All Food Science
New survey finds lower levels of vitamins and iodine in UK milk
Added: 11 Apr 2025
A new survey of cows’ milk on sale in UK supermarkets has found that it contains lower levels of vi…
Sustainable sensor guards plant health and feeds the soil
Added: 1 Apr 2025
It sounds like an environmentalist’s dream: technology that helps boost crop yields and then compos…
Alga ‘superfood’ comes with scaling up challenges, say scientists
Added: 7 Feb 2025
A common freshwater species of algae packed with nutritional benefits could be the next agricultura…
Unilever and Pioneer launch food and drink incubator lab at Colworth
Added: 20 Jan 2025
Unilever and Pioneer Group are to collaborate on a new state-of-the-art food and drink incubator th…
Making tough choices digestible
Added: 16 Dec 2024
“To eat is to compete in an arms race,” says Dr Chris van Tulleken, whose thoughts on evangelising …
Scientists beat chefs to the skinniest spaghetti
Added: 25 Nov 2024
UCL scientists have ousted a renowned Sardinian pasta maker’s record for the thinnest pasta ever cr…
Translating food safety from the laboratory to the factory floor
Added: 17 Nov 2024
Advances in the science of food safety might begin with the laboratory but much of the pressures fo…
Aston AIME celebrates launch with collaborative science
Added: 22 Sep 2024
The new Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence has hosted its official academic launch at Aston Un…
Replacing ultra-processed foods in diet associated with reduction in type 2 diabetes risk
Added: 15 Sep 2024
A new study of the links between processed foods and diabetes risk suggests considerable variation,…
Dr Chris van Tulleken to deliver 2024 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Added: 25 Aug 2024
Science broadcaster Dr Chris van Tulleken will deliver this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lect…
Science in the round
Added: 2 Apr 2024
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) remains one of Europe’s largest multidisciplin…
Farm to gutter: Genomic surveillance to track AMR
Added: 4 Mar 2024
Governments are waking up to the dangers presented by antimicrobial resistance but the focus on cli…
‘Potash price rise undermines global food security’ warning
Added: 25 Feb 2024
Rising prices for potash across the globe are creating a threat to the level of global food securit…
First ever Blavatnik award wins for Heriot-Watt and Innes centre as nine share honours
Added: 21 Jan 2024
Nine scientists have shared the 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK and with it a …
Treforest explosion victim named as Celtic Food Labs chief
Added: 18 Dec 2023
The sole victim of the major explosion on a South Wales industrial estate has been identified as th…
The root of it
Added: 2 Oct 2023
Seaweed is an intrinsic part of our existence on this planet and it could just be the very thing th…
Royal Assent opens door to gene edited food in UK
Added: 29 Mar 2023
The granting of Royal Assent for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act has finally opened…
Sustainably feeding the world with genomics-driven agriculture
Added: 5 Mar 2023
As cell meat manufacture develops in the lab, science is increasingly impacting arable farming in t…
From petri dish to dinner plate
Added: 27 Feb 2023
Lab grown meat is developing into a multibillion pound industry but scaling up has challenges, expl…
Government aid for healthcare innovation trio welcomed
Added: 22 Jan 2023
InnoScot Health, the private body working with NHS Scotland to drive commercial innovation in the s…
