Growing Crab Apples For Pollination Of Fruiting Apples
Crab apples (Malus cultivars) make exceptional pollinators for other fruiting apples (M. domesticus cultivars). The attractive blossom in late March and April is followed by […]
FOOD AND DRINK
Worrying Results From Campylobacter Survey Of Chicken
♦ Campylobacter found on 70% of chickens sold in supermarkets. ♦ 280 thousand people suffer campylobacter food poisoning annually. ♦ About one of third of […]
Oats And Beta-Glucan: Ideal For Bars
Why are oats and beta-glucan such ideal ingredients? When it comes to product development especially in snack bars, barley, oats and beta-glucan make ideal ingredients. […]
The Palmyra Palm And Its Natural Sweetener Sap
The Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer L.) is a tree of great versatility and economically important. The sap or exudate when tapped is turned into a natural sugar […]
Products At Food Matters Live 2014
It’s always a joy to see new products appearing from start-up companies at food shows and none more so than at Food Matters Live 2014. […]
Walnuts Help the Heart Stay Healthy
Walnuts not only appear to have nutritional benefits when it comes to reducing the impact of Alzheimer’s Disease, they appear to be heart healthy too. Reducing […]
Consumers Using Low-Calorie Sweeteners have Better Lifestyles
The title is rather a bold statement. It seems though that based on research conducted by the University of Washington (Head researcher: Adam Drewnowski) in the […]
Pigmented Rice – Its Many Nutritional Benefits
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food and a valuable economic crop of many countries including India, China, Japan and Thailand. A group of varieties […]
Makegeolli Lasts Longer
Walk into any spirits shop in Korea and Makegeolli is likely to be the beverage that many would point you to as indicative of the […]
Grapefruit Juice: Helping Us To Lose Weight
♦ Grapefruit juice is healthy from a weight management point of view ♦ It could help us regulate our blood glucose levels Grapefruit juice has […]
Can Eating Walnuts Prevent Alzheimer’s ?
Whilst walnuts (Juglans regia L.) conjure up country teas with coffee and walnut cake, there is continued interest in consumption of this nut which might […]
Bog Myrtle (Sweet Gale) In Ancient Beers
The Bog Myrtle or Sweet Gale (Myrica gale L.) is a plant of the high moorlands of Northern Europe and once an important ingredient of […]
Improvements To The Quality Of Avocado Paste Using High Pressure Processing
One of the best applications for high pressure processing (HPP) has been the processing of avocado paste or guacamole so that micro-organisms are destroyed which […]
Vitamin C And Eye Health
Vitamin C has long been known to counter scurvy and be of general benefit as an antioxidant in human nutrition. It has been strongly associated […]
Chinese Black Rice Wine
Rice wines are commonly used in Chinese cuisine lending an acidic, flavoursome and aromatic note to savoury dishes. Black rice wine is one of many types obtained […]
Cider Aroma
The business, Monnow Creatives Ltd is starting to manufacture cider products. Whilst rooting through the web for articles related to cider production, I came across […]
Top Tomato
The tomato (Solanum lycoperiscum Mill.) ranks as a top summer food – salads, salsas, sauces and other alliterative terms associated with it readily come to […]
Eating mealworms !
If you are looking for a protein rich healthy snack, then maybe you should consider fried mealworms! Just saying worms puts many people off but […]
Lutein And Zeaxanthin
♦ Lutein and zeaxanthin are major supplements for eye health Lutein and Zeaxanthin have become of major interest as a nutritional supplements because they are […]
Avocado oil: Health and Functional Properties
Avocado oil is one of the healthiest dietary oils available for the nutritionist and for culinary use. We explore some of its properties here. The […]