1st International Infogest Webinar on Food Digestion
Type Event Proceeding
The first Infogest webinar on food digestion was hosted by Dr. André Brodkorb of Teagasc on the 2nd September 2020.
INFOGEST is an international network with the aim of Sharing Information on the Digestion of Food. INFOGEST was created under a cost Action [FA1005] and has evolved into an open network of scientists from both academia and industry from over 45 countries. The aim of the network is to improve the current scientific knowledge on how food is disintegrated during oral, gastric and intestinal digestion.
The first Infogest webinar on food digestion was hosted by Dr. André Brodkorb of Teagasc on the 2nd September 2020. The guest speakers were Uri Lesmes, Technion, Israel, presenting “Food processing, protein digestion and trends in plant proteins” and Myriam Grundy, University of Reading, UK, presenting “The structure of plant-based food and nutrients bioaccessibility/digestibility”, followed by news and updates from the Infogest network.
The second webinar of the series will be held on the 7th October at 2pm with registration details to follow.