Food Testing Lab

In this study, researchers from the University of Kent and University of Cambridge claimed that lower income countries, where there is reduced availability of nutritious fruits and vegetables, are more likely to have higher levels of blood pressure. They have examined the link between fruit and vegetable consumption and blood...

Food banks are facing challenges in terms of promoting nutrition, health, and equity depending on the funding that is made available. Back in 2021, around 53 million people in the United States have resorted to food banks and community programmes for support. This statistic led researchers from the University of...

Answers with regards to the age-old debate of whether beer tastes better in a can or bottle have been inconclusive. Food scientists from ACS Food Science & Technology tried to address this dilemma by stating that it depends on the type of beer. For instance, amber ale stays fresher in...

Muhammad Rahman, scientist, developed a protein-based nanocomposite coating for fruit and vegetables. This coating helps improve accessibility to fresh produce of food in desert areas with poor access to healthy and affordable foods. He gained an award from the National Science Foundation and was tasked to produce a sustainable, low-cost,...

Researchers at the University of Barcelona -Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Services claimed that eating peanuts is beneficial to the vascular health of young and healthy people. The team followed and analyzed 63 participants, aged 18 to 33, who had a daily portion of peanut products in their regular diet...

Results from the study led by Hisao Okabe from the Fukushima Regional Center, Japan, indicated that children exposed to pet cats or dogs during fetal development or early infancy have fewer food allergies compared to their counterparts. Okabe and his colleagues conducted a nationwide, prospective birth cohort study and analyzed...

Conventional cooking appliances may soon be replaced by software-driven processes that incorporate three-dimensional printers and lasers. However, the commercialization of this technology might take some time to get accustomed to as people consider getting them on their kitchen countertops. Researchers from the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science...

3D-food printing could just be the panacea to global challenges of food supply and nutrition. However, there are still hurdles in adapting additive manufacturing that needs to be addressed. Additive manufacturing involves a lot of procedures: designing, pre-processing, manufacturing, and post-processing. Each of these steps breeds an opportunity for the...

Elisa Omodei, principal author of the study and an Assistant Professor Central European University- Department of Network and Data Science, claimed that a tool can forecast the prevalence of food insecurity up to 30 days in advance using various data. This could aid and facilitate timely responses especially for decision...

Research team from Newcastle University found that individuals who consume a Mediterranean-like diet have up to 23 percent lower risk for dementia than their counterparts. A customary Mediterranean diet is rich in variety as it includes seafood, fruits and nuts. Data was gathered from 60,298 individuals of the UK Biobank...

Current medications in treating obesity have negative side effects that cause high blood pressure and impact the kidney or liver. Researchers from RMIT University discovered that antioxidant compounds and organic acid in hardy roselle have anti-obesity properties. The first of its kind, the findings of this study might help in...

A study led by Jinling Diao and colleagues identified certified commonly used pesticides that cause bland and watery strawberries with lower nutritional value. Fungicides are intended to disrupt the cellular processes of detrimental fungi. However, they could also unintentionally interfere with a crop’s cellular mechanisms, impacting the production of flavor...

Apparently, a simple cup of coffee with milk can have an inflammatory effect on humans, according to a new study conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen-Department of Food Science and Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. A group of antioxidants, called polyphenols, are known to...

Improvements in science are impacting arable farming in the field. With climate and population pressures, agrigenomics aims to counter these threats by transitioning towards sustainable production processes to protect global food supply. Historically, embedding genomics to agricultural research has been contained due to limitations in sequencing technology. But with the...