Title: Multiscale Structure of Food Materials II
When: 23 April, 2024, 09:00–15:30 CET
Where: Lennart Kennes sal in BioCentre, Ultuna, Sweden
Registration deadline: Please register latest 18 April for guaranteed lunch
Description
For a second time, SLU MolSci and KTH Food together arrange a workshop on Food materials.
Food materials at all production stages, from the original raw materials through the final products ingested by consumers, are complex assemblies of biopolymers and small metabolites, in terms of their molecular composition and multiscale organization from the molecular to the macroscopic level. Moreover, all steps in the preparation of the food products, from the raw materials, extraction of suitable ingredients, processing and storage, affect the sensory properties of the food we ingest as consumers, the bioavailability of the nutrients through the gastrointestinal tract, and the derived health benefits. Therefore, a combination of multiple analytical approaches is needed to understand the composition and structural properties of food materials.
The objective of this workshop is to continue to present infrastructure for the understanding of food structure and food complex materials, which are available at SLU and KTH, as well as at possible collaboration partners. The objective is also to bridge a potential knowledge gap to use X-ray techniques in general and advanced techniques large infrastructure in particular and to connect to the user network and community of the Northern Lights on Food. We believe that bringing together complementary expertise and infrastructure within soft food materials is fundamental to contribute to the current revolution of the food system.
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