Consumer dietary needs

Our work on consumers’ dietary needs focuses on:

  • Technological innovations in functional ingredients and food reformulations to support weight management
  • Improving glycaemic control, gut function and cardio-metabolic health
  • Sustaining healthy development and aging.

Our funders include EU, BBSRC and industry partners from SMEs to global producers. We have a history of working on functioning ingredients such as proteins, resistant starches and fibres, whole foods such as dried fruits, and whole diet approaches and have recently embarked on examining the long term impact of using alternative sweeteners to replace sugar.

Research projects

Find out more about the research interests of our experts in this field:

Anne McArdle

Professor Anne McArdle

  • Healthy ageing
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Dr Joanne Harrold

  • Appetite and satiety
  • Functional foods and health claims
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Dr Dan Cuthbertson

  • Energy balance and metabolic health
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Professor Tim Kirkham

  • Gut brain axis