Yesterday, November 29, María Dolores Rodrigo, technical deputy director of the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology IATA, participated in the third edition of "Feeding the World: food feeds a sustainable world". The day took place in Madrid, at the headquarters of the Higher Council for Scientific Research. The theme highlighted for this year's conference was "Climate change and circular economy: a sustainable challenge for Europe". Our colleague, Dr. María Dolores Rodrigo, focused...
30. November 2017 - 15:27
24. November 2017 - 11:11
Recently the digital supplement of La Buena Vida of the newspaper El País has compiled some recommendations from experts for Christmas about when it is more advisable to buy some products and how to keep them until the days of large family meals. It has been proven that on the eve of the Christmas celebrations some products increase their prices considerably and therefore, food experts have indicated which is worth buying before and freeze them following certain guidelines. Among others experts...
23. November 2017 - 13:10
The Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA) will participate as an institutional partner in the Group of Sustainable Innovation for the Food Sector (GIS), a working forum that aims to become a reference for this subject in Spain, IATA, a CSIC center oriented towards research in food science, technology and biotechnology, focuses its scientific-technical objective in carrying out excellent research on the sustainable production of quality food, its safety, impact on health and...
22. November 2017 - 15:11
Last week the First National Meeting on Carotenoids in Microorganisms, Plants, Food and Health in the ADEIT was held in Valencia. The Congress gathered all the carotenoid experts from Spain that belong to CaRed, the "Networks of Excellence" funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, and had a broad national participation and European and South American guests. The opening ceremony of the event was chaired by the Rector of the University of Valencia, Professor Esteban Morcillo, and...
15. November 2017 - 9:48
IATA (Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology) will participate in the innovation project 'Potentiation of the healthy aspects of meat products', which will be attended by our colleague Mónica Flores. The project will be carried out by the Operative Group led by INTERPORC (Interprofessional of the White Coat Porcine), composed of 13 companies and 11 research centers. The project aims to continue innovating and improving the manufacture of products adapted to nutritional recommendations...
9. November 2017 - 9:49
Last days 7th and 8th of November, the Technical Conference of the Spanish Association of Cereal Technicians (AETC) was held in Valladolid. The director of the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), Cristina Molina Rosell, also president of the association, gave the inaugural lecture of the event. Also our collage Marina Romani was there and participated with her presentation "Relationship between intestinal microbiota and health, and Contribution of fiber in the diet." The...
7. November 2017 - 16:37
Last Sunday 5th, in the newspaper Las Provincias, the article entitled "La Salud sabe a Naranjas" was published by the editor Laura Garcés. The article comments the nutritional and beneficial properties for the health of the oranges. For the realization, the opinions and comments of specialists in different fields, including our colleague and citrus expert, Lorenzo Zacarías, IATA research professor, who highlighted some of the most outstanding properties and characteristics of citrus fruits for...
3. November 2017 - 12:27
The 26th of October 2017, took place the third meeting of the Operative Group on "Beef quality markers and identification of preparations". In this Group, led by ANICE, in which five research centers participate: VISAVET, ASINCAR, UPM (Polytechnic University of Madrid), AINIA Technological Center and IATA-CSIC (Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology) with the representation of Fidel Toldrá, and the associated companies: Embutidos Bernal, FACCSA-Prolongo, EMCESA, INCARLOPSA and...
31. October 2017 - 12:44
Dr. Yolanda Sanz, from the IATA's Microbial Ecology, Nutrition and Health Group, has participated as a speaker at the Microbiome Forum of the Innovative Medicines Initiative of the European Commission (IMI Stakeholder Forum 2017) that took place on October 19, 2017 in Brussels. The title of her talk was "Regulatory challenges in the drug-food continuum" The microbiome has come under the spotlight in recent years for its potential to be a turning point in medical research. The challenges it...
27. October 2017 - 13:04
The “Red Team” of Spanish science chose the thirteen best scientists of 2017. Among them is María Carmen Collado, an IATA researcher. The annual election of this team is an initiative of the QUO magazine and the CSIC with the aim of vindicating the importance of science and giving it greater social relevance, just as it is done with sports. Dr. M. Carmen Collado now directs a research project on the development and application of new dietary strategies to reduce the risk of certain diseases by...