Introduction

Antioxidants are recognised as important components in human and animal nutrition. They also serve as functional ingredients in the food industry, for example, to reduce the oxidative deterioration of oils, fats and lipid based foods. Antioxidants are believed to protect cells and organs from oxidative stress and therefore act beneficially against a number of diseases.  Although often seen to exhibit antioxidant activity in vitro, it is unlikely that some bioactive components, such as polyphenols and other phytochemicals, retain those beneficial antioxidant properties when ingested. Indeed, they may act as pro-oxidants with resulting negative consequences. However, they do play an important role and understanding these food components is essential in recognising how they can best be exploited by the industry as processing aids and for improving nutritional value. Making optimal choices to maximise effects for their intended use is paramount in producing cost effective products.  Additionally, legislation surrounding this field raises some important challenges with regards to health claims substantiation and the use and marketing of antioxidant functional ingredients. 

Deadlines

• Oct 13 2017
  Poster abstract deadline

  
• Oct 13 2017
  Early bird registration deadline

  
• Nov 12 2017
  Standard registration deadline

  

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Speakers

• Fatima Paiva-Martins University of Porto, Spain
• Ditte Hobbs University of Reading, United Kingdom
• Charlotte Jacobson Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
• Kirtiraj Gaikwad Yonsei University, South Korea
• Rob Winwood DSM, United Kingdom
• Henna Liu Kalsec, United Kingdom
• Charlotte Mills Kings College London, United Kingdom
• Elizabeth Opara Kingston University, United Kingdom

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Venue

Society of Chemical Industry

Society of Chemical Industry, Society of Chemical Industry, 14-15 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

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Committee

• Dr Parkash Kochhar SCI, Oxford Brookes, United Kingdom
• Dr Rob Winwood SCI, DSM Nutrition Products Ltd, United Kingdom
• Dr Craig Duckham SCI, CD R&D Consultancy Services Ltd, United Kingdom
• Dr Charlotte Mills SCI, Kings College London, United Kingdom

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