EMF members hosted a symposium at the Nutrition Society Congress in Belfast on 4 July 2024. The so-called ‘protein transition’ is a shift in the production and consumption of protein sources away from animal proteins, including dairy, to more plant-based and alternative protein sources. The symposium examined the role dairy foods have in such a dietary shift and explored the impact that the food matrix, in particular the dairy food matrix, has on this.
Speakers:
Professor Michelle McKinley, Queen’s University Belfast – Introduction to the food matrix concept: implications for the protein transition
Professor Ian Givens, University of Reading – Dairy matrix effects: the case of protein transition and micronutrient bioavailability
Dr Oliver Witard, King’s College London – Beyond protein content to optimise musculoskeletal health: interactions in the dairy matrix
