Food and beverage news

From reactor design to the printed schnitzel

KIT selects the best innovations: ReacTUNE - a software tool for designing reactor geometries - wins the NEULAND Innovation Competition 2025

Unlocking the genetic secrets of fruit firmness

How a single mutation doubled strawberry firmness

Cheese may really be giving you nightmares

Scientists find lactose intolerance may link consuming dairy, bad dreams, and poor sleep

Compostable Single-Use Tableware

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

Vegan diet improves dietary acid load, a key risk factor for diabetes

Plant-based diet reduces inflammation and supports effective weight loss

Algae salad and cricket flour. Who will reach for alternative protein foods?

Skills, knowledge and the opinions of loved ones matter

Quinoa meets AI: New climate-resilient varieties for the Peruvian highlands

Breeding success: Three new quinoa varieties adapted to the extreme climate of the Altiplano secure food and income for small farmers

Researchers develop ‘vegan meat’ based on sunflower flour

Bread of the future: making wheat bread even more nutritious

How nutritious and healthy a loaf of bread is depends not only on the type of wheat - but also on the baking process

Food packaging is a source of micro- and nanoplastics in food

New research analyzes 103 scientific studies related to microplastics and nanoplastics from food packaging and other food contact articles

Researchers discover how caffeine could slow cellular ageing

Coffee might do more than just wake you up

How fructose increases the risk of inflammation

Even short-term high fructose consumption influences the immune system

Vion: 2024 Strategy Execution Drives Strong Results in 2025

fritz-kola continues to expand its business

New collaboration with one of Spain's leading beverage distributors

Schwarz Produktion Plans to Acquire Jam and Honey Manufacturer Göbber

Fish alternatives impress in the Nutri-Score in Germany

Which nutritional values can still be improved?

Edible algae-based cups, designed to reduce plastic waste at sporting events

JUGEND GRÜNDET National Finals 2025: ALTANA Special Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Student Duo from Heilbronn

GoodMills Group Expands Operations in Poland, Reinforcing European Market Leadership

Clever Carnivore Announces Scalable, Cost-Competitive and Delicious Cultivated Pork

Landmark scientific advances reduce key cost drivers

The best beers of the year

Special prizes for the best beers and breweries of the year go to Aventinus Eisbock, Viennarillo, Brauerei Kundmüller and Stieglbrauerei zu Salzburg

How recipes become supermarket purchases in seconds

New one-click-to-cart solution launches in Germany

Lack of labeling can be life-threatening

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

PSG acquires ipp Pump Products GmbH

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

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

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

Yeast Produces Human DNase1 for the First Time

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

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

New Prospects for Green Ammonia

Study provides a blueprint for load-flexible production plant – and lower costs

Possible anti-aging compounds found in blood bacteria

These findings could lead to new treatments for aging skin

Newly identified group of nerve cells in the brain regulates bodyweight

Potential for novel obesity treatments

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

New Microscope Brings Glowing Cells into Focus

A New Tool for Studying Life in Motion

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"

Bruker Announces Acquisition of biocrates

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

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”

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

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

Two plant species invent the same chemically complex and medically interesting substance

Different building blocks: The plants use similar chemical pathways to biosynthesize these compounds, but use different starting materials and enzymes

Billion-Dollar Deal for Cancer Antibody: BioNTech and Bristol Myers Squibb Join Forces

"...an asset with significant potential for transforming the standard of care for patients with solid tumors"

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

Looking into the genome instead of into the tissue

Like in Mission Impossible: Self-Destructing Bacteria Battery

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

Pharaoh's Curse fungus transformed to fight leukemia

Researchers turn toxic fungus into anti-cancer drug

Lab in a tube: Monitoring soil chemistry without disturbing it

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

Caterpillar factories produce fluorescent nanocarbons

Severe Polyneuritis Successfully Treated with CAR T-Cell Therapy

"We are starting a new chapter in the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases"

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

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

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

Femtosecond spectroscopy makes chemical processes visible