Tag: Research
Europe: Researchers deliver green plastics for food packaging
EU-funded researchers have adapted two biodegradable plastics made from crop waste for use as food packaging.
Most plastics currently used to package food are made...
Europe: Vegetables fried in EVOO increases antioxidant profile, says researcher
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have proven that frying in Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) is the cooking method that increases the...
Americas: Foodservice serves highly calorific meals, find researchers
Meals consumed at fast-food restaurants are often seen as one of the biggest contributors to the obesity epidemic.
According to a new study in the...
Europe: Cashews are nutritious with unsaturated fat, find researchers
Cashews are a good source of nutrients as they are rich in healthy unsaturated fats, high in dietary fiber and have an excellent profile...
Europe: Tetra Pak offers paper on heat transfer in food particles
Tetra Pak has released a whitepaper that cracks the code of heat transfer when processing food with particles.
The company has developed a mathematical model,...
Americas: Insect oil a source of omega 3, says researcher
Insect oil is a possible new source of the healthy omega-3 fatty acid as they make fatty acids naturally and can live on organic...
Europe: Research quantifies Clostridium botulinum spores in raw food materials
A study from the Institute of Food Research (IFR) has provided new evidence on the background levels of spores of Clostridium botulinum in raw...
Americas: High folic acid intake in aged mice causes a lowered...
Previous studies have shown an association between high folic acid intake and a reduction in the immune system defenses needed to fight viral infections...
Europe: DSM study finds low omega-3 status in US adults
DSM Nutritional Products has co-authored a new paper comparing plasma long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCn-3 PUFA) biomarkers in US adults, with recommended concentration...
Asia Pacific: Singapore researchers create water purification tool
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Environmental Research Institute have engineered a biomimetic membrane that can purify water at low pressure, thus...