Research

A team of MIT and Harvard University students won the first-ever MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize for smart, modular, refrigerated shipping boxes that...

Carotenoids, which are found at various levels in different banana cultivars, are important vitamin precursors for eye health. In a study published in American...

Healthy ageing is the single most important health category in the global nutraceutical market, according to a survey conducted for the Vitafoods Europe Conference...

Over recent years, the range of fresh pre-packed meat available in the self-service areas of supermarkets has increased steadily. Today, pre-packed meat products hold...

Regular fresh pear consumption may improve blood pressure and vascular function in middle-aged men and women with metabolic syndrome (MetS), according to an ongoing...

The new 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend most Americans consume 2.5 cups of vegetables a day, a goal almost nine out of 10...

Consuming a dairy drink containing lutein-, zeaxanthin- and DHA-enriched egg yolk significantly improves macular pigment optical density, visual acuity and plasma lutein concentration in...

A team of food scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has formulated a recipe for making healthier bread by adding a natural...

Overweight and obese adults who are losing weight with a high-protein diet are more likely to sleep better, according to new research from Purdue...

A team of scientists is exploring damaged tomatoes that are unsuitable for sale at the grocery store as a source of energy. Their pilot project...