Challenges Facing the Food System Jan Delcour Laboratorium

Challenges Facing the Food System Jan Delcour* Laboratorium voor levensmiddelenchemie en –biochemie LFo. RCe – Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre Emeritiforum KU Leuven September 28 2017 *W. K. Kellogg Chair in Cereal Science and Nutrition

The food system • The term "food system" is used … in discussions about nutrition, food, health, …. . • The food system includes all processes and infrastructure involved in feeding the population: growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consumption, and disposal of food and food-related items. • A food system operates within and is influenced by social, political, economic and environmental contexts…. . Source: Wikipedia, retrieved September 2017. 2 Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry & Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFo. RCe)

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Margaret Bath Corporate SVP, Research, Quality & Technology, The Kellogg Company Leuven, October 30 2013 Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry & Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFo. RCe)

Challenges facing the food system • • • Population growth Urbanization Malnutrition Obesity Taste and convenience o Snacking on the rise • Traditional packaged foods are perceived as processed o Search for healthier, fresh, natural foods • Lack of consumer trust 26

Challenges facing the food system • Diet-friendly foods become less popular o Shift from reduced calorie to healthier and clean label alternatives • No artificial ingredients… • Search for value added products o • • • Vitamin or protein enrichment, sustained energy release Regulatory bodies Anti-sugar movement Interest in small scale locally produced food Increasingly less percentage of budget spent on food Waste and sustainability issues 27

Speakers • Isabelle Maes o o Handelsingenieur KU Leuven, 1997 Price. Waterhouse. Coopers, 1997 - 2001 Barry Callebaut, 2001 - 2014 Lotus Bakeries, 2014 - • Els Van Parys o o Industrieel Ingenieur Ka. Ho Oost-Vlaanderen, 1988 Procestechnoloog Lotus Bakeries, 1988 - 1989 Productiemanager Margarinerie Hinnekens, 1989 -2006 Manager R&D Lotus Bakeries, 2006 28

Speakers • Bart Van der Schueren o o o Dr in de geneeskunde, 2002 Doctoraat geneeskunde, 2009 Specialist interne geneeskunde en endocrinologie, 2010 Post-doctoral scholar, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 2010 - 2011 Professor endocrinologie KU Leuven, 2011 - 29