Currywurst in 30 seconds

Mechanical engineering students at Münster University of Applied Sciences automate preparation of snack dish

09-Aug-2023 - Currywurst on a conveyor belt - students at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Münster University of Applied Sciences are making sure of that with their project work. Daniel Ruchser, Jonas Rosery and Wieland Wietheger have built a machine that automatically prepares the popular snack ...

Legumes with a difference

Münster University of Applied Sciences offers workshop series on sustainable protein sources for innovation space "NewFoodSystems

10-Jul-2023 - Waffles made from lentils, bread made from sweet lupins, croquettes made from field beans, mousse au chocolat with aquafaba and much more were on offer to try at the two-day workshop "Legumes done differently" at food lab muenster. "The lupine bread is simply fantastic," said Burkhard Voß. The ...

Sweet drinks often easier to have than drinking water

Münster University of Applied Sciences student investigated the impact of highly processed foods in Mexico

06-Oct-2022 - Mexico occupies one of the top places in international comparison when it comes to obesity. Three quarters of the population weigh too much. Consequential diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus are among the most frequent causes of death. This development is primarily due to the fundamental ...

Milk under the microscope

Scanning electron microscope provides high-resolution images of cow's milk and alternatives

24-Jun-2020 - For a long time, the consumption of cow's milk was considered very healthy, but is increasingly coming under criticism for ecological reasons. In the meantime, many plant-based alternatives are on the market: from soy and rice to oat, almond or cashew drinks. But what exactly do they contain, if ...

Decaffeinated coffee now also available for organic fans

Jana Köster from the FH Münster develops an ecological production process

16-Jan-2020 - Jana Köster was quite astonished when the delivery service placed a large ton of coffee beans in her laboratory. Green, raw, whole coffee beans, which were the basis for her research assignment: The aim was to find a process to decaffeinate these coffee beans ecologically and in accordance with ...

Not enough zinc?

05-Sep-2019 - Thousands of amateur athletes are looking forward to the coming marathon season. How powerful they are depends on their general condition and training - but also on whether the body is supplied with vital nutrients. One of them is zinc. Without the trace element, many metabolic processes could ...