You Want A Meat Alternative But It Doesn’t Taste Right!
Meat alternatives continue to be developing at quite a pace. There’s an almost overwhelming number of options available to product developers given the the large […]
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The Best Cream Liqueurs
Cream liqueurs have a fascinating science surrounding them but it is their flavour which appeals to so many. Festive seasons like Christmas always seem to […]
Food Safety For Meat Alternatives
So food safety for meat alternatives might not seem the most jazzy title but if you want a reasonable shelf-life and no upset stomachs then […]
The Thanksgiving Turkey
The traditional fare of both Thanksgiving and the Christmas dinner is the good old roast turkey. It has been the centre piece of the dining […]
The Issue Of Powder Clumping
Powder clumping is a pain for anybody making food or pharmaceutical products! In fact it has other terms too including caking and agglomeration but whatever […]
The Herpes Virus And Dementia
Dementia is one of the leading health issues of the 21st Century. There is a burgeoning school of thought that some infections are linked to […]
Why Do I Need The Keto Diet?
Many of us keen to shed a few pounds of weight and even keep them off permanently must have taken a long hard look at […]
Frying Tonight !
Introduction Frying foods in hot oil has been a common cooking practice for all those looking for crispy textured and flavoursome foods. The rapid and […]
The Gut Microbiome
The gut microbiome is one of the most interesting new ‘organs’ to be identified in humans because it offers opportunities for improving health at phases […]
The Health Benefits Of Lentils
Lentils are probably one of the healthiest foods you can eat. They are a legume and rival chickpeas for their nutritional value. Introduction As we […]
Ginger – Its Many Valuable Health Benefits And Uses
The rhizomes of ginger (Zingiber officinale. Roscoe, family: Zingiberacea) have been used as a traditional home remedy for millenia. It is only in recent years that […]
Coconut Milk And Coconut Water
Many chefs and product developers rely on coconut milk as the base for that classic, the Thai green or red curry. We were interested, nay […]
The Noom Diet And Why You Want To Do It
The Noom diet is one of the top trending lifestyle diets. It has become one of the most popular Googled as it were through 2018 […]
The Seeds And Oil Of Nigella sativa (Kalonji)
Nigella seeds may not be that well known in Western style cuisine but throughout Asia, especially India, Kalonji as it is known is a common […]
Flocculation
One of the fundamental processes of downstream processing of biomolecules is the separation of insoluble material from soluble material. It is regularly used in wastewater […]
Living With Long-Term Consequences of COVID-19
As of the end of September 2020, over 1 million people had died from Covid-19. That figures was probably reached some time ago because of […]
The Composition Of Eggs
Eggs are a basic food throughout human civilization and a provider of much needed nutrition. They also have exceptional functional benefits throughout food manufacture such […]
What Is Tyrosinase?
Tyrosinase is an enzyme that catalyses the rate-limiting step in melanin synthesis in animals. It helps converts the amino acid tyrosine to DOPA in particular […]
Garlic Just Great For Good Health
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) has long been regarded as a healthy vegetable. It is a member of the Lily family (Liliaceae). Whether we consume the […]
Preparing Yourself For Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Cases of coronavirus disease or COVID-19 as it is also called, continue to be announced on a daily basis in the United Kingdom, Europe and […]