BY: AMELIA CHEN I say New York – you’ll probably say pizza. I say Texas – you’re probably thinking brisket. Some places are just naturally associated with a food. Boston has clam chowder, Seattle has coffee, and San Francisco?...
BY: DANIELLE ROBERTSON RATH “A freshly cut apple, a week-old banana, an open bottle of wine — what do these have in common? They are all common victims of the browning enzyme otherwise known as polyphenol oxidase or PPO....
Name: Mark Hughes Job title: CEO Company: Anderson Partners Food Ingredient Marketing (APFIM), a full-service, B-to-B marketing communications firm specializing in the global food ingredient industry and the unique marketing needs of food ingredient companies. IFT Division(s) to...
BY: JOHN GLEESON Feeling a bit unwell? Looking a wee bit peaky? Well there’s only one logical explanation for feeling this “under the weather”: obviously your blood pH is too acidic. According to pop-culture trends, the best cure for...
BY: MORGAN REASE While eating a bag of chips the other day, I noticed that like many other foods that brand themselves as healthy/natural, the chip bag advertised that the chips were made with sea salt. Why though? What’s...
BY: TY WAGONER One of my favorite family traditions is “jelly bean roulette.” Nothing makes a person squirm quite like the question of “is this peach or vomit?” and it is amazing how flavor scientists can stimulate our “smell...
BY: ALEX PIERCE-FELDMEYER Have you ever woken up with a stuffy nose and realized you couldn’t smell your food like you did the day before? Well, if you have had this experience, it is quite unsatisfying. You already don’t...
Name: Bryson C. Bolton Education: BS in Food Science and Technology from Alabama A&M University MS in Food Science with a concentration in Sensory Science from Cornell University Job title: Sensory & Consumer Research Manager Company:...
IFTSA recently made changes to our Board of Directors structure and recruitment process to reflect our growing, global organization. Ultimately, IFTSA is eager to find the right people, equip them as leaders, and deliver on a strategic plan to...
Name: Patrice Ann-Marie Lyon Title: Graduate student pursuing master’s degree in Food Science at Kansas State University IFT Division(s) to which you belong: Carbohydrate Division, Dairy Foods Division, and the Product Development Division How did you...