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Member of All Party Parliamentary Food and Health Forum

Member of the Research Award Board, Coeliac UK

Member of Institute of Leaderships and Management

Fellow of Institute of Food Science And Technology 

 Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8 Lead Auditor 

MEMBER of the Kent and Medway NHS Trust Joint Research collaboration.

Tinted Semi‐Transparent Solar Panels Allow Concurrent Production of Crops and Electricity on the Same Cropland

Controlled release of microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) by spray–drying processing

Effect of Modified Atmosphere Packaging and Multilayer Flexible Films on pH of Fresh Quail Meat

Calcium to phosphorus ratio, essential elements and vitamin D content of infant foods in the UK: Possible implications for bone health

Vitamins A and E content of commercial infant foods in the UK: A cause for concern?

Dr Nazanin Zand is Associate Professor of Food and Science Nutrition in the School of Science at the University of Greenwich. She researches - and advises industrial partners - on issues of nutrition, food content and food production. She has especially explored nutritional diets for babies, children, in school canteens, and for the elderly population. In addition, she has researched how to extend the shelf life of post-harvested and perishable foods. She has commented in the media on issues such as processed food, gastronomy, obesity, healthy eating,  and food innovation. 

During her earlier career Nazanin developed the nutritional content of meals served by British Airways - including addressing the particular dietary needs of passengers with food allergies. She has qualifications in agricultural engineering, food safety quality management and nutritional chemistry, Her PhD examined the nutritional quality of infant food. She advises the food processing industry on product development, nutritional content and tailored diets for markets such as older people. She has worked with several food companies including Danone, Veetee Food, Algycyte, Bare Foods, Little Tummy and Piccolo Baby Food.

She is frequently invited to contribute to a number of food related projects including promotion of healthy nutrition in relation to early life development such as “Eating Well: first year of life Practical guide” published by the Caroline Walker Trust and “Baby food in the UK” First Step Nutrition. Dr Zand research has also been referenced in Public Health England (2019) rapid scoping review examining the role and impact of commercial baby foods and drinks on the diets of children aged 4 months.

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Baby Food

Healthy Eating

Special Diets

Food

Diets

Nutrition

Food Allergies

Obesity

Airline Food

University of Greenwich Faculty Profile

Google Scholar Profile

Food Unwrapped

Secrets Of Your Supermarket Food

The Honest Supermarket: What’s Really in Our Food?

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Invited Keynote at 20th Food Innovation Asia Conference

Member and Chair of the organising committee

Invited speaker on Improving DHA content of infant foods in the UK

Chair of the Session on Probiotics

Invited Speaker on behalf of the Organizing Committee

Associate Professor of Food and Science Nutrition

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