Scientists use machine learning to ID source of Salmonella
Quick identification of animal source key to stopping foodborne illness outbreaksCredit: UGA A team of scientists led by researchers at ...
Tag: Food/Food Science
Seafood mislabelling persistent throughout supply chain, study finds
In a first-ever study researchers found a 32 per cent seafood mislabelling rate with the rate compounding as the fish ...
Ben-Gurion University, Bayer and Netafim to collaborate on research optimizing drip irrigation
Credit: Netafim/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel...February 7, 2019 - Bayer, Netafim and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Israel's Ben-Gurion University ...
What is white chocolate? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2019 -- Today, we're showing our love for white chocolate. Sure, it ...
USDA grant to blend data with agriculture for improved production
Technology in agricultureCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington math professor will use a U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
A very small number of crops are dominating globally. That's bad news for sustainable agriculture
Four crops alone comprise close to 50 per cent of all crops grown globallyCredit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new ...
Do microplastics harm humans?
About 8 million metric tons of plastic waste winds up in the oceans every year -- bottles, bags and doo-dads ...
Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia
Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study findsCredit: Data source: Xinyi Liu; Animation by ...
A taste for fat may have made us human, says study
Long before human ancestors began hunting large mammals for meat, a fatty diet provided them with the nutrition to develop ...
Research: Religion affects consumer choices on specialty foods
People with strong religious beliefs are more likely to buy fat-free, sugar-free or gluten-free foods than natural or organic foods, ...
Rapid gene cloning technique will transform crop disease protection
Credit: Ruby O'Grady Researchers have pioneered a new method which allows them to rapidly recruit disease resistance genes from wild ...
Where do the best strawberries grow?
Scientists investigate positive effects of hedgerows on pollinationCredit: Denise Castle Agricultural production benefits enormously from flower-visiting bees and other flower-visiting ...
Culprit found for honeybee deaths in California almond groves
Researchers and industry leaders working to stop insecticide use during bloom COLUMBUS, Ohio - It's about time for the annual ...
Microbes help make the coffee
Washington, DC - February 1, 2019 - When it comes to processing coffee beans, longer fermentation times can result in ...
Fiber composition in rice coproducts revealed in Illinois study
URBANA, Ill. - Rice coproducts in pig diets add fat and fiber, but too much fiber can decrease energy absorption ...
Resistant germs — A global problem
BfR at the international start-up project meeting on animal health and food safety in Africa The project is funded by ...
Bitter rapeseed
How rapeseed could be used as a protein source for human nutritionCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Rapeseed doesn't just contain ...
Endangered sharks being eaten in UK
Credit: Andrew Griffiths Endangered species of hammerhead and dogfish are among the sharks being sold as food in the UK, ...
UN University compares technologies that remove arsenic from groundwater
At least 140 million people in 50 countries have been drinking water containing arsenic at levels above the World Health ...
To solve pollinator health crisis, state governments are key, MU study finds
Insect pollinators are vital to the existence of almost 90 percent of the world's flowering plants, including a large portion ...
