Products made from alternative proteins and automated cleaning processes - the Fraunhofer IVV at the IFFA

26-Feb-2025 - From May 3-8, 2025, the leading international trade fair IFFA in Frankfurt am Main will revolve around the topic "Technology for Meat and Alternative Proteins". In line with this, the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV will be showing how alternative ingredients and ...

Food and Nutrition degree program becomes even more modern

28-Nov-2024 - From the summer semester 2025, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences will be offering a Bachelor's degree in Applied Nutrition and Food Sciences. It is aimed at anyone who is interested in topics such as healthy nutrition and wants to play an active role in shaping the world of ...

Is reheated spinach poisonous?

14-Nov-2024 - A few facts about saving food: To mark European Food Waste Prevention Week from 16 to 23 November, the NRW Consumer Advice Center is clearing up misconceptions about the shelf life of food - from the edibility of spotty carrots to the myth that reheated spinach is dangerous. This year's motto of ...

What is PFAS all about?

15-Jul-2024 - Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) are persistent industrially produced compounds that can accumulate in the environment and the body. Recently, they have increasingly become the subject of public debate due to potential health risks. Nevertheless, the majority of the population is not ...

Global standards in food safety: BfR Summer Academy

Over 700 participants from 72 countries learn and network

02-Jul-2024 - New foods land on supermarket shelves every day. Some of the products have come a long way. The variety of foods is constantly growing due to imports and exports, which also increases the requirements for scientific assessments and the communication of health risks. But how is the legal and ...

Study finds resistance to critically important antibiotics in uncooked meat sold for human and animal consumptio

30-Apr-2024 - New research presented at the ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April) has found substantial levels of resistance to critically important antibiotics inmeatsold for human and animal consumption. The study is by Dr Jordan Sealey, Professor Matthew Avison and ...

Why the BfR is shooting at gelatine or how the food safety of game meat can be guaranteed

24-Apr-2024 - What do soap and gelatine have to do with game meat? Quite a lot, at least at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR): the substances help to make the consumption of game meat safe for consumers. As so-called test simulants, blocks of soap and gelatine are shot at with rifle ammunition in ...

Butter and its alternatives

TÜV SÜD explains

27-Oct-2023 - Where there used to be butter and margarine in the grocery store, consumers today find the most diverse variations. From vegan butter substitutes to so-called blended spreads. In the run-up to the advent baking season, TÜV SÜD provides information on the properties of butter and butter ...

For people with diabetes, healthy eating is not enough if their diet is rich in ultra-processed foods

31-Jul-2023 - An Italian research by the I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed shows that the consumption of highly processedfoods, often industrially manufactured, increases the risk of death for people with type 2 diabetes, regardless of the nutritional quality of their diet. The very first rule for people diagnosed ...

Food safety: plasma instead of chemicals

A new method for cleaning conveyor belts in food production can replace the widely used disinfection chemicals

13-Jun-2023 - Microbial contamination can occur along the entire food processing chain. In order to minimize health risks for consumers, all production processes must be carried out safely. It is therefore common practice to clean conveyor belts with disinfectants, for example in vegetable or meat processing. ...