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The latest IGIS Newsletter looks at the globalisation of taste preferences and how Asian influences are calling for the development of 'food vocabulary' in the West. There are also press and book reviews and a report on the Symposium on Vietnamese Culinary Culture and Umami Taste.
This edition of the IGIS Newsletter looks at new developments and insights in the world of taste and umami. There are also reports on a number of international glutamate-related events.
This edition of the IGIS Newsletter explores the continuing research into taste and umami. It also reviews the recent Hohenheim consensus on the physiology and safety of glutamate.
May 2007 Newsletter (pdf, 0.2MB)
In addition to our regular features, the December edition of the IGIS Newsletter looks at the role played by glutamate in the body.
This edition of the IGIS newsletter focuses on how glutamate can help us to reduce the amount of salt in our diet. It also includes reports on umami in tomatoes and wine.
This edition of the newsletter focuses on the latest scientific revelations about the nature of taste, at the heart of which lies the exciting, and enigmatic "fifth taste".
This edition of the newsletter includes common myhts about glutamate.
May 2006 Newsletter (pdf, 0.6MB)
The September edition of the newsletter examines why individuals differ in their perception of the basic tastes. It also reports on the latest umami conference held in Warsaw.
The June edition of the newsletter provides a summary of the New Frontiers of Taste event.
The March edition focuses on our sense of taste and highlights the amino acids symposium held in Tokyo in November.
The latest IGIS newsletter focuses on the Molecular Gastronomy Master Class
The latest IGIS newsletter focuses on the Molecular Gastronomy Master Class

NEWS ARCHIVE

9 June 2005 Join us in discovering "New Frontiers of Taste"
July 2004 Molecular Gastronomy Masterclass
23 November 2002 IGIS responds to allegations about MSG made by Truth in Labeling.
30 October 2002 Dr Jon Bell of the UK Food Standards Agency responds to the Daily Express
26 October 2002 IGIS refutes allegations about glutamate made in New Scientist
11 October 2002 FSANZ rejects food service labelling for monosodium glutamate
20 June 2002 Review of Umami Research published
26 February 2002 Taste receptor for amino acids identified
20 March 2002 Fifth Taste Identified
22 November 2001 Scientists get the message across in Australia

 

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