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Nutritech seminar: ”What is natural food?”

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 09:14

The theme “What is natural food” gathered together people from Finnish food industry, research organizations and media to discuss about naturalness of food in Nutritech seminar on 24th January. Naturalness is an upward trend among consumers. But what is actually natural food nowadays? How has the conception of naturalness changed? What makes ingredients and food production methods natural? Can processed food or additives be natural? And on the other hand, what is natural food for our gut microbiota.

The speakers of the seminar where prof. Kaisa Poutanen, senior scientist Johanna Maukonen, vice president, prof. Johanna Buchert and vice president, prof., Anu Kaukovirta-Norja from VTT, prof. Raija Tahvonen from MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Hanna Talvioja from Sinebrychoff and Dr. Marina Heinonen from University of Helsinki.

 

Presentations (in Finnish):
VTT Nutritech-seminaari: ”Mikä on luonnollista ruokaa”