SWEET, a European Commission Horizon 2020 funded project, is supported by a consortium of 29 pan-European research, consumer and industry partners, who will develop and review evidence on long term benefits and potential risks involved in switching over to sweeteners and sweetness enhancers (S&SEs) in the context of public health and safety, obesity, and sustainability.
The 5 year multidisciplinary project engages stakeholders from across the food chain — consumers, patients, health professionals, scientists, policy makers, and regulators — to address the role of sweeteners in weight control, and potentially move viable products to market. Stakeholders, including consumers, patients, health professionals, scientists, policy makers, and regulators will engage in the project.
Project Coordinators
Dr Jo Harrold is Dean of Psychology and a Senior Lecturer in Appetite and Obesity in the Department of psychological sciences, University of Liverpool.
She is a behavioural neur...Read More
Dr Jo Harrold
Dean of Psychology
Professor Jason Halford is Head of the School of Psychology, University of Leeds, and President of the European Association for the Study of Obesity. His research has focused on ...Read More
Professor Jason Halford
Chair in Biological Psychology and Health Behaviour, Head of Department Psychological Sciences
Science: More than 25 years of research in the prevention and treatment of obesity and the related diseases, type-2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Main focus has been on nu...Read More
Professor Anne Raben
Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of CopenhagenLatest News
SWEET New Investigators Group
The SWEET New Investigators Group met online for the first time on 19 July, bringing together international postgraduate and early career researchers from SWEET Work Packages...
Dietary guidelines and informed personal choice: Sugar, sweeteners and complexity
Siân Astley, Senior Researcher & Communications Manager, EuroFIR AISBL, Brussels (BE)
Eat more fish, including at least one portion of oily fish per week, was the...
Innovation Advisory Panel (IAP) meeting
The SWEET project has organised our third Innovation Advisory Panel (IAP) meeting, which will be held on 27th May 2021, from 14.00 to 17.30 CEST.
Under the guidance of the SWEET...
Webinar registration open: SWEET Project updates and findings 20 May, 2pm CET
During the past decade, sugar reduction has been a keen interest within the commercial food industry. But what are the impacts of replacing sugar with sweeteners?
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Take part in a SWEET Project Pilot
As part of the H2020 Sweet project Dr Paul Christiansen is running a pilot study to conduct a comprehensive psychometric evaluation of a scale that aims...
Novel Sustainability Approach Applied to Sweetener Use in Foods
SWEET is investigating the ramifications for replacing added sugar within food and drink products with sweeteners and sweetness enhancers. Part of that research is the sustainability...
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