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Food additives known as emulsifiers are widely used to combine two liquids which ordinarily don’t mix, such as oil and water. And while most emulsifiers are made from dairy proteins or egg yolks, a new one uses spent brewer’s grain which might otherwis… Continue reading Beer-brewing waste used in eco-friendly, nutritious food emulsifier
There has been a lot of activity in the world of cultured meat since we reported on a US$330,000 lab-grown burger back in 2013, as scientists and startups work to bring the price down to something resembling the real deal. Making inroads in this space … Continue reading Future Meats drives cost of lab-grown chicken down to $1.70 a breast
Whether you buy your veggies from a farmer’s market or at the grocery store, you need to give them a good wash when you get home. But how clean is clean enough? Help is at hand from an unexpected source in the shape of the PureGo PD100 from Asus.Contin… Continue reading Asus heads into the kitchen with food safety detection device
With large high-tech sustainable farming facilities located in Northern California and Texas, Silicon Valley-based startup Iron Ox relies heavily on robots to help shoulder the workload. The company’s latest bot, named Grover, can lift over 1,000 lb (4… Continue reading Grover robot does the heavy lifting in high-tech greenhouses
Climate change is expected to have a big impact on crop yields and food security over the coming decades, as farmers contend with rising temperatures and increasingly abnormal conditions. Scientists working on solutions to this problem continue to demo… Continue reading Gene-edited barley to bolster beer production in face of climate change
Pretty much everyone has had the experience of finding forgotten food in the fridge that spoiled before any of it was eaten. The Nudge Tag system is designed to keep that from happening, via color-changing electronic dongles.Continue ReadingCategory: A… Continue reading Nudge electronic tag tech designed to reduce food wastage
Although there’s nothing quite like freshly picked mushrooms, growing the things yourself can be quite challenging. That’s where the Mella Smart Mushroom Fruiting Chamber comes in, as it’s designed to make doing so much easier.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Mella aims to bring mushroom-growing tech to users’ kitchens
McDonald’s is preparing to bring a plant-based burger co-developed with Beyond Meat stateside for a trial run in a handful of restaurants. The McPlant is promised to offer the “iconic” taste of a McDonald’s burger with all the trimmings, though the fir… Continue reading McDonald’s to trial McPlant plant-based burger in the US
Following recent recommendations by an expert panel, the Member States of the European Union have formally banned food coloring E171 from all foods, beginning in 2022. Also known as titanium dioxide, the chemical is commonly used as a white colorant in… Continue reading Europe officially bans common white food coloring E171
When ingested, nutrient-rich spirulina blue-green algae is claimed to offer antioxidant, immune-boosting and cholesterol-lowering effects – among other things. And while it’s typically consumed in powdered form, the Bloom system lets you grow the stuff… Continue reading Bloom system lets users grow their own spirulina “superfood”