Food Testing Lab

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...