World Food Trends and the Future of Food

Marianna Nobile

• Publisher: Ledizioni
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9788867054046
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice

Following the Milan Universal Exposition, the scientific debateabout food and nutrition has gained particular attention in2015. As a result, this volume focuses on issues related to foodsafety, consumption, research and technology. Within theHórisma project, funded by the University of Milano-Bicoccaand the University of Milan, four young scholars investigatedthe possible developments of food production and consumptionfrom different perspectives through a critical analysis on foodtrends in the international scenario. The main theme that linksall the essays collected in this book is the belief that stimulatingdialogue among different disciplines, as well as promoting anintegrated and multidisciplinary approach, is crucial to face allthe issues concerning food and its connections to law, technology,society, and science.

World Food Trends
and the Future of Food

Edited by Marianna Nobile

Preface by Warren T. K. Lee

Ledizioni

Acknowledgments

This book would not have been possible without the coauthors who kindly shared their knowledge and passion. Riccardo Bonato and the Hòrisma team were integral to making this book come to life.

I am grateful to the many teachers, mentors, colleagues, and friends who along the way fostered my interests and curiosity in developing multidisciplinary projects on issues, such as food and nutrition, that nowadays deserve particular consideration.

I would like to thank all who were engaged in this project, especially Dr. Warren Lee for his remarkable contribution in writing the Preface.

Special thanks to Andre Viktor Gazza whose enthusiasm and artistic talent gave rise to the picture on the cover.

Contents

Preface

Warren T. K. Lee

Introduction

Marianna Nobile

Intellectual property rights and the growing interest in legal protection for culinary creations

Jacopo CIANI

Technological innovation at the dining table. Analysis on the attitude of public opinion about food science and technology of the future

Andrea RUBIN

Not just food: the (new) importance of urban gardens in the modern socio-economic system. A brief analysis

Valentina CATTIVELLI

Do you like it bitter? A preliminary study on food preferences for bitter taste in a young population

Filippo CAREMOLI, Angela BASSOLI,

Gigliola BORGONOVO, Gabriella MORINI,

Luisa TORRI

List of contributors

Preface

It’s my great pleasure to write a preface for this volume of Hórisma which is a collection of insights and perspectives on the world food trends and the future of food by a group of young scholars. The essays were developed based on critical analysis and research undertaken in four major areas: (1) intellectual property rights and legal protection for creative cuisines in the culinary industry; (2) public skepticism towards techno-scientific innovations in food science and technology and the voice of the consumer including needs, expectations and concerns for future food and nutrition Responsibilities to regain consumers’ confidence in food innovations; (3) urban horticulture, a growing trend in the cities that has contributed to urban food security and nutrition, as well as a wide range of benefits to local communities and environment; and, (4) taste as a driver of food choice in people – a preliminary study on young people’s preference for bitter taste.

The issues highlighted in the essays will have important implications on future food trends and the future of food, namely healthy diets and healthy food choices, pleasurable gastronomic experience with cuisines, consumers’ confidence on food innovations and food safety, and the sustainability of food security and nutrition and the living environment.

The arguments and deliberations in the essays were based on solid research. The authors gave a logical presentation of relevant facts and research findings that are interwoven together. The essays are written succinctly and supported by appropriate illustrations that make for easy reading. This volume of Hórisma has provided food for thought in world food trends and the future of foods for food and nutrition policy makers, law makers, nutritionists, agro-economists, food technologists, researchers, food manufacturers, chefs and consumers.

Warren T K Lee, PhD, RD, RPHNutr

Senior Nutrition Officer

Nutrition Division

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Rome, ITALY.

Introduction

Marianna Nobile*1a

a Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

The current scientific debate about food and nutrition has gained particular attention in 2015 thanks...

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