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DRINC industry workshop
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6 September 2012
Event, Radisson Blu, 80 High Street, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh
The Diet and Health Research Industry Club (DRINC) was established by the
Research Councils, in partnership with a consortium of 15 industrial members,
in 2007
to generate underpinning knowledge and improved skills for the UK food and
drink
industry. Over £12M has been spent on high quality research into diet and
health
within UK universities and research institutes.
DRINC has been successful in generating excellent pre-competitive research
across a wide brief in the diet and health area including characterisation and
delivery of 'health' ingredients within foods; understanding the
psychological/physiological background to consumer behaviour and the
development of essential tools
such as nutrition-responsive biomarkers, model gut systems and consumer
behaviour
screens.
A new five-year programme is planned for launch in late 2012 to build on the
success of DRINC. The Research Councils wish to ensure that the programme
sponsored
addresses key long-term strategic needs of the food industry, within the
broadest context of diet and health, so are seeking input from the food and
drink
industry on research priorities.
More information
- Location:
- Radisson Blu, 80 High Street, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh
- Time:
- 1:15pm - 4:00pm