Food Industry Archive

08 January

Hey! Ho! GMO!

By Dr. Jesse Trushenski Originally appeared in The Factual Fish Squeezer “The bottom line on aquaculture, hatcheries, and farmed fish” Brightly colored and beautiful, Glofish like the ones pictured here are quite popular in the aquarium trade. They delight children...

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25 November

Food Packaging

By Diana Maricruz Perez-Santos The globalization of the food industry would not have reached its current point without the technological development of packaging. The need to produce and distribute food has led to the development of all types of...

biodegradable, Opinion, packaging Food Industry, Food Safety & Processing 8 Comments

07 October

Healthier Foods?

By Felicia Loo Health -one of the keywords that have prompted the initialization of changes in our life. The health industry expects continuous profit. . According to WHO, the pharmaceutical industry alone is a$300 billion industry annually and will...

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04 September

How Junk Food Can End Obesity?

By Justin Chao The latest issue of the Atlantic featured an article called “How Junk Food Can End Obesity.” The author, David Freedman, believes that making processed food healthier will be a key factor in our fight against the...

junk food, obesity, Opinion, reviews, snacks Food Industry, Health & Nutrition 3 Comments

19 August

Hot Off the Line

By: Emily Wolter My parents visited me at school a few weeks before summer came to an end and, one evening after dinner, we made our way to the Krispy Kreme donut shop for a sweet treat. Little did...

Confessions, Food Industry, Food Safety & Processing, I HEART FOOD SCIENCE 3 Comments

13 August

Food of the Future: Man Made Meat

By: Thomas Siebertz As Felicia referenced in yesterday’s post, science met food last week when the first hamburger grown from cow muscle tissue was prepared and eaten at a live event in London after years of research and over...

lab meat, muscle foods, Opinion Confessions, Food Industry, Food Safety & Processing, Research 2 Comments

08 April

Interfacing Food Science and Nutrition, Tackling Public Health

By: Lauren Gillman Lately when I have conversations about studying food science with friends, I have gotten responses such as, “But you’re not going to be one of those scientists putting all those preservatives in food, right?” After...

Opinion Food Industry, Food Safety & Processing, Health & Nutrition, I HEART FOOD SCIENCE 2 Comments

21 February

Sensory Testing in Action

By: Emily Wolter My graduate school journey has had a number of ‘surprises’, as I’m sure many of you can relate. One of those surprises happens to be the field in which my research is anchored: sensory science. I...

Food Industry 5 Comments

07 February

Healthy vending machines- boon or bane?

By: Bethany Richardson I don’t know about you, but snacktime is essential in my life. If I don’t have my morning and afternoon snacks, you can be assured of one grumpy girl. I like to think of my...

Opinion, snacks, vending Confessions, Food Industry, Health & Nutrition 3 Comments

05 February

It’s driving me crazy!

By: Emily Del Bel In the past 48 hours I have seen at least four articles touting the demons of a variety of food science-related topics pop up on my Facebook newsfeed. Naturally I can’t resist reading them. Then...

Confessions, Education & Experiments, Food Industry, I HEART FOOD SCIENCE, IFT & IFTSA 9 Comments

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