St. Paul, Minn. (May 24, 2007) – Cereals&Europe, AACC International’s European Section, welcomed nearly 300 grain science professionals from more than 30 countries at the 2007 C&E Spring Meeting, the first AACC International Europe-based meeting, held May 2-4 in Montpellier, France.

The meeting’s unique program attracted experts from the international grains industry with its focus on consumer needs for cereal-based products and how best to meet them. The overall theme of the meeting, “Consumer Driven Cereal Innovation: Where Science Meets Industry,” was approached through plenary sessions, a program track on science and one on technology, poster sessions, and exhibits by 22 supplier companies.

Proceedings from the meeting will soon be available and feature articles based on the meeting’s plenary sessions will be published in CEREAL FOODS WORLD (CFW). A full recap of the meeting is available at www.aaccnet.org/sections/c&emeeting07.asp.

Due to the tremendous success of this meeting, initial planning is underway to hold the second Cereals&Europe Spring Meeting at a venue in Germany in 2009. Cereals&Europe and AACC International thank the many attendees, exhibitors and sponsors, and supporting organizations for making this meeting a truly successful and educational event.

AACC International is an organization of professionals from more than 75 countries contribute to the research, development, and processing of grains and grain-based products.