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Session Type: Poster Theater Flash Session

Global Advancements in Food Science and Nutrition (Poster Theater Flash Session 17)

Monday, July 27, 2026
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Location:Prince George's Hall B-E (The Hub) - Poster Theater 1

    Chair(s)

  • Elizabeth Reverri, PhD, MS, RD, FAND (she/her/hers)

    Senior Research Scientist
    Nutrition Science Innovation
    Abbott
    Columbus, Ohio, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    • Co-Chair(s)

  • Ayodele Tyndall, MPH

    Doctoral Student
    Florida International University
    Miami, Florida, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    • Presenting Author(s)

  • AV

    Antonis Vlassopoulos, PhD

    Senior Researcher
    Agricultural University of Athens
    Athens, Attiki, Greece

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • EA

    Eunice Amponsah, MPhil/BSc (she/her/hers)

    Student
    Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
    Kumasi, Central, Ghana

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Ekpereka Anajekwu, PhD (he/him/his)

    Post Graduate Researcher
    University of Surrey
    Surrey, England, United Kingdom

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Emrah Yildiz, PhD in Gastronomy (he/him/his)

    Lecturer Dr.
    Anadolu University
    ESKİŞEHİR, Eskisehir, Turkey

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • SA

    Salma Azzioui, Master’s degree

    Phd student
    Laboratory of Botany and Valorization of Plant and Fungal Resources, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University in Rabat/RDC-Nutrition, CNESTEN, Rabat, Morocco
    Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • Osman Güldemir, PhD in Gastronomy (he/him/his)

    Assoc. Prof. Dr.
    Anadolu University
    Eskişehir, Eskisehir, Turkey

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Zhengming Zhou, PhD

    Student
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Poster Theater Flash Sessions will feature flash talks followed by discussion time by a poster board. Each speaker will have up to 4 minutes (and up to 3 slides) to highlight major findings and other noteworthy or interesting details. After the flash talks, presenters will stand by their poster for dialogue with NUTRITION 2026 attendees. Complete abstract text for each abstract which will be presented at NUTRITION 2026 will be available on July 24.

Presentations:

  • 2:30 PM - 2:34 PM ET
    Agreement of Food Composition Values Generated via Aggregation of Branded Data Versus Chemical Analysis- Informing the New Era of Food Composition Databases

    Presenting Author: Antonis Vlassopoulos, PhD – Agricultural University of Athens

    Co-Author: Ioannis Koutsias – Agricultural University of Athens

    Co-Author: Lydia Voulgaridou – Agricultural University of Athens

    Co-Author: Stefania Xanthopoulou – Agricultural University of Athens

    Co-Author: Maria Kapsokefalou, PhD – Agricultural University of Athens

  • 2:34 PM - 2:38 PM ET
    Genomic Diversity Is Linked to Nutritional Trait Variation in Indigenous Ghanaian Crops

    Presenting Author: Eunice A. Amponsah, MPhil/BSc (she/her/hers) – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    Co-Author: Pearl Agyekum – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    Co-Author: Linda Esi Aduku – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    Co-Author: Charles Apprey – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    Co-Author: Selena Ahmed, PhD, FAHA – American Heart Association

    Co-Author: Nilendra Nair, PhD, MBBS, MSc – American Heart Association

    Co-Author: Reginald Annan – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    Co-Author: Herman Lutterodt – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

  • 2:38 PM - 2:42 PM ET
    Minerals and Microstructural Composition of Instant Poundo Yam Flour Evaluated by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy in a Scanning Electron Microscope System

    Presenting Author: Ekpereka O. Anajekwu, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Surrey

  • 2:42 PM - 2:46 PM ET
    A Study of the Rumelia–Balkan Immigrant Cuisine in Eskişehir and Its Integration Into Food Service Enterprises

    Presenting Author: Emrah Yildiz, PhD in Gastronomy (he/him/his) – Anadolu University

    Co-Author: Gökhan Şalli, gastronomy and culinary arts – Anadolu University

    Co-Author: Osman Güldemir, PhD in Gastronomy (he/him/his) – Anadolu University

  • 2:46 PM - 2:50 PM ET
    Development of the Moroccan Food Composition Table: A National Tool for Dietary Assessment and Nutrition Policy

    Presenting Author: Salma Azzioui, Master’s degree – Laboratory of Botany and Valorization of Plant and Fungal Resources, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University in Rabat/RDC-Nutrition, CNESTEN, Rabat, Morocco

    Co-Author: Hassan Aguenaou – RDC-Nutrition, CNESTEN/Higher School of Paramedical Sciences, International University of Rabat

    Co-Author: Mohamed Khalis – Université Mohamed VI des Sciences de la Santé

    Co-Author: Radia Belkamel – RDC-Nutrition, CNESTEN/Higher School of Paramedical Sciences, International University of Rabat

    Co-Author: Safaa Chebbaki – RDC-Nutrition, CNESTEN/Higher School of Paramedical Sciences, International University of Rabat

    Co-Author: Nada Benajiba – RDC-Nutrition, CNESTEN/Higher School of Paramedical Sciences, International University of Rabat

    Co-Author: Anass Rami – ISPITS, Guelmim, Ministry of Health

    Co-Author: Laila El Ammari, Doctor – Ministry of Health

    Co-Author: Amina El Hajjab – IAV Hassan II, Ministry of Agriculture

    Co-Author: Nissrine El Mir – RDC-Nutrition, CNESTEN

    Co-Author: Amina Barkat – Mohammed V University

    Co-Author: Jaafar Heikel – Université Mohamed VI des Sciences de la Santé

    Co-Author: Souad Skalli – Laboratory of Botany and Valorization of Plant and Fungal Resources, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat- Morocco

    Co-Author: Khalid El kari – RDC-Nutrition, CNESTEN

  • 2:50 PM - 2:54 PM ET
    Nutritional Transformation and Gastronomic Functionality of Karaman Divle Cave-Aged Cheese in Culinary Applications

    Presenting Author: Osman Güldemir, PhD in Gastronomy (he/him/his) – Anadolu University

    Co-Author: Ali Şen, PhD – Selçuk University

    Co-Author: Serkan Semint, PhD – Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey University

  • 2:54 PM - 2:58 PM ET
    Maleic Anhydride Esterified Starch Damages the Liver via the Gut-Liver Axis

    Presenting Author: Zhengming Zhou, PhD – The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Co-Author: Qile Zhang (he/him/his) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong