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
Use of Low-Calorie Sweeteners and Weight: Facts and Myths!
February 10, 2021
Virtual, Webinar
Myths about low-calorie sweeteners have proliferated. Tune in to this webinar to learn more about the facts and science about low-calorie sweeteners and weight.
Read more about Use of Low-Calorie Sweeteners and Weight: Facts and Myths!
12th Vahouny Fiber Symposium
December 14, 2020 – December 15, 2020
Virtual, Symposium
IAFNS organized the 12th Vahouny Fiber Symposium. The symposium will be held virtually.
Understanding Sweetness: Perception, Liking and the Role of Sweet Taste in a Healthy Eating Plan
December 2, 2020
Virtual, Webinar
This workshop will address perceptions of sweetness and how that fits into a nutritious diet.
Mini Virtual Symposium on Sodium, Part 2: Current Developments in Dietary Sodium and the Gut Microbiome
December 1, 2020
Virtual, USA
Please join us for a Mini Virtual Symposium organized by the IAFNS Sodium Committee, focusing on dietary sodium and the gut microbiome and downstream effects on markers of health.
IAFNS Webinar: A Predictive Index for Health Status Based on Gut Microbiome Profiling
November 20, 2020
Virtual, USA
Join an expert from the Mayo Clinic to talk about a predictive index for health status using gut-microbiome profiling.
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