Upcoming Events
2025 Annual Summer Science Symposium
June 10, 2025 – June 11, 2025
Washington, DC, United States
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Past Events
Dietary Sweetness & Body Weight: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here?
April 20, 2023
Virtual, Event
This webinar presents the outcomes of the evidence map and scoping review and a high-level overview of the development, methodology and validation of taste databases.
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Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners Stakeholder Exchange 2023
April 11, 2023
Washington , DC
IAFNS convened organizations with similar interests, research or positions to participate in an open dialogue during our annual stakeholder exchange.
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Nutrition Health & Wellness Regulation: Essentials to Know in 2023
April 4, 2023
Edison NJ, USA
With an active food, nutrition, and health landscape it is important to understand nutrition opportunities, science and regulatory trends, and this underscores the importance for innovators, researchers, scientists, and regulatory professionals to work closely in partnership at this in-person only New York Institute for Food Technologists (IFT) Suppliers Day Seminar.
Read more about Nutrition Health & Wellness Regulation: Essentials to Know in 2023
IAFNS Knowledge Gaps and Research Priorities Dialogue on Erythritol
March 30, 2023
Virtual, Event
Invitation-only dialogue aiming to identify knowledge gaps and prioritize research, to resolve questions about a potential relationship between dietary erythritol and human health.
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A Taste for Change: Sodium Reduction Challenges and Opportunities in Food Service
March 23, 2023
Washington DC, Virtual
While much is known about sodium reduction efforts in retail outlets, less is known about sodium reduction efforts across the food service sector, including the sodium contribution of prepared foods from restaurants and other food service establishments.
Read more about A Taste for Change: Sodium Reduction Challenges and Opportunities in Food Service
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