Probiotics in Beer? 3 Fresh Discoveries to Enjoy This Oktoberfest

New research reveals flavor secrets, bitterness control, and probiotic possibilities in beer.

07-Oct-2024 - Frothy or smooth, bitter or sweet, light or dark: There’s abeerfor most palates. As people around the world pour over the best brews at Oktoberfest celebrations or ferment about their favorite fall-themed beers, three papers published in ACS journals crack open new insights into ...

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 ...

$20K Food Analysis Contest: Utilize New Data

The American Heart Association invites investigators to use the first set of data from the Periodic Table of Food Initiative to study the role of food in health and medicine

06-Aug-2024 - The American Heart Association, celebrating 100 years of lifesaving service as the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health, announced the first data challenge inviting scientific researchers to use thefooddatabase from thePeriodic Table ...

A new brew

Evaluating the flavor of roasted, lab-grown coffee cells

13-Dec-2023 - It may soon be time to wake up and smell the lab-growncoffeemade from cultured plant cells. But it’s not clear whether drinks from this product replicatecoffeebeans’ complex flavors. Now, a study in ACS’Journal of Agricultural andFoodChemistryfound that some of the comforting aromas and ...

BeerBots could speed up the brewing process

26-Apr-2023 - Craft brewers are continuously upping the ante and coming up with innovative ways to make or flavor their newest beers. Now, researchers are adding a new twist of their own, speeding up the brewing process withbeer-making mini-robots or “BeerBots.” Reporting inACS Nano, the team shows that ...

Fermented coffee’s fruity aromas demystified

31-Mar-2023 - Specialty coffees are gaining traction in coffeehouses around the world — and now a fermented version could bring a fruity taste to your morning cup of joe. This new kind of beverage has a raspberry-like taste and aroma, but what causes these sensations has been a mystery. Today, scientists ...

Three ways to reduce the carbon footprint of food purchased by US households

05-Nov-2021 - Most consumers want to make food purchases that are smart for their wallets, their health and the environment. And while switching to a vegetarian or vegan diet can lower one’s impact on greenhouse gas emissions, it may not be realistic or healthful for everyone. Now, researchers in ACS’ ...

Slowing down grape ripening can improve berry quality for winemaking

01-Jul-2021 - Wine grapes are particularly finicky when it comes to their environment. For instance, heatwaves and droughts lead to earlier berry ripening and lackluster wine. And these types of episodes are expected to intensify as Earth's climate changes. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Journal of ...

Biofuels from the brewery?

Separating beer waste into proteins for foods, and fiber for biofuels

08-Apr-2021 - Home brewing enthusiasts and major manufacturers alike experience the same result of the beer-making process: mounds of leftover grain. Once all the flavor has been extracted from barley and other grains, what's left is a protein- and fiber-rich powder that is typically used in cattle feed or put ...

Edible holograms could someday decorate foods

22-Feb-2021 - Holograms are everywhere, from driver's licenses to credit cards to product packaging. And now, edible holograms could someday enhance foods. Researchers reporting in ACS Nano have developed a laser-based method to print nanostructured holograms on dried corn syrup films. The edible holograms ...