Food and beverage news

Spin-off project: Analysis of the biodiversity of glucosinolate compounds in cabbage vegetables

AI lighting system for efficient vertical indoor farming

TH Köln optimizes vertical cultivation of fruit vegetables and fruit

I Eat What You Eat

When buying snacks, primary school children are often out and about with their peers - does this influence their purchasing decisions?

What Makes Sustainable Consumption So Difficult

It’s not enough to hope for individual discipline

The snack trap: potato chips made from vegetables are not healthier

The fat content is sometimes higher than that of classic potato potato chips

Price discounts on healthful foods like vegetables and zero-calorie beverages lead to an increase in consumption of these foods

Children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers should avoid Brazil nuts

Brazil nuts can contain unusually high levels of radioactive radium

Are healthy foods automatically sustainable, too?

Perceptions about sustainability and healthy food choices are closely linked

Dunning-Kruger effect with muesli bars

Those who know the least consider themselves highly competent

Sturgeon products such as caviar sold in Europe are often illegal - or not even genuine

Gene and isotope analyses show that regulations are actively being broken

Bayreuth researchers on new arsenic compounds of concern in rice and rice cakes

Coffee only wakes you up if you rarely drink it

What is the ideal way to consume coffee?

Oettinger brewery focuses increasingly on non-alcoholic drinks

Beer sales in Germany have been falling for years, the trend is towards alcohol-free products and greater health awareness

Mumm & Co. launches new campaign and stages magical moments of pleasure with Godefroy von Mumm

Swiss cheese startup cheezy collaborates with German winery

Tönnies Group launches first nationwide "Meat Climate Platform"

100 guests at the Future Forum for Agriculture

Pushers, overcrowded trains and phone zombies

Sprite presents the world's first vending machine that responds to the things that bother Generation Z the most

The Jägermeister #SAVETHENIGHT Fund is only open for submissions for a short time

Applications are still possible until November 30, 2023

The kebab for everyone: Düzgün Group and The Vegetarian Butcher launch plant-based kebab skewer

After nationalization: Carlsberg manager arrested in Russia

Johnnie Walker Blue Label presents: Elusive Umami

The mysterious fifth taste

analytica 2024: Food analysis for sustainable nutrition

From PFAS to microplastics: focus on new harmful substances

World Steak Challenge 2023

Vion wins 2x gold, 1x silver and 5x bronze

Purely plant-based is so delicious!

Billie Green presents new snacks and Spanish cold cuts

Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful starting materials for other products

Microbial Upcycling of Waste PET

Bowel cancer: aspirin activates protective genes

Researchers have identified a signaling pathway by which aspirin can inhibit colorectal cancer.

Autonomous measuring instruments systematically detect new materials

A new algorithm measures materials libraries up to four times faster than before: It’s based on machine learning

Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilizers

A coating protects nitrogen-fixing bacteria: Start-up to commercialise coated bacteria for large-scale use in regenerative agriculture

New drug delivery system could reduce daily diabetes shots to just three a year

Dietary management drugs have transformed Type 2 diabetes care, but daily injection routines are challenging for some patients

Researchers discover new ultra strong material for microchip sensors

A material that doesn't just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar

New designs for solid-state electrolytes may soon revolutionize the battery industry

Scientists achieve monumental improvements in lithium-metal-chloride solid-state electrolytes

Pregnancy remodels the brain

Stem cells shape the sense of smell in mothers

Viral Impostors: Breakthrough for Virus Research

The penetration of viruses into cells can now be tracked with unprecedented accuracy thanks to innovative design for pseudoviruses

Dow and Evonik announce startup of hydrogen peroxide to propylene glycol (HPPG) pilot plant

Innovative technology offer flexibility, lower costs, and a smaller environmental footprint

How stem cells and immune cells communicate

Lisec Artz Award for Simon Haas: Groundbreaking discovery of an unknown protective mechanism against blood cancer from stem cells

Fatty acid factory filmed at work

High-resolution images provide new insights into cellular fatty acid production: Potential for medicine and biotechnology

This is a battery

Two colored liquids bubbling through tubes: Is this what the battery of the future looks like?

Excessive fluid consumption: habit or hormonal disorder?

Which test provides a reliable diagnosis?

Tracking down Environmental Toxins

Detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by interrupted energy transfer

Inauguration of the world’s first pilot plant for the cost-efficient production of green methanol

Start-up C1 Green Chemicals AG and research partners develop fundamentally new production process

Mobile phone use may affect semen quality

Is 4G less harmful than 2G?

Scientists use quantum biology, AI to sharpen genome editing tool

"This study represents an exciting advancement toward, understanding how we can avoid making costly ‘typos’ in an organism’s genetic code"

Converting PFAS “forever chemicals” into valuable compounds

Scientists develop a new method to incorporate harmful perfluoroalkenes into N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

Textbook knowledge turned on its head: 3-in-1 microorganism discovered

Newly multifunctional bacterial species

Researchers “film” novel catalyst at work

Graphene's proton permeability: A switch for future energy technologies

This discovery could lead to the development of more efficient hydrogen fuel cells and solar water-splitting devices

Alzheimer’s Drug PRI-002 Receives EMA Approval for Phase II Trial

‘Hot’ new form of microscopy examines materials using evanescent waves

“This microscope technology is completely new, so we’re still learning specifically how and where it can be applied”

Lithium-ion batteries are no longer the gold standard in battery tech

On the way to safer and more powerful energy sources

Breakthrough Discovery Sheds Light on Heart and Muscle Health

Scientists shoot first true-to-life 3D image of the thick filament of mammalian heart muscle

Why are neuron axons long and spindly?

They're optimizing signaling efficiency!

Not so silver lining: Microplastics found in clouds could affect the weather

Low-altitude and denser clouds contained greater amounts of microplastics

What's that smell? New gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but protects against pathogens

Taurine-degrading bacteria influence intestinal microbiome

Plants transformed into detectors of dangerous chemicals

Scientists engineer plants to speak in color