-Chain: African Imaginations - prof. Erkki Sutinen
Why Food Innovations? - Entrepreneur and Professor of Practice, Reetta Kivelä

Additional information

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