Mintel announces Global Food and Drink Trends for 2025

01-Nov-2024 - Mintel, the experts in what consumers want and why, has announced four key trends that will shape the globalfoodand drink industry in the years ahead. In 2025 and beyond, expect to see more focus on blood sugar and hormone health, whilefoodand drink will play an increasing role in mental ...

EPR Sensor on a Chip Boosts Olive Oil & Beer Quality Control

05-Sep-2024 - The first sign of spoilage in manyfoodproducts is the formation of free radicals, which reduces the shelf-life and the overall quality of thefood. Until now, the detection of these molecules has been very costly for thefoodcompanies. Researchers at HZB and the University of Stuttgart have ...

Oil instead of butter

A new study confirms: High-quality vegetable oils are better for your health than animal fats

16-Jul-2024 - Switching from a diet high in saturated animal fats to a diet rich in plant-based unsaturated fats influences the fat composition in the blood. This in turn influences the long-term risk of disease. A study recently published in Nature Medicine, conducted by a team of researchers from the German ...

Rapeseed oil is once again the most popular cooking oil

This is followed by sunflower oil and olive oil. Inflation and prices determined the purchasing behavior of Germans in 2023

23-May-2024 - Rapeseed oil will remain the most popular cooking oil among Germans in 2023. Private households consumed around 78 million liters of rapeseed oil last year. This means that around one in three bottles of cooking oil sold contained rapeseed oil. "With its mild taste and diverse, very healthy fatty ...

Olive oil in crisis: what to do?

Three questions for Silvia Monetti, team leader for food prices and food poverty at the NRW consumer advice center

15-Apr-2024 - The price of olive oil continues to rise: on average, it cost 51% more than a year ago in February 2024 and 54% more in March. This is despite the fact that inflation, including for food, has continued to fall recently. Compared to February 2021, olive oil now costs 90 percent more - meaning the ...

Asparagus enjoyment - that's what counts

Valuable tips on the white and green heralds of spring

02-Apr-2024 - Real asparagus fans are already waiting impatiently for the start of the local season, as it only lasts for a limited time and always ends on June 24. Hannah Zeyßig, nutrition expert at the NRW consumer advice center, summarizes how to easily identify fresh asparagus and store it ...

New authentication method developed for the identification of β-sitosterol in edible oils

What makes this methodology particularly commendable is its ability to effectively bypass some of the traditionally cumbersome stages of analysis

13-Nov-2023 - In a study published in the journal Food Quality and Safety, researchers from Zhejiang University introduced a pioneering methodology designed to scrutinize the levels of β-sitosterol present in edible oils. With a primary focus on Virgin Camellia Oil (VCO) and Virgin Olive Oil (VOO), this novel ...

When nutrition becomes a treatment: Low sugar and lots of fat against polycystic kidney disease

Ketogenic diet can have positive effects on kidney disease

09-Nov-2023 - High fat, low carb: A clinical study on special diets at the University of Cologne shows promising results on the use of a ketogenic diet as a possible treatment for hereditary polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). This disease causes about 10 per cent of all cases of kidney failure and is the most ...

Germany under the spell of olive oil fever

Growing enthusiasm for the liquid gold from Spain

27-Oct-2023 - Olive oil consumption per inhabitant in Germany is currently around 1 liter. This is significantly lower than consumption in Mediterranean countries such as Spain with 11.4 liters, Greece with 10.3 liters and Italy with 7.1 liters. However, it is important to emphasize that consumption in ...

Opting for olive oil could boost brain health

Regular olive oil consumption associated with 28% lower risk of fatal dementia

26-Jul-2023 - A new study suggests that incorporating olive oil into your diet could help reduce the risk of dying from dementia. As many countries face rising rates of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, the study offers hope that healthy lifestyle factors such as diet can help to prevent or slow ...