Taste

Future Foods, Friend or Foe?

Nanotechnology is about making and manipulating things at the scale of millionths of a millimetre. The food industry uses this technology to redesign food to precise requirements.

Meet the scientists and experts working within this emerging field. You’ll get the chance to quiz them in detail and discover how their work might impact upon the taste and texture of future foods. Find out about the possibilities for tomorrow’s foods and explore the issues surrounding them. What will you be eating? Do you trust this food enough to allow it past your lips?

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This event is supported by The Royal Academy of Engineering.

Speakers

Keith Waldron, Head, Sustainability of the Food Chain Exploitation Platform, Institute of Food Research
Mark Morrison, Scientific Manager, Institute of Nanotechnology
Qasim Chaudhry, Principal Scientist, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Geoffrey Mitchell, Director of the Centre for Advanced Microscopy

Facilitator: Jack Stilgoe, Senior Researcher, Demos

This event is part of 5 Senses