The first Pigments in Food (PIF) congress was organized in
Seville, Spain (1999) 12 years ago to establish an opportunity for
scientists from different branches of food chemistry to meet and
discuss subjects and problems that are the major concerns of the
particular field, and, last but not least, to get to know each other. In
this way not only scientists such as pigment chemists, food
chemists, food technologists, agriculturists, and nutritionists, but
also industry people from all over the world had the possibility to
attend one single meeting. The content of the conferences
addressed primarily, but not exclusively, anthocyanins, carotenoids
and chlorophylls.