Interested in alternate sweeteners? An opportunity to weigh in on the WHO public consultation is available. Join the webinar, share a comment, participate! This is a public consultation open to all: View...
We were delighted to join the summer school course “Sweeteners: health, obesity, safety and sustainability” in San Sebastián Spain 27-29 June 2022 alongside local hosts J. Alfredo Martínez, S Navas Carretero and fellow Prinicpal Project Investigarors J Harrold and A...
What is the role of sweeteners in weight control? The 5 year multidisciplinary EU H2020 project SWEET engages stakeholders from across the food chain including consumers, patients, health professionals, scientists, policy makers, and regulators — to address this...
Since July 2021, the SWEET New Investigators Group has convened monthly to support networking and promote research collaboration among the early career professionals involved in the EU SWEET Project. During each meeting, a different researcher from one of the six...
The SWEET Consortium will host our fourth innovation advisory panel (IAP) meeting on the afternoon of June 15, 2022. Stakeholders, including researchers and academics with an interest in food, health sustainability and sweeteners, patients, consumers, food...
The SWEET consortium was pleased to present an invited symposium at Zoom Forward 22, the 29th annual European Congress on Obesity held in Maastricht and online. Congress registration exceeded 2000 delegates. The SWEET project looks at alternate sweeteners and...
This new systematic review and meta analysis from Magali Rios-Leyvraz and Jason Montez was funded by the WHO and supported by the government of Japan and will form the basis for their upcoming recommendations. 283 studies were included in the review. Meta-analyses...
Interesting new study published in JAMA: Association of Low- and No-Calorie Sweetened Beverages as a Replacement for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Body Weight and Cardiometabolic Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | Cardiology | JAMA Network Open | JAMA...
Jan 20, 2022 02:00 PMEastern Time (US and Canada) Low- and no-calorie sweeteners are some of the most studied ingredients in the history of our food supply. Decades of scientific study has assessed their safety for use in foods and beverages. Yet, even with the body...
SWEET is reviewing evidence of long-term benefits and potential risks involved in switching to S&SEs in the context of public health and safety, obesity, and sustainability. Prospective associations – food behaviours in the past with health status now – between...
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 1 to 6. The overarching aim of the SWEET New Investigators Group is to facilitate regular...
Siân Astley, Senior Researcher & Communications Manager, EuroFIR AISBL, Brussels (BE) Perhaps surprisingly, food-based dietary guidelines date back to only the 1990s and, although public health has a longer timeline, advice about healthy living is still relatively...
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 Innovation Manager (ILSI Europe), IAPs meet annually to be updated on the project...
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? The SWEET project, an EU-funded H2020 project, will develop and review evidence on long term benefits and...
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 to measure attitudes towards sweeteners. The results from this work will feed in to a pan-European survey exploring...
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 of making the change. In order to do this, the environmental, social and economic...
On behalf of EU Horozon 2020 funded project SWEET, we have the pleasure of inviting you to contribute to a process of stakeholder engagement on “Assessing the sustainability of sweeteners”.SWEET is developing and reviewing evidence on long-term benefits and potential...
James, it’s great to meet with you. Please tell us about your work and your role in the SWEET project. I work in the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, at the University of Surrey in the UK. My role within the SWEET Project is to understand the sustainability...
The SWEET Consortium is pleased to introduce you to colleague and project partner Heleen Claringbould from Corepage. Heleen, tell us about Corepage. Corepage stands for Consult and Research in Participation and Gender. It is a bureau, involved in different...
What is your role in the project? In the SWEET project I am involved in work package 6 on ‘Stakeholder Engagement, Dissemination and Commercial Exploitation’. ILSI Europe is the SWEET Innovation Manager, which is a key role in the project aiming to identify and engage...
The continuing global increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity, particularly amongst children, attracts widespread public and political attention. Obesity is a complex condition, with multi‐faceted determinants, and prevention strategies require...
Lisa, it’s lovely to meet you. Please tell us a bit about yourself. I am a first-year PhD student at University College London, having taken up my position in January of 2020. Originally I am from Scotland’s east coast and I have lived in both Edinburgh and Glasgow...
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...
Summary: context and overall objectives of the project The SWEET project has been designed to i) identify and address the barriers and facilitators to the use of sweeteners and sweetness enhancers (S&SEs) and ii) examine the risks and benefits of using S&SEs...
Important new pre-clinical research from the USA shows that Stevia, a plant origin, non-caloric sweetener, can reduces signs of fatty liver disease. Childhood obesity is one of our greatest public health concerns, and more than 1/3 of children in Europe live with...
Sugar expert, Julian M Cooper, discusses the challenges that sugar reformulation presents to new developers, and outlines examples of attempts made on different products in New Food Magazine....
COVID-19 is a new disease and there is now emerging information regarding risk factors for serious illness. Based on currently available information and clinical expertise, older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions or chronic...
The SWEET consortium gathered from 14th – 15 January 2020 at the Elm Grove Conference Centre, University of Roehampton, London. The team reviewed project progress and learned from one another. Face to face meetings are valuable in projects of this scale and...
SWEET project information was made available to colleagues from dozens of countries and was discussed by consortium partner EASO at ObesityWeek 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. OW2019 is the largest obesity focused scientific and clinical meeting globally and presented an...
As rates of obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including diabetes and dental caries continue to increase worldwide and calorie and sugar reduction have become public health priorities, and in the context of the increased scientific interest around the role...
EASO and SWEET are pleased to announce that applications are now invited for a European Commission funded 3-year PhD Studentship, linked to a large European Commission Horizon 2020 funded project: ‘Sweeteners and sweetness enhancers: Impact on health, obesity, safety...
SWEET is pleased to present at the upcoming International Food Data Conference in Lisbon, Portugal “Challenges for Food Databases in the Bioinformatics Era” 14-18 October 2019...
A new paper from the University of Liverpool has found that frequent consumption of low-calorie sweetened (LCS) beverages may help people to eat less and feel more positive about their eating. Many people consume LCS beverages, however their effects on appetite and...
Professor Richard Murphy of the Centre for Environment and Sustainability (CES) at the University of Surrey has provided us with information on this EC-funded project which began in the autumn of 2018. Richard leads the Sustainability assessment workpackage of SWEET...
Why did you decide to participate in this project?As sugar reduction strategies are becoming more of a global focal point, sweetener use can be a valuable tool in this strategy. However, many questions exists around the use of sweeteners. We chose to participate in...
Professor Raben, it’s great to meet you. Please tell us about your role in the projectI am the project co-coordinator from Copenhagen, working with the Coordinators in Liverpool. Further, I am leader of WP3, which concerns a 2-year randomised controlled trial (RCT) in...
A new study, led by researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Copenhagen, has been launched to identify the risks and benefits of sugar replacements in the diet.SWEET, a European Commission Horizon 2020 funded project, is supported by a consortium of 29...
