Vegetarians’ disgust at eating meat match feelings on eating human flesh or faeces

14-May-2025 - Many vegetarians who reject meat feel disgust which closely matches the aversion others feel to the idea of eating human flesh, faeces or dog meat, new research has found. A study led by the University of Exeter set out to investigate whether there is a difference in the psychological mechanisms ...

New highly effective bitter compound identified

Mushroom study expands knowledge of natural bitter compounds

09-Apr-2025 - A joint press release of the Leibniz Institute forFoodSystems Biology at the Technical University of Munich and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry Freising, April 7, 2025 – The molecular world of bitter compounds has so far only been partially explored. Researchers at the Leibniz ...

Cholesterol-elevating substances in coffee from machines at work

24-Mar-2025 - Thecoffeefrom most of thecoffeemachines in workplaces contains relatively high levels of cholesterol-elevating substances. There is a big difference in comparison tocoffeemade in regular paper filtercoffeemakers, which filter out most of these substances. This has been shown in a new ...

Chocolate — with potential health benefits

17-Mar-2025 - Many people will soon load up Easter baskets with chocolate candy for children and adults to enjoy. On its own, dark chocolate has health benefits, such as antioxidants that neutralize damaging free radicals. And a report inACSFoodScience & Technologysuggests that packing the sweet treat with ...

Food safety: Biofilms improve the survival of listeria

19-Feb-2025 - Listeriosis is a rare but dangerous bacterial disease. The cause of this disease is food contaminated by listeria. Listeria is widespread and is also frequently found in food processing plants, where food can become contaminated. A recent study led by the COMET center FFoQSI (Austrian Competence ...

New insights into the perception of coffee taste - genetic predisposition plays a role

30-Jan-2025 - Why doescoffeetaste more bitter to some people than it does to others? Researchers at the Leibniz Institute forFoodSystems Biology at the Technical University of Munich have now come closer to answering this question. They have identified a new group of bitter compounds in roasted ...

Kaempferol: Natural Aid for Allergies Discovered

Natural Effects of Flavonoids Against Food Allergies Confirmed

18-Dec-2024 - Allergic diseases such as asthma, atopic dermatitis, andfoodallergies have been increasing in frequency over the last few years.Foodallergies in particular affect millions of people worldwide—this includes allergies tofoodssuch asmilk, peanuts, eggs and shellfish. They are typically caused ...

How chemical reactions deplete nutrients in plant-based drinks

17-Dec-2024 - Over the last decade, the global market for plant-basedbeverageshas seen remarkable growth, with oat, almond, soy and rice drinks emerging as popular alternatives to cow’smilkincoffeeand oatmeal during this time. One of the likely reasons for millions of liters of plant-based drinks ending ...

Start-up brings quantum sensor to market maturity

SpinMagIC receives EXIST research transfer funding

09-Dec-2024 - Whether beer, coffee beans, yoghurt or lubricating oil: a device that fits easily on a hand can measure the shelf life of substances. The idea: to bring the technology to the food industry. As a spin-off, the spin-off from the University of Stuttgart receives funding from the EXIST research ...

Energy drinks - the underestimated danger

07-Nov-2024 - The AOK Children's Health Atlas shows: Almost a quarter of all young people regularly drink energy drinks. There is a connection with obesity, lack of exercise and too little sleep. Energy drinks can be found in every kiosk, discount store and supermarket. The "stimulants" usually end up on the ...