Shaping smarter consumer behaviour and food choice
This project has been funded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Programme under grant agreement no. 643999
Join us to find out how two BU research projects are creating innovation in the food and hospitality industry. You will have the chance to test out a vegetarian recipe and give the team your feedback, as well as evaluating a prototype app which provides nutritional information about the food you are eating. Book now… Read more »
The Foodsmart Project has been featured by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science , Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation as a project example on a Webinar: How to write a successful proposal for RISE. To read more about this presentation and to request a recording of the session, please click on the link below:… Read more »
On January 24th, 2017, M. Esben Lunde LARSEN, Danish Minister for environment and food visited the Institut Paul Bocuse in Ecully. Laure Saulais presented the EU research projects that are currently ongoing in partnership with Copenhaguen University. FoodSMART was highlighted as example of successful collaborative research project that link together researchers and professionals to foster… Read more »
Professor Katherine Appleton attended the 2016, Nutrition Society Summer Conference presenting a poster on FoodSMART research: Important information for the selection of workplace canteen meals: A consumer segmentation study.
How to stop your lunch break damaging your health Congratulations to Dr Jeff Bray and Professor Hartwell who recently published about FoodSMART Project at The Conversation Eating out is bad for us. Studies have shown that food provided outside the home contains more calories and more fat, especially saturated fat. The trouble is, many… Read more »
Have you ever considered what’s in your food when you’re eating out? This month’s 14:Live presents FoodSMART, an innovative technical ICT solution which uses QR codes and smartphones to provide information and deliver personalised advice when eating out. This means that consumers can make an informed choice about what they’re eating. The app can even… Read more »
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The project is delighted to share a new version of the APP, providing more detailed information for caterers and consumers. We now have a calories calculator that allows the user to track their entire meal consumption of the day. Have a look at the following video for more information.
The project team would like to congratulate PhD Researcher, Sarah Price on her latest achievement on winning PhD paper award at Eurochrie – The European Council on Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Education. Here some more information about Sarah’s research: My name is Sarah Price and I am a PhD student in the Faculty of Management at Bournemouth… Read more »
FoodSMART project will now start to test the newest version of the APP. Click on the video below to see the prototype and send us your comments to: cmartins@bournemouth.ac.uk The first pilot test will take place in Lyon, France at the Institut Paul Bocuse next July. We are looking forward to tell you more about… Read more »