FLAIR is the acronym for Food Linked Agro-Industrial Research and is the first research programme of the EU dedicated to food. The themes food quality, food safety and food wholesomeness were chosen as they are major concerns of the food industry and others in the food chain, including health professionals and consumers. An additional aim of FLAIR was to improve the competitiveness of the European food industry. The FLAIR programme commenced in 1990 and concluded officially in 1992. It embraced 33 major projects, each with participants from different countries, thereby combining the best expertise-over 500 persons- in Europe. Brief results from the eight nutrition-related FLAIR projects are given in this pamphlet.
