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Round table: Nanotech and nutraceuticals

Interview of Kathy Groves (Leatherhead), Alan Smith (Consultant)

By Stephen Daniells, 26-May-2009, duration 05:03


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Food and nutrition is a 'hot spot' for nanotechnology, experts have said. Stephen Daniells talks to two such experts and asks where the developments are, is enhanced bioavailability a good thing, and whether we should be concerned by nanotech.

Kathy Groves from Leatherhead Food International and Alan Smith, a consultant who has worked for the British government on nanotechnology, give their views on the definitions, and the areas of greatest potential - from taking out the bad (salt, fat) and adding in the good (micro- and macronutrients).

Unanswered questions and areas of concern are also addressed in this round table dicsussion, conducted at Vitafoods 2009 in Geneva.

Related topics: Industry, Nutritional lipids and oils, Vitamins & premixes

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