Innovation Advisory Panel (IAP) meeting

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 Innovation Manager (ILSI Europe), IAPs meet annually to be updated on the project...
Take part in a SWEET Project Pilot

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 to measure attitudes towards sweeteners. The results from this work will feed in to a pan-European survey exploring...
Three Questions: Meet Dr James Suckling

Three Questions: Meet Dr James Suckling

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...
Gender equality in the H2020 SWEET Project

Gender equality in the H2020 SWEET Project

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...
Meet Lucie Geurts: ILSI Europe

Meet Lucie Geurts: ILSI Europe

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...
Meet Lisa Heggie, newest member of WP 4

Meet Lisa Heggie, newest member of WP 4

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...
Innovation Advisory Panel (IAP) meeting

June 2020 news bulletin

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...
SWEET Project Update: May 2020

SWEET Project Update: May 2020

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...
SWEET Team hard at work addressing COVID-19

SWEET Team hard at work addressing COVID-19

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...
Sweet Consortium Meeting, Surrey UK

Sweet Consortium Meeting, Surrey UK

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 at Obesity Week 2019

SWEET Project at Obesity Week 2019

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...
Opportunity: PhD Studentship

Opportunity: PhD Studentship

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...
5 Questions: Meet Corey Scott, Cargill corporation

5 Questions: Meet Corey Scott, Cargill corporation

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...
Meet SWEET Project Coordinator Anne Raben

Meet SWEET Project Coordinator Anne Raben

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...