US firm recalls over 3,200 tons of hot dogs amid bone fragment fears

Planted Launches first-of-its-kind fermented Steak & Expands Production

The better steak: 97% less CO₂e than its animal counterpart

Danone inaugurates new plant-based beverage production facility in Villecomtal-sur-Arros, France

Developing a new production model and new skills to meet consumer expectations

Biotech startup Enifer secures €12 million grant to build a first-of-its-kind mycoprotein ingredient factory

The new facility will have a production capacity of 3 million kilograms a year of sustainable, locally sourced protein

New business segment: Nordzucker invests in plant-based proteins

New plant goes into operation in 2026

Winemakers expect champagne vintage of high quality

Great tuber: Hilcona starts potato season

New organic variety being tested

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners France announces a 114 million euro investment project to modernize and reconfigure its Grigny plant

The aim of the project is to increase storage capacity, optimize manufacturing processes and modernize the site's infrastructure.

Could a retrofit of existing infrastructure help solve plant-based scalability?

Opportunities in existing infrastructure for plant-based meat companies

Mainstreaming biodiversity in tropical supply chain is possible - methods and measures presented

Efficient criteria in food standards and practical methods for effective measures in agriculture are cited as success factors.

New biobased cups made from recycled PLA

Launch of recycled PLA for FFS - form fill seal

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners makes further investment in recycling technology to accelerate the elimination of virgin plastic in its bottles

GEA invests EUR 50 million in German centrifuge production sites

Focus on sustainable production, including digitalized and automated processes

SPLENDA® STEVIA farm announces official operation of its fully integrated US-based stevia farm, buliding a new american industry

Splenda's unique Stevia genetics and innovative US processing will yield high-quality, superior tasting stevia and positively impact the global supply chain

BASF to invest in its aroma ingredients business by expanding its global production footprint with new plants in China and Germany

Ever After Foods Debuts Disruptive Cultivated Meat Production Platform

Eliminates Barriers Faced by Current Cultivated Meat Approaches That Rely on Enormous Bioreactors Infeasible for Scalable Animal Cell Cultivation

FrieslandCampina intends to relocate butter production to Lochem

FrieslandCampina intends to further optimise its butter production network in the Netherlands and make it more sustainable

SunOpta Opens New $125 Million Plant-Based Beverage Manufacturing Facility in Texas

Leading plant-based food and beverage company expands footprint for innovation and to increase manufacturing capabilities, double business by 2025 compared to 2020

Swiss Start-Up “Mirai Foods” produces first cultivated tender steak

Breakthrough for Cultivated Premium Beef Steaks

ADM Opens More Than $30 Million State-of-the-Art Production Facility in Spain to Meet Growing Demand for Probiotics

Michroma Closes $6.4 Million Seed Round to Bring Novel Food Coloring to Market

Ingredient biotech startup Michroma is on track to expand and scale fungal food colors platform

Children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers should avoid Brazil nuts

Brazil nuts can contain unusually high levels of radioactive radium

Sweet success: researchers crack sugarcane’s complex genetic code

Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants

Milk on ice: Antarctic time capsule of whole milk powder sheds light on the enduring qualities—and evolution—of dairy products past and present

A new Journal of Dairy Science® comparative study demonstrates that the milk powder fueling our ancestors is remarkably similar to the milk powder we enjoy today

Asparagus enjoyment - that's what counts

Valuable tips on the white and green heralds of spring

Green light from the antitrust authorities

Rügenwalder Mühle allows the family holding Pfeifer & Langen to acquire a majority stake

Smart formulation in food technology

Harnessing infrared spectroscopy for consistent and predictable apple puree quality

The mother's protein intake affects the newborn's face

"The findings emphasize the importance of maintaining a well-balanced diet during pregnancy, with particular attention to protein intake"

Gustavo Gusto calls the "Ghostbusters"

AI predicts the taste and quality of beer

Revolutionizing the beverage industry and making better beer

Do sweeteners increase your appetite?

Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to adolescent brains

Rats that were fed a diet chock-full of fat and sugar in their adolescence suffered memory impairment, USC researchers found

Did you know that parents should be careful with rice cakes?

Battery material for the sodium-ion revolution

Sustainable plastics from agricultural waste

The production of these materials is now being scaled up by the EPFL spin-off, Bloom Biorenewables, in an effort to get them into the market

Novel UV Broadband Spectrometer Revolutionises Air Pollutant Analysis

The laser-based technology developed at TU Graz enables the continual real-time analysis of air pollutants and their interaction with other gases and sunlight

Nadja Håkansson appointed Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp Uhde

Memory self-test via smartphone can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

German-US research team and Magdeburg-based start-up have proven that memory problems can be recognised using an app

Artificial intelligence boosts super-resolution microscopy

New generative model calculates images more efficient than established approaches

Research team develops sodium battery capable of rapid charging in just a few seconds

Breakthrough in overcoming the current limitations of energy storage systems

Innovative treatment helmet from a Basel spin-off promises advances in the treatment of Alzheimer’s

There is a huge market for the treatment of patients with degenerative brain diseases

Bacteria beyond Earth?

Signs of life detectable in single ice grains emitted from moons orbiting Saturn and Jupiter

Common household chemicals pose new threat to brain health

Research shows chemicals in countless household items harm specialized cells in the brain

Microbe of the Year 2023: Bacillus subtilis – for health and technology

Already, Bacillus subtilis is indispensable in many industries, and many more innovations are expected

analytica 2024 confirms its position as the world’s leading trade fair for the laboratory sector

Focus on digitalization and sustainability in the lab of the future

Tests confirm quality of purified graphite from used lithium-ion batteries

Important step for the Circular Economy

Gut microbiota and antibiotics: Missing puzzle piece discovered

HIRI scientists identify small RNA that influences the sensitivity of the intestinal pathogen Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron to certain antibiotics

Discovery of the first fractal molecule in nature

‘We stumbled on this structure completely by accident and almost couldn’t believe what we saw when we first took images of it using an electron microscope’

Highest power efficiency achieved in flexible solar cells using new fabrication technique

With the Flick of a Switch: Shaping Cells with Light

The therapeutic potential of this research is immense

Flexible microspectrometer for mobile applications

Fraunhofer IOF presents high-resolution spectral measurements with miniaturized optics

New materials discovered for safe, high-performance solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Scientists have discovered a stable and highly conductive lithium-ion conductor for use as solid electrolytes for solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Music and Genomes: Beethoven’s Genes Put to the Test

What the Exceptional Composer’s DNA Tells Us About Genetics

Advanced imaging techniques on a semiconductor material reveal ‘surprising’ hidden activity

"This surprising and previously overlooked observation completely changes how we need to view this technology"

Atomic-scale semiconductor process technology and clean hydrogen technology join hands

How your eye color affects your health

Iris color - a little noticed risk factor

Researchers 3D print key components for a point-of-care mass spectrometer

The low-cost hardware outperforms state-of-the-art versions and could someday enable an affordable, in-home device for health monitoring

Novel hydrogel removes microplastics from water

The material has a unique intertwined polymer network that can bind the contaminants and degrade them using UV light irradiation

Click, click, boom—150 new molecules within days instead of months

A new study calls accelerated SuFEx click chemistry “a robust platform for drug discovery”

New insights into the genetics of the common octopus: genome at the chromosome level decoded

Scientific milestone provides deeper insights into the evolution and biology of Octopus vulgaris

New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas

With oil production dropping, a process using natural gas is needed to avert a shortage of a workhorse chemical used for automotive parts, cleaning products and more

Game changer in fighting cancer: BioCopy expands corporate portfolio with acquisition of start-up Perspix Biotech

"BioCopy is able to accelerate the development time from a decade long marathon to a fast sprint"

Particle surface properties and their understanding - a trend also among young scientists

Three candidates nominated for the LUM Science Prize YSA in June 2024