Functional Foods Forum's 20th Anniversary

Functional Foods Forum (FFF) was founded in 2002 to strengthen Finland’s competitiveness and Finnish knowledge in the topical international trend – health-promoting foods. From the very beginning, it has also been our goal to create active dialogue and collaboration with businesses. In April, 2022, we celebrated our 20th anniversary with an international hybrid seminar. Watch the recording below.
 

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Presentations

• Opening words - prof. Anu Hopia
• Greetings from the University of Turku - Rector Jukka Kola

FUNCTIONAL AND HEALTH-PROMOTING FOODS

• Functional Foods with Health Claims - prof. Marina Heinonen

HEALTH-PROMOTING PROBIOTIC FOODS

• Probiotic Research Today and Tomorrow - prof. Seppo Salminen
• Fermented Foods Today and in the Future - prof. Gabriel Vinderola

SENSORY STUDIES AND INDIVIDUAL FOOD EXPERIENCE

• The shaping of food preferences by taste experience in infants and children - Sophie Nicklaus
• Individual Differences in Sensory Perception: FoodTaste Finland - prof. Mari Sandell

PLANETARY WELL-BEING AND CHALLENGES IN THE FOOD CHAIN

• Biodiversity loss threatening the future of humankind - prof. Ilari Sääksjärvi

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN THE FOOD CHAIN

• Co-Designing Technologies for the Food-Chain: African Imaginations - prof. Erkki Sutinen
• Why Food Innovations? - Entrepreneur and Professor of Practice, Reetta Kivelä

CLOSING WORDS

• The Next 20 Years of FFF - Kirsi Laitinen