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Division Recognitions / Accomplishments

• Dr. Fereidoon Shahidi, the first chair of the Nutraceutical & Functional Foods Division was awarded the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of Nicolas Appert.
• Outstanding Volunteer - The Outstanding Volunteer award honors a current Division member who provided exemplary volunteer work to the Division in the current year. The 2021-2022 recipient is Emerson Nolasco.
• Outstanding Service - The Outstanding Service award honors current Division members who have demonstrated a history of service to the Division or field. The 2021-2022 recipient is Cordelia Selomulya.

Division Oral Competition Finalists

1. Impact of cranberry juice consumption on the gut microbiome and inflammatory markers in overweight individuals: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, Maria Castellon Chicas, Texas A&M University (First Place)
2. Electrospray-based microencapsulation of probiotics in soy protein isolate-sunflower oil emulsions for enteric delivery, Yashaswini Premjit, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Second Place)
3. Not all angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides possess ACE2 regulatory activity, Zihan Wang, University of Alberta (Third Place)
4. Antioxidant and Anti-melanogenic Effects of Ovalbumin Hydrolysates Derived from Egg White, Hee Yeon Cho, Konkuk University (Finalist)
5. Effect of non-thermal processing on seafood antigenicity, Xingyi Jiang, Florida State University (Finalist)
6. Dealcoholized muscadine wine is effective in both preventing and treating dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice, Hao Li, University of Florida (Finalist)