The bee’s knees: New tests created to find fake honey

20-Aug-2024 - Researchers led by Cranfield University have developed new ways to detect sugar syrup adulteration in honey, paving the way for fast and accurate tests to discover fake products. There is growing consumer demand for honey, with £89.8 million worth of honey imported to the UK in 2023. But as a ...

Chocolate’s tasty flavors might pose a risk in other desserts

Genotoxic substances in baked sweets?

03-Jun-2024 - What makes chocolate taste and smell so delicious? Chemistry, of course! A variety of molecules work together to create that unmistakable aroma, but those same molecules might carry some unwanted health effects if there are too many around. According to research published in ACS’ Journal of ...

African swine fever: transmission via feed unlikely

International research results on ASF viruses published

31-May-2024 - African swine fever (ASF) continues to spread in Europe and other parts of the world. Food also plays a role in this. If unheated food or leftovers from infected animals are fed to uninfected animals, the virus can spread to previously ASF-free regions and thus also to domestic pig herds. As the ...

How the European Union is making food safer

29-May-2024 - The EU Contaminants Regulation 2023/915 has been in force for exactly one year since May 25. It regulates maximum levels of certain substances contained in food. The previous law was outdated. It is therefore a good example of how the European Union is making food safer for its citizens without ...

Salmonella is a frequent cause of food recalls

Federal Office publishes annual statistics for 2023 on the lebensmittelwarnung.de portal

06-Feb-2024 - The federal states and the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) published 308 recalls on the joint portal "www.lebensmittelwarnung.de" in 2023. Microbiological contamination was the reason for almost a third of the warnings. Of these, salmonella was once again the most ...

analytica 2024: Food analysis for sustainable nutrition

From PFAS to microplastics: focus on new harmful substances

16-Nov-2023 - From meat-free cold cuts to vegan salmon, the food market is changing. More and more consumers want to eat sustainably, but without sacrificing the taste of familiar products. “Modern analytical methods play a key role in the development of alternative foods, which is why analytica is ...

Gotcha! New technology speeds up bacterial testing in food

A promising technology that could potentially revolutionize the process of testing bacterial viability in food

13-Sep-2023 - It is said that there is waste in haste, but researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University have proven that doing things rapidly does not necessarily mean working ineffectively. A research group led by Professor Hiroshi Shiigi at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University ...

Salmonella Detection

Simple Colorimetric Sensor Rapidly Detects Food Contamination Using a Nucleic Acid Probe

19-Apr-2023 - A team of researchers have developed an easy-to-use colorimetric assay for the detection of food contaminated with salmonella. The assay is based on a novel nucleic acid probe that is cleaved by an RNase enzyme specific to the salmonella species. As the team report in the journal Angewandte ...

Detecting food fraud - thanks to light quanta

Check food for content and origin more cost-effectively

08-Dec-2022 - When shopping in the supermarket, consumers must be able to rely on the food label. But is it always correct? In the joint project QSPEC, AMO GmbH, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH), AG Photonische Quantentechnologien of Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH), TOPTICA Photonics AG, AMOtronics UG and ...

Food decontamination spray deploys "billions of tiny soldiers"

Researchers harness bacteria-eating viruses to create a powerful new weapon against contamination and infection

08-Dec-2022 - Researchers at McMaster University have created a powerful new weapon against bacterial contamination and infection. They have developed a way to coax bacteriophages – harmless viruses that eat bacteria – into linking together and forming microscopic beads. Those beads can safely be applied to ...