Consumer Trends and Sustainability
In February 2019, a commission of world leading scientists published a document in the “Lancet” a nutrition and health journal, stating the urgency of a global transformation of the food …
Course: Introduction to Food Science
Food and Critical Consumption
Making food choices on a regular basis puts us consumers in an active role when it comes to consumption and ethical considerations. We are in fact “citizens” of our food …
Welcome to Week 3!
Hello and welcome to week 3. This week we will explore the importance of food quality, safety and authneticity. Food is a basic human right necessary for optimal health and …
End of Week Reflections
Congratulations, you have completed week 2 of the course. During this week, you have increased knowledge and understanding of the social dilemmas, challenges and movements regarding food and how this …
Food Security and Ethical & Sustainability Considerations
Food security is a complex, sustainable development issue, linked to health through malnutrition, but also to sustainable development, environment and trade. Food security is a complex problem given the interconnections …
What Are Food Security and the Right to Food?
Concepts and definitions of food security have evolved in the last 50 years in order to reflect changes in national and international official policy thinking. Food Security From the point …
Environmental Impacts
Food systems are at the core of future agendas for sustainable development, which includes a historic global commitment to face and suppress poverty and hunger. Food systems depend on natural …
End of Week Reflections
Congratulations, you have completed week 3 of the course. This week we have explored biological, chemical, physical and allergenic contaminants, quality management systems, hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) principles …
Functional Foods
Many foods contain health claims on their packaging. These products are known as functional foods. According to the International Life Science Institute, a food can be described as functional when …
Diet related diseases
Diet has a profound impact in human life and plays an important role in our health. Any of the nutrient-related diseases and conditions that cause illness in humans falls within …
Meet the team
Please meet the team that will be leading and facilitating on the course. They include staff from Queen’s University of Belfast, University of Aarhus, Denmark, University of Madrid, University of …
Welcome to the course
Hello and welcome to ‘An Introduction to Food Science’ a European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Food course, produced by Queens University, Belfast (QUB), University of Aarhus, Denmark, University …
Food Authenticity
The food sector has a significant direct role in human well-being through the provision of authentic food fit for human consumption. Throughout history, governments and the food industry have endeavoured …
Examples of Functional Foods
In the previous steps you have learnt what functional foods are and how they are related to our health. In this article, we show you two examples of functional foods …
Decent Work: Tackling the Challenge of Quality Employment
Food security, as well as poverty reduction strategies, are currently being jeopardized by the lack of decent employment opportunities (and poor employment quality) in rural areas. This has become a …