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31 October

Six Reasons Why… You Should Study Food Science (Version 2.0)

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BY: BRYAN QUOC LE In the past five years, the wonderful world of food has changed drastically. A new wave of food creation is coming, with the impending revolution of cellular agriculture, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence potentially changing...

24 October

An Interview with Mona Wolf, President and CEO of Wolf Group, and a founding member of the Society of Sensory Professionals (SSP).

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BY: ALEX PIERCE & MACKENZIE HANNUM How one woman started a sensory consulting business when there was no place for a woman in Corporate America. Where it all started… Mona Wolf grew up in Southern Indiana. She was a...

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17 October

What’s the Deal with Fair Trade?

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BY: MEGAN KESLER From the banning of plastic straws by multiple cities around the U.S. to the increased emphasis on buying local and supporting small business owners, it’s evident that the interest in how we treat mother Earth and...

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03 October

What Happens to Your Food Packaging After You Eat?

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BY: MEGAN LOW You have probably witnessed the growth spurt of the meal kit industry over the last couple of years and if not, check out our previous post. Yes, it’s the one where you get exactly two basil...

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26 September

The Science of Sour Beer

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BY: LAUREN SIPPLE A Brief History of Sour Beer When beer was first invented (or perhaps more accurately, discovered), it consisted of two ingredients: grain and water. Although unbeknownst to the people of the time, wild yeast such as...

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12 September

From Farm to Fork to Landfill: How food is wasted

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BY: NORA IDRINA When you think of broccoli, the first image that comes to mind is a miniature green tree. But did you know that there are also mini purple trees? The reason we don’t see purplish broccoli in...

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10 September

The History of Spicy Food

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BY: PRAVEENA THIRUNATHAN Introduction It has been said that countries with hot, tropical climates have the spiciest food. Dishes like Sri Lankan mutton curry, Thai green papaya salad, and Singaporean chili crab are all super fiery, and originate in...

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04 September

The Secret to Premium Pet Food

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BY: JOEZER LAU A panel of expert specialists routinely trudge towards the laboratory. They have years, even decades, of experience in sensory evaluation[1], a scientific method that evokes, measures, analyses, and interprets responses to products as perceived through the...

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23 August

What is Kopi Luwak and Why is it so Expensive?

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BY: ALEX PIERCE Kopi is the word for coffee in the Bahasa Indonesian language. Luwak is an Indonesian name of the Asian palm civet native to Southeast Asia shown in the picture below.1 The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)...

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14 August

Does Natural Have a Taste?

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BY: MACKENZIE HANNUM The other day I was doing my doing my typical food science peruse of the offerings at a grocery store—looking for the new products, new categories, new labeling—and to no surprise I was bombarded with the...

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