FINNISH-NORWEGIAN MINI-SEMINAR: Food uses of barley

Tuesday, 06 May 2008 16:48

Barley as a raw material and ingredient for modern foods will be discussed in a Finnish-Norwegian mini-seminar on 2nd of June 2008 (11 am to 4 pm) at VTT (Tietotie 2, Espoo). The presentations will illustrate the potential of barley as food raw material, the present food uses of barley worldwide, and the present research activities regarding food barley in Finland and in Norway. Food industry opinions are also presented during the seminar. Registration to Anne-Mari Kuokka, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 28th of May, 2008

Aim: Identify future research needs related to the barley food use and areas of possible co-operation. Communicate current actions.

Participants: Barley scientist form Norway and Finland, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and relevant industrial partners.

Tentative program:

11:15-12:00 Lunch

12:00-15:30 Barley food use and related scientific actions in Norway and Finland (Chair: Pekka Lehtinen)

General view of barley food use
- Why Barley? (Anu Kaukovirta-Norja, VTT)
- Barley food usage globally (Stefan Sahlstrøm, Matforsk)
- Perspective from public authority (Ministry of Agriculture
and Forestry, Finland)

Presentation of current research actions
- Finland (Pekka Lehtinen, VTT, Tuula Sontag-Strohm, Helsinki University)
- Norway (Svein Knutsen, Matforsk)

Industry view
- Cereal milling, bakery and plant breeding

Discussion on future perspective

Closing at 15:30