Mission
The Food Structure and Functionality Forum (FS&FF) is an international group of scientists devoted to food structure and functionality topics. The mission of the group is to promote global collaboration between food and agriculture professionals in structure and functionality disciplines by facilitating interaction and providing a forum for exchange of knowledge, expertise, and research findings. The food structure and functionality field is constantly evolving as a scientific discipline. Its primary goal is to unravel the relationships between food structure and functional properties of food materials and products.

The Food Structure and Functionality Forum has a long history and will continue to advance their discipline as an AOCS Division. FS&FF sessions attract representatives from a wide variety of food-related disciplines. Participants include government, university, and industry researchers from around the world. This overlap of interests indicates the far-reaching applications for structure and functionality research techniques in the modern agri-food industry.

Newsletters
Members of the Food Structure and Functionality Forum Division receive 3 newsletters per year which contain information relevant to the Food Structure and Functionality audience. Contents include industry and member news, meeting and symposium profiles, upcoming events, awards,  and new books. To view a past issue, click on any link below. To get the newsletters as they are released, join the division!

April 2006    February 2007    November 2007    February 2008    

Archived newsletters.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Help the Division achieve its mission.

A contribution to the Division provides assistance in technical program development, speaker support, and award administration.  Donations are greatly appreciated and recognized in the Division newsletter, website, and at the Annual Meeting. Sponsor an AOCS Annual Meeting event or session (email link)

Thank you to the current sponsors of the Division.

• Reading Scientific Services Ltd.
• Kraft Foods

Of Interest

This section provides links to items of interest to the Division membership. Visit the other AOCS program areas for books, meetings, and official methods related to fields this Division serves. 

Awards

• Lifetime Achievement

Past conferences

• Presentations from the 97th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo
   30 April - 3 May 2006, America's Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• Presentations from the Conference on Food Structure and Food Quality
   3-7 October 2004, Jury's Hotel, Cork, Ireland
• Photos from the Conference on Food Structure and Food Quality

Food Structure and Functionality Forum Division Brochure (pdf)