Abstract:
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The Research Institute on Nutrition and Food Security at the University of Barcelona (INSA-UB)
was founded in 2005 by twenty-two research groups from the Faculties of Pharmacy and Food Science;
Biology; Chemistry; and Geography and History, as well as other UB-affiliated centers and hospitals.
Most of the groups at the Institute are, or at least are part of, the research groups established by
the Government of Catalonia. INSA-UB was founded to meet the current societal need for research,
training and service provision in the sectors related to the agro-alimentary industry. Researchers at the
Institute are experts in different fields of nutrition; food analysis and control; food safety and the study
of the social and economic impact of food.
The main objectives of the institute are to promote research in the fields in which it works; to
encourage collaboration between researchers and the establishment of multidisciplinary teams; to
promote participation in research programs and institutional administration, particularly in European
research projects; to encourage the development of joint projects with companies in the sectors related
to its scope; to make available all the social potential of the UB in this area, especially the training
of technicians and specialists and provision of services; to promote the transfer of knowledge and
the dissemination of research results between society and government; and to advise consumers,
businesses and public authorities on nutrition, food safety and quality... |