Chitosan As An Edible Coating
Chitosan is rapidly developing as an edible coating to protect highly perishable fruits, meats and fish. It is a linear cationic polysaccharide composed of randomly […]
FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The Sugar Tax
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been advocating for the use of sugar taxes as a tool to combat obesity and other diet-related diseases since […]
FDA Issues Final Guidance On Acrylamide In Food
Acrylamide is a toxic agent – a potent neurotoxin in fact which surprised many food analysts when it was first identified in foods a number […]
Peltier Effect And Its Application In The Food Industry
Thermoelectric cooling and heating modules, also known as Peltier devices, play a significant role in the food processing industry, offering innovative solutions for temperature control. […]
Why we should always eat oats
Oats are not as humble a cereal as we might think. This particular plant has properties that permit claims from both Europe and the USA […]
Starch In Dairy Products
The use of starch in foods has taken many turns especially in dairy processing and the generation of both beverages and desserts. Starches as an […]
The Texture Of Food
The way a food feels in the mouth, the crunch, the munch, the bite, the swallowing has an enormous bearing on how we perceive a […]
What’s The Best Way To Cleanse The Palate After Tasting Red Wine?
Red wine drinking dries the palate and to conduct a seriously proper wine-tasting, most experts eat a dry biscuit between their sipping. That drying property […]
The Chinese Mitten Crab – An Oriental Delicacy
The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) is not a delicacy that immediately springs to mind in the Western world but having eaten them whole in […]
Quantitative Descriptive Analysis In Sensory Assessment
The analysis of sensory data is quite a straightforward process and in that armoury of assessment is Quantitative Descriptive Analysis. What follows is a short […]
Blue Is The Colour – For Spirulina That Is
Spirulina exclusively produces a natural blue colour for use in foods and beverages The song ‘Blue is the colour’ which Chelsea FC released back in […]
Nisin Offers Product Developers Opportunities To Stabilize Food
Natural antimicrobials are commonly being preferred by consumers over chemical preservatives according to ingredient trend studies (Smid and Gorris, 1999). Natural antimicrobials are regularly being […]
Post-Harvest Treatments For Maintaining The Shelf-Life Of Fruit
Trying to prevent fruit from decaying and so prolong shelf-life is a common objective for anyone in the supply chain. There are a number of […]
Staphylococcus Food Poisoning
Staphylococcus aureus is a serious and common foodborne pathogen – a bacterium widely found in the food supply chain (Tirado and Schmidt, 2001; Loir et al., […]
The Food Safety Issues Associated With Vibrio Parahaemolyticus
♥ Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a foodborne pathogen and probably the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide. The bacteria is an anaerobe that is described as […]
Top Food Trends For 2016
Insights2Innovate Ltd has been assessing its top 7 key trends for food, health and nutrition at the end of 2015 for the forthcoming year of […]
Better Processing methods For Baby Food Purees: High-Pressure Thermal Sterilization
The creation of a safe food, especially a baby food, relies on processing to completely destroy harmful micro-organisms or at least reduce their levels to […]
The History Behind PTFE as a Non-Stick Coating On Cookware
The history of using polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as a non-stick coating on food utensils is a fascinating journey that revolutionized cooking and food preparation. PTFE, often […]
What alternatives are there to polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) used in non-stick cookware?
Non-stick cookware has become a staple in many kitchens, offering convenience and ease of cooking. While polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) has been the primary material used for […]