Considering the importance of nutritional and health issues for the development of communities, and in

Gisela Kopper

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Pan American Nutrition,

Food Science and Technology

BIMBO Award

2006

Considering the importance of nutritional and health issues for the

development of communities, and in order to promote research activities in

these fields, BIMBO GROUP created the Pan-American Nutrition, Food

Science and Technology Award, which is carried out every two years.

As part of its continuous commitment to the community’s health and well-

being, Grupo Bimbo, the leading baked goods company in the Americas,

invited the scientific community to participate in the

Bimbo Pan-American

Nutrition, Food Science and Technology Award

to promote research and

knowledge in these areas, and to improve the quality of processed food and

the nutritional standards of the population.

The first Award was carried out in 2004 with just one winner for both areas:

Human Nutrition and Food Science and Technology; and in four different

territories: Mexico, USA, Central and South America.

The last event (2006) included the participation of the same territories, and

added a

winner for each discipline: Human Nutrition and Food Science and

Technology. In addition, there included two new subcategories for each area:

Young Scientist and Professional.

The Young Scientist Category is aimed for participants less than 35 years old

by the closing date,who have concluded a Master’s Degree or PhD, maximum

two (2) years before the closing date. And shall actively participated in

important scientific and/or technological research projects, having at least one

publication in a peer-reviewed journal during the last two years.

The Professional Category seeks to award

participants who have carried out

unique, renowned, valuable, consistent research projects on human nutrition

sciences and food technology, individually or as part of a team, with at least

five (5) awarded publications during the last three years, showing evidence of

the researcher’s independent work, Participated in activities that promote

science,

supervised postgraduate thesis and

participated in teaching

activities and the development of skilled human resources.

An independent Scientific Jury from each geographical zone was in charge of

evaluating the projects submitted and classified them according to their quality

and application to regional needs. The projects from each region, category

and discipline with the highest rating, won the award. The evaluation criteria

ranked the quality, content and congruence of the proposal in relation to the

disciplines; the scientific quality and technical viability; the impact on and

benefits to the human nutrition of the corresponding region; the impact on and

benefits to the industrialization processes of food products, according to the

resources and needs of the corresponding region and the positive influence

on the protection of intellectual property in the country where the research

was carried out.

The Scientific Jury is integrated by renowned researchers and experts in

human nutrition, food science and technology, chosen by Grupo Bimbo.

The Jury for Human Nutrition discipline was integrated by: Dennis D. Miller

(Cornell Institute of Food Science), Julie Miller Jones (College of St.

Catherine), Benjamin Caballero (John

Hopkins University), Monserrat Bacardi

Gascón (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California), Juan Angel Rivera

Dimmarco (Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico), Mauro Valencia

Juillereat (Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, México),

Benjamin Torun (Centro de Investigaciones y Docencia de América Latina),

Manuel Ramirez Zea (Instituto de Nutrición de Centro America y Panama), Dr.

Ricardo Uauy (Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de Alimentos INTA), Manuel

Ruz (Universidad de Chile) and Hector Enrique Araya López (Universidad de

Chile).

The Jury for the Food Science and Technology discipline was integrated by:

Dennis Heldman (Heldman Associates), Gustavo Barbosa Cánovas

(Washington State University), Paul Singh (University of California), Cesar

Ignacio Beristain Guevara (Universidad Veracruzana), Luis Herrera Estrella

(Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados), Sergio Revah Moiseev

(Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana), Gisela Kopper Arguedas (Universidad

para la Cooperación Internacional), Ana Carmela velásquez Carrillo (Centro

Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos), Eduardo Agosin Trumper

(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Glaucia Maria Pastore

(Universidade Estadual de Campinas) and Telma Telxeira Franco

(Universitaria Zeferino Vaz).

BIMBO Group granted an award for each territory, discipline and category

with $ 5,000.00 USD (five thousand US dollars) tax free for the Professional

Category and $ 2,000.00 USD (two thousand US dollars) tax free for the

Young Scientist Category.

Winners of the Bimbo Pan-American Nutrition, Food Science and

Technology Award 2006

Territory 1 - United States of America

Human Nutrition – Young Scientist Category

Winner: Amy Proulx, Iowa State University

Paper: Fermentation or addition of lactic acid enhances iron bioavailability

from maize

Human Nutrition – Professional Category

Winner: Peter Joseph Javel, University of California

Paper: Consumption of fructose- but not glucose-sweetened beverages for 10

weeks increases postprandial triglyceride and apolipoprotein-B concentrations

in overweight/obese women

Food Science and Technology – Young Scientist Category

Deserted category

Food Science and Technology – Professional Category

Deserted category

Territory 2 – Mexico

Human Nutrition – Young Scientist Category

Deserted category

Human Nutrition – Professional Category

Winner: Teresa Shamah Levy, Centro de Investigaciones en Nutrición y

Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, México

Paper: Efecto de la fortificación con hierro en el crecimiento en niños de 12 a

30 meses de edad

Food Science and Technology – Young Scientist Category

Winner: Martha Gabriela Campos Mondragón

Paper: Valor nutrimental de variedades de cacahuate mejoradas en

rendimiento

Food Science and Technology – Professional Category

Winner: Luis Vidal Ponce Cabrera, CICATA, IPN, México

Paper: Desarrolllo de una desespinadora fotónica para nopal verdura

Territory 3 – Central America

Deserted zone

Territory 4 – South America

Human Nutrition – Young Scientist Category

Deserted Category

Human Nutrition – Professional Category

Winner: Angel Catalá, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentine

Paper: Effect of dietary high oleic-acid oils that are rich in antioxidants on

microsomal lipid peroxidation on rats

Food Science and Technology – Young Scientist Category

Winner: Cynthia Ditchfield , Sao Paulo University, Brazil

Paper: Development of a biodegradable edible antimicrobial film for shelf-life

extension of food products

Food Science and Technology – Professional Category

Winner: Franco Wilfredo Pedreschi Plascencia , Universidad de Santiago de

Chile

Paper: Reduction of acrylamide formation in french fries .