A KAIST research team successfully produces microbial plastic to replace pet bottles​

13-Nov-2024 - Currently, the world is suffering from environmental problems caused by plastic waste. The KAIST research team has succeeded in producing a microbial-based plastic that is biodegradable and can replace existing PET bottles, making it a hot topic. Our university announced on the 7th of November ...

How bagged drinks harm our bodies

24-Oct-2024 - Packaged drinks entice consumers with their colorful design and pictures of fresh fruit. However, the packaging does not usually deliver what it promises: the juice cartons often only contain sugar water with flavorings. They do contain juice, but usually only in the low single-digit percentage ...

Fruit juice offers a fresh take on kombucha

30-Sep-2024 - Kombucha is a fizzy, tangy drink made by fermenting tea. But brewers are now fermenting other plant-based drinks to explore nutritional properties and flavors. Researchers inACS Agricultural Science & Technologycompared the biochemistry and flavor of kombucha with brews made from apple and ...

New strategies to combat biofilm formation in the food industry to enhance food safety

24-Sep-2024 - A research team reveals that biofilm formation onfood-contact surfaces in thefoodsupply chain poses a significant challenge, providing an environment for harmful bacteria that can lead to foodborne illnesses and degradefoodquality. This review highlights the critical need for innovative ...

Study nutritional sciences online: Now at Fresenius

Cooperation with ASU for the highest quality of education

26-Jul-2024 - The Nutrition Hub and the Federal Center for Nutrition recently published the fourth edition of the Nutrition Trend Report 2023. This report, which is based on surveys of 170 experts, clearly shows that awareness of healthy eating and interest in mindful eating are constantly growing. The diet of ...

Great expertise in food allergies

Enriches teaching in the food chemistry courses with a highly topical subject area: Prof. Dr. Thomas Holzhauser is a new honorary professor at JLU

23-Jul-2024 - If the consumption of certain foods leads to skin reactions, breathing problems, nausea or diarrhea, a food allergy may be the cause. Around four percent of people in Germany suffer from this and cannot tolerate eggs, dairy products, peanuts, nuts, soy or shellfish, for example, because their ...

Kenyan crop contamination outbreak inspires grad student to improve rice storage

Researchers identify optimal temperature, humidity level to protect rice from aflatoxins

17-Jul-2024 - While half the global population relies on rice as a staple, about 15 percent of rice produced each year is contaminated by potentially fatal aflatoxins. Seeing this threaten lives in her home country of Kenya prompted a graduate research assistant to focus on eradicating the risk through safer ...

Strawberries under the high-tech magnifying glass

05-Jul-2024 - Sweet notes and healthy ingredients make strawberries one of the most popular fruits worldwide. The complex biochemical compounds that determine the taste and nutritional value of a strawberry - so-called biomarkers - can only be determined in detail by experts using modern analyses. Now, a team ...

How milk proteins interact with caffeine in espresso

10-Jun-2024 - The swirl ofmilkand espresso — a small storm in your mug — doesn’t impact the dynamics of themilkproteins, according to research published inACSFoodScience & Technology. Researchers took a molecular view of howmilkproteins and caffeine molecules interact in water and in acoffeedrink. ...

Optical sensor enables 100 percent quality control of ultra-thin barrier layers

30-May-2024 - A new type of sensor makes it possible for the first time to test functional barrier layers on plastic products at production speed. The Film-Inspect testing system was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM in cooperation with plasma system specialist ...