Cat meat-filled snacks land Kenyan vendor in jail for three years

Fish alternatives impress in the Nutri-Score in Germany

Which nutritional values can still be improved?

Delivery Hero partners with Allied for Startups to strengthen Europe’s technology landscape

Authorities seized counterfeit food products worth € 91 million in a single EUwide operation

‘What's on your table?’ EUIPO calls out counterfeit food and beverages in the EU

Antitrust proceedings against Delivery Hero and Glovo: EU Commission imposes heavy fines

U.S. Senate takes action to expand nondairy milk access in schools

Current law only guarantees substitute for cow’s milk with physician’s documentation

No more "veggie chicken": Federal Court bans animal names for plant-based products

Organic wine now also alcohol-free: EU regulation amended

Winegrowers are allowed to dealcoholize

The EU Commission's vision must focus on the entire food value chain

Food labeling in the EU is often misleading

Constantly changing information makes consumers lose track

More and more cannabinoids in confectionery

Number of rapid alerts reaches new high in 2023

Sugary drinks - DANK calls on the German government to act!

proFagus: Regenerated smoke is the safest alternative for food preservation and flavoring

Regenerated smoke is the safest alternative for food preservation and flavoring

Same rules for food supplements in Europe

European food safety authorities present list of critical substances

How the European Union is making food safer

Coffee milk in the catering industry: reusable or portion packaging

Why the BfR is shooting at gelatine or how the food safety of game meat can be guaranteed

Trade with China: Paving the way for beef and apples from Germany

Federal Minister Özdemir signs two bilateral agreements for further steps towards market opening for German agricultural exports

Ontario’s proposed plan to broaden alcohol sales will harm people

How the Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted the global wheat market

Pacific nations tax unhealthy foods to tackle NCD crisis

Unilever reaches new business arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel

Unilever announced it has reached a new arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel which will ensure the ice cream stays available to all consumers

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

A new method identifies rancid hazelnuts without removing them from the bag

Compostable Single-Use Tableware

Mechanically stable, water-resistant polymer films thanks to bio-based coatings

Screw cap increasingly accepted for wine

A few years ago, this was unthinkable, as a recent study now shows

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

Antitrust proceedings against Delivery Hero and Glovo: EU Commission imposes heavy fines

Ready for summer with the PINK LEMONADE from waterdrop®

Vion: 2024 Strategy Execution Drives Strong Results in 2025

Replacing animal products with plant-based foods leads to weight loss in people with type 1 diabetes

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

Eating more sweet food may not sway sweet preference

Randomized controlled trial shows that eating more — or less — sweet-tasting foods didn’t change how much people liked sweet flavors

Chemists produce hexa-nitrogen for the first time - the most energy-rich substance ever formed

"...a huge advance in nitrogen chemistry": future application as environmentally friendly energy storage conceivable

Tumor profiling: 43,000 data points against melanoma

Data-driven personalized treatments are about to become a reality

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

PFAS: A novel path to breaking down “forever chemicals”

A new catalyst capable of cleaving strong carbon-fluorine bonds has been developed – potential use in pharmaceutical production

Possible anti-aging compounds found in blood bacteria

These findings could lead to new treatments for aging skin

Bruker Announces Acquisition of biocrates

The acquisition further enhances Bruker’s MS-based metabolomics solutions

Microbes transform plastic waste into paracetamol

How traditional chemistry can work with engineering biology to create sustainable chemical-producing living microbial factories

Colorectal cancer screening via smartphone?

App-based early detection is as accurate as laboratory tests and could motivate more people to undergo screening

Tumor diagnostics: AI model detects more than 170 types of cancer

Looking into the genome instead of into the tissue

Green hydrogen from Africa much more costly than previously assumed

Imports without guarantees are not competitive

Frequent nightmares triple risk of early death and accelerate ageing

"Our sleeping brains cannot distinguish dreams from reality"

Ultra-thin lenses that make infrared light visible

Researchers have achieved this using a special metal-oxide lens material called lithium niobate and through nanoscale pattern, stamped into the material

Small but Mighty: Miniaturized Hydrogen Production

“We asked the biologically somewhat crazy question of whether we can’t just find a shortcut and let ferredoxin produce hydrogen”

Yeast Produces Human DNase1 for the First Time

The human protein is currently produced only in mammalian cells with considerable effort and money

Newly identified group of nerve cells in the brain regulates bodyweight

Potential for novel obesity treatments

Like in Mission Impossible: Self-Destructing Bacteria Battery

Researchers develop dissolvable biobattery using probiotics for bioresorbable electronics that can degrade in the body

Amphibian skin mucus as a potential weapon against multi-resistant bacteria and cancer

Researchers find antimicrobial peptides on axolotl skin that not only fight dangerous hospital germs but also tumour cells as an effective antibiotic alternative

New Microscope Brings Glowing Cells into Focus

A New Tool for Studying Life in Motion

Insects as mini molecule-making factories, marking a breakthrough in chemical engineering

Caterpillar factories produce fluorescent nanocarbons

Short naps increase the likelihood of flashes of inspiration

Study on the effect of power naps

Unmasking hazardous compounds in cosmetics, skincare products and perfumes

New analytical methodology: Significant detection of hazardous compounds and their effects on cells

How urea forms spontaneously

New reaction discovered: Potential for sustainable and low-energy urea synthesis

Pharaoh's Curse fungus transformed to fight leukemia

Researchers turn toxic fungus into anti-cancer drug

How chemical bonds are formed: Observing energy flow in real time

Femtosecond spectroscopy makes chemical processes visible

Start-up wants to build the world's first stellarator-based fusion power plant in the 2030s

Proxima Fusion raises €130M Series A: “Fusion energy is entering a new era—moving from lab-based science to industrial-scale engineering”

Virtually indefinitely durable: the world's only heart valve prosthesis made from the body's own tissue implanted for the first time

Technology was transferred to the Berlin start-up GrOwnValve

Lab in a tube: Monitoring soil chemistry without disturbing it

Material substitution: artificial intelligence helps in the search for alternatives

Intelligent system searches scientific publications for substitutes for critical raw materials, e.g. in batteries

Ear wax as a possible screening medium for Parkinson’s disease

New Body-Fluid Biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease Discovered

A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease in body fluids