All Food Science
Shedding light on how to increase UK crop yields
Added: 31 Jan 2022
Recent events has demonstrated the need to increase the UK's national food harvest and build relien…
Food forensics: how AI can smell authentic olive oil
Added: 27 Jan 2022
Extra virgin olive (EVO) oils are highly complex. Here, Prof Chiara Cordero discusses the applicati…
New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into ‘superbugs’
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner …
PhD student wins leading award from UK Research and Innovation
Added: 2 Nov 2021
University of Gloucestershire PhD student, Philippa Simmonds, has won a prestigious UK Research and…
How food and drink labs have adapted since COVID-19
Added: 27 Oct 2021
With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw the mass stock-piling of food products like chicken…
Wheat field trial heralds UK acceptance of gene edited crops
Added: 13 Oct 2021
Post Brexit, the UK is free to make its own decisions around genetic editing of food crops based on…
Greening the lab: first net zero mass spectrometer launched
Added: 5 Oct 2021
As part of an initiative to permanently remove CO₂ emissions associated with the manufacture and su…
Better choices for health and wellbeing – for you and the planet
Added: 1 Oct 2021
With a significant trend towards more widespread acceptance of flexitarian plant-based diets, Adria…
Algae – a novel solution to the climate crisis?
Added: 29 Sep 2021
By 2050, the world will need to produce 70% more food than in 2005, and will need 50% more fresh wa…
Sustainable vertical farming meets personalised nutrition
Added: 13 Sep 2021
A new project is set to bring sustainable vertical farming and personalised nutrition into the home…
The sweet sense of sustainability – repurposing sugar
Added: 10 Sep 2021
As we all look to our waistlines, understanding more about healthy eating and seeking to make healt…
Eliminating food waste – now is the time for your FLW initiative
Added: 31 Aug 2021
The staggering statistics around food loss and waste (FLW), from field to consumer, highlight the n…
Demystifying plant biostimulants for selection based on crop growing goals
Added: 16 Jul 2021
Plant biostimulants have now been categorised by into eight classes based on their modes of action.…
Real milk, real cheese - no cows required
Added: 8 Jul 2021
Will 'animal-free' AI driven processing replace 'plant-based' dairy products? An Israeli start-up i…
New dipping solution turns the whole fish into valuable food
Added: 16 Jun 2021
When herring are filleted, more than half their weight becomes a low-value ‘side stream’ that never…
Designing healthy diets with mathematical modelling and computer analysis
Added: 22 Apr 2021
When it comes to diets, no one size fits all. Now, researchers have demonstrated a the ability to a…
The Hunger Games: Uncovering the secret of the hunger switch in the brain
Added: 21 Apr 2021
Ever stood at your refridgerator staring into it and wishing you could switch off the hunger pangs …
'Team ice' uncover crucial information to aid the development of new more active cryoprotectants
Added: 17 Mar 2021
Researchers uncover new understanding around the interactions between synthetic polymers and ice fo…
Self-watering soil could transform farming
Added: 9 Nov 2020
They say water is set to become more valuable than oil, with water scarcity becoming one of the mos…
Food fraud in China opens the market to EU products
Added: 9 Nov 2020
There is wide distrust among the general public within China regarding food and safety throughout t…
