Education & Experiments Archive

09 November

Foods Protected by a Shield

Foods Protected by a Shield By: Arham Jain The Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) The PDO is a type of geographical indication system developed by the European Union to safeguard certain food-related products which are of great historical and sentimental...

food politics, food standards, protected designation of origin, tradition Education & Experiments, Food History & Tradition, Ingredients Leave a Comment

12 October

Shaoxing Wine: Beverage and Marinade and Condiment, Oh My!

By Allyson Hamilton Imagine you’re walking through the streets of Shaoxing, a city in the Zhejiang province on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay on the eastern coast of China. You hear Yue opera being sung in the local...

Chinese culture, rice wine, Shaoxing wine, tradition Education & Experiments, Fermentation, Food History & Tradition, Recipes Leave a Comment

09 March

Making Brunost at Home – Part 2

By Karin Cho This is part 2 of the brunost series. If you are interested in learning about alternative uses for whey or the history of brunost, click this link for part 1. Brunost is a Norwegian brown...

Brunost, cheese, dulce de leche, recipe, whey valorization Education & Experiments, Food Trends 1 Comment

22 December

Tasty Food Science Facts for Christmas

By Karin Cho (in conjunction with other SMF writers) Christmas is just around the corner, and for the last blog post of the year, some of the authors have shared a fun food science fact they learned, along...

cold plasma, fermentation, food science, fun facts, mushrooms, sorbitol, viruses Education & Experiments Leave a Comment

01 December

5-second rule: can you eat food that has fallen on the floor?

By Hafida Mazoud You’ve probably heard of the “five-second rule”, which states that food dropped on the floor for less than five seconds can still be consumed. Many of us follow this rule without knowing whether it is...

bacteria, cross contamination, five-second rule, germs Education & Experiments Leave a Comment

13 October

Albino tea, what is it and why is it special?

By Ming Yin Kwong When I ask you to imagine a tea field, what comes to your mind? For me, it has lush and green shrubs enveloped in morning cool mist, sitting against a green mountain side like...

Albino Tea, caffeine, catechin, L-theanine, tea Education & Experiments Leave a Comment

01 September

Pursuit of Sweetness: A History of Table Sugar (Sucrose)

By Hafida Mazoud When I offered my friend a hot drink, I inquired whether they preferred it with or without sugar. The response was, “I eliminated added sugars from my diet because it is unnecessary and consuming less...

carbohydrates, genetics, sucrose, sugar, sweeteners Education & Experiments, Food History & Tradition 1 Comment

25 August

Will the consumption of alternative protein sources be required in the future?

By Emanueli Backes What awaits us The world’s population is predicted to reach 9.1 billion people by 2050 – which is 1.3 billion people more than today – according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

algae, consumer acceptance, cultured meat, insects, nutrition, protein Education & Experiments, Food Trends Leave a Comment

30 July

Food Science for Relief and Development (FSRD)—An Emerging Area of Food Science

One of the more than 250+ small businesses in East Africa that are making probiotic yogurt thanks to a collaboration with Yoba for Life that helped develop a probiotic yogurt culture specially designed to fill this need.

By Abbey Thiel One of my most rewarding college classes wasn’t a class at all. It was an independent study where I collaborated with a local food pantry on just about any project where my knowledge of food science...

food science, Food science for relief and development, FSRD, malnutrition, relief Education & Experiments Leave a Comment

07 July

Food-waste valorization: opportunities and cautions

By Emanueli Backes The food waste problem Globally, up to 40% of food gets lost along the entire food supply chain [1]. This shocking huge number results from the production to consumption of food that is discarded, lost,...

environmental impact, food safety, food waste, valorization Education & Experiments Leave a Comment

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