IFST's Northern Ireland Branch hosted another successful Young Scientist Competition on 1 June 2017.
Nor Haji Mohd Manan from Queens University Belfast, studying Food Quality, Safety & Nutrition won the competition with her presentation on "Assessing anti-diabetic potential of medicinal plants".
Susanne Taggart, from CAFRE and studying Food Technology came a close second for her presentation "An invesitgaiton in to the substitution of sucrose with allulose in sponge cakes".
Other finalists were Nicola McNeice, Queens University Belfast with "Probing the prebiotic potential of algal-derived polysaccharides", Naimh Mc Veigh, CAFRE with "Investigating the effect of packaging colour on perception of sweetness in fruit juice", Anne-Marie Mulholland, Ulster University with her presentation on "The association between body weight and vitamin D in pregnancy: a longitudinal study" and Holly Neill also from Ulster University who looked at the "Influence of fatty acid desaturase (FADS) genotype and fatty acid intake on cholesterol levels".
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Sponsors NIFDA and Ulster University.