Food and beverage news

Traces of 10,000-year-old ancient rice beer discovered in Neolithic site in Eastern China

What motivates Americans to eat less red meat?

New research looks at whether health risks or environmental impacts matter more

Color-Changing Test for Rapid Salmonella Detection

Method to enhance solubility of pea protein favors its use in food and beverages

Start-up brings quantum sensor to market maturity

SpinMagIC receives EXIST research transfer funding

Chocolate was eaten in Germany earlier than previously known

Evidence in Grimm letters

Low meat intake fuels concerns over child nutrition

Protein-Based Sweeteners as Sugar Substitutes

Airy, delicious pastries with food foam made from peas

Food and Nutrition degree program becomes even more modern

Healthy kohlrabi

Enzymes in kohlrabi control the formation of health-promoting substances - good for us and to protect the plant from pests.

foodwatch warns dm, Barnhouse and Voelkel about misleading immune advertising

How Nestlé and the Swiss Confederation are upskilling and creating job opportunities for Nigerian youth

Young people most stressed about spending family time this Christmas

How polluted is algae?

Heavy metals and high iodine levels found in dried algae

Mercosur agreement makes orange juice cheaper again

Pathogens in smoked salmon

Sensitive consumer groups should avoid consumption

The future tastes good thanks to food diversity

Food industry at the Green Week 2025

Rémy Martin celebrates its 300th anniversary with exclusive limited editions

Vegan cheese substitutes: a good alternative?

Dairy-free plant-based substitutes contain hardly any bacterial pathogens

Ünschi Härdöpfel is now also available as potato chips

How the Knorr stock cube conquers the world

The rise of a billion-euro brand

bonduelle enters 2025 with a brand logo redesign and new, consumer-friendly label design

Germany: 13.6 kilos of chocolate per capita were produced in 2023

Import prices for cocoa beans, the most important chocolate ingredient, almost doubled in October 2024 compared to the same month last year

Recycling batteries with citric acid

Highly efficient recycling process for NCM lithium-ion batteries

Microbe of the Year 2023: Bacillus subtilis – for health and technology

Already, Bacillus subtilis is indispensable in many industries, and many more innovations are expected

Detecting evidence of lung cancer in exhaled breath

Sensing technology could provide a breakthrough in non-invasive lung cancer screening

Plastic fantastic: Green, strong and edible

Researchers have created a biodegradable composite material that might help battle the global plastic-waste crisis

A new era of allergy treatment

Scientists unveil the early molecular key to curing life-threatening allergies

Interdisciplinary research team developing novel drug detection technology

New system uses software that acts like a robotic scientist

New technology for solid state batteries

Qkera selected as one of the 25 best start-ups at Falling Walls

CRISPR-Cas technology: ETH researchers have uncovered a serious side effect

A molecule designed to make the process more efficient destroys parts of the genome

MIT gel changes color on demand

Material could lead to fast, inexpensive sensors

New method for new materials

Low-cost production process for transition metal nitrides in high industrial demand

‘Love hormone’ instead of opioids

A groundbreaking new approach to treating chronic abdominal pain

New dimension for efficient laboratory work

Laboratory SaaS provider Labforward ramps up Series B financing to >€8.5 million in second closing

Renewable Carbon Feedstocks: Building a Net-Zero Chemical Industry in 2050

CCU and recycling as the cornerstone of the chemical industry’s feedstock in 2050

Designing large new proteins with AI

New method for designing artificial proteins

Roche lays the foundation for the diagnostics production of the future in Germany

Investment of more than 600 million euros in a high-tech production center - Roche's largest single investment in Germany to date

Advanced Automation Technologies agrees to acquire GERSTEL

Expanding automated sample preparation capabilities

Diabetes switch in DNA

Promising approach for personalised diabetes therapy

World Community Grid Targets AIDS in Giant Research Effort

Second project will help determine effective AIDS therapies

Breakthrough: Previously unknown compound in chloraminated drinking water identified

Identifying the compound required a more complete understanding of chemistry and better analytical instrumentation

How Immune Cells “Sniff Out” Pathogens

Researchers are using an innovative method to watch immune receptors go about their business

The heaviest element ever chemically studied

Experiments succeed in determining properties of moscovium and nihonium

Nacelle presents breakthrough production of Prussian White with special nanocoating for sodium-ion batteries

Predicting the mode of action of new anti-cancer drugs with AI

Acceleration of the development of new cancer drugs

AI-driven mobile robots team up to tackle chemical synthesis

Chemical research in turbo mode

Carbon recycling instead of plastic trash

Iron electrocatalysis breaks down polystyrene and delivers green hydrogen

Siegfried opens new global R&D Center for Drug Substances in Evionnaz

New facility to drive development excellence and further growth

Put algae in your tank

Novel LED technology enables detailed investigation of algae productivity

Chemistry paper discusses new approach to breakdown PFAS, forever chemicals

Researchers showcase an effective LED light-based photocatalytic system

Cause of the yo-yo effect deciphered

Fat cells store memories of obesity in their cell nucleus

Ångström-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

This innovation is poised to usher in a paradigm shift in our approach to study biological systems with thus far unprecedented detail