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Study Identifies 17 Key Compounds in Wine Aromas

February 4, 2020
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Andalusia, Spain — Maybe words such as ethyl butanoate and octalactone sound unfamiliar to most people who drink wine. However, these substances are some of the ones that give this popular drink its...

Simple Solution to Ensure Raw Egg Safety

February 4, 2020
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Adelaide, Australia — Salmonella is a key cause of foodborne gastroenteritis around the world, with most outbreaks linked to eggs, poultry meat, pork, beef, dairy, nuts and fresh produce. Now Flinders...

Are You ‘at Risk’ of Being a Habitual Tofu Eater?

January 29, 2020
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Japan — Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan and colleagues at Osaka University have found genetic variations in humans related to specific dietary habits....

Novel Composite Antimicrobial Film could Take a Bite Out of Foodborne Illnesses

January 21, 2020
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State College, PA — A novel composite film — created by the bonding of an antimicrobial layer to conventional, clear polyethylene plastic typically used to vacuum-package foods such as meat and...

Research Reveals Soybean Oil Causes Genetic Changes in the Brain

January 17, 2020
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Riverside, CA — New UC Riverside research shows soybean oil not only leads to obesity and diabetes, but could also affect neurological conditions like autism, Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety, and...

Sugar Changes the Chemistry of Your Brain, Study Suggests

January 15, 2020
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Aarhus C, Denmark — The idea of food addiction is a very controversial topic among scientists. Researchers from Aarhus University have delved into this topic and examined what happens in the brains...

Research Identifies Possible On/Off Switch for Plant Growth

January 14, 2020
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Riverside, CA — New research from UC Riverside identifies a protein that controls plant growth — good news for an era in which crops can get crushed by climate change. Researchers found the...

Self-Cleaning Surface that Repels Even the Deadliest Superbugs

December 16, 2019
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Hamilton, ON — A team of researchers at McMaster University has developed a self-cleaning surface that can repel all forms of bacteria, preventing the transfer of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and...

Plant Researchers Examine Bread Aroma: Modern and Old Wheat Varieties Taste Equally Good

December 11, 2019
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Düsseldorf, Germany — The scientists compared taste and aroma of different breads baked in close cooperation with an artisan baker and a miller using flour from old as well as modern wheat varieties....

Researchers Investigate Relationship Between Our Body Size and Future Global Calorie Demand

December 8, 2019
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Göttingen, Germany — The amount of food needed to feed the world’s population in the future is of vital importance. To date, scientists have only considered this question from the perspective...

Warmer Temperatures Will Increase Arsenic Levels in Rice, Study Finds

December 4, 2019
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Seattle, WA — People around the world consume rice in their daily diets. But in addition to its nutrient and caloric content, rice can contain small amounts of arsenic, which in large doses is a toxin...

Flavonoid Metabolite Helps Prevent Colorectal Cancer

December 2, 2019
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Brookings, SD — Natural compounds in fruits and vegetables, known as flavonoids, can help prevent colorectal cancer. Though studies conducted during the last 20 years have established this, scientists...

We Love Coffee, Tea, Chocolate and Soft Drinks so Much, Caffeine is Literally in Our Blood

November 26, 2019
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Corvallis, OR — Scientists at Oregon State University may have proven how much people love coffee, tea, chocolate, soda and energy drinks as they validated their new method for studying how different...

New World Map Rates Food Sustainability for Countries Across The Globe

November 25, 2019
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Cali, Colombia — Increased awareness of how human diets acerbate climate change – while failing to properly nourish more than 800 million people – makes a better understanding of food systems...

Sugar Binges Increase Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Study Suggests

November 14, 2019
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Edmonton, Canada — Short-term increases in sugar consumption could increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease and have a significant impact on our health, a new study out of the University of...

Knowledge of the Origin of the Food Makes It Taste Better

November 13, 2019
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Frederiksberg, Denmark — The research was conducted in Indonesia with the participation of young Indonesians who rated modern and traditional versions of tempe, which has a long tradition in Indonesian...

Non-GM Produce Earns ‘Halo Effect’ Under New Labelling Laws

October 31, 2019
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Ithaca, NY — Consumers were more willing to buy unlabelled produce after being shown food tagged as “genetically modified” in a new Cornell University study that comes two months before...

Researchers Double Sorghum Grain Yield to Improve Food Supply

October 31, 2019
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Cold Spring Harbour, NY — Plant scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in their search for solutions to global food production challenges,...

Real Texture for Lab-Grown Meat

October 21, 2019
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Cambridge, MA — Lab-grown or cultured meat could revolutionize food production, providing a greener, more sustainable, more ethical alternative to large-scale meat production. But getting lab-grown...

Biodiversity Improves Crop Production

October 17, 2019
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Bolzano, Italy — Ecologists and biologists compared data of about 1,500 agricultural fields around the world: from corn fields in the American plains to oilseed rape fields in southern Sweden, to coffee...

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