The science of food – Page 14
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Research
Tomography keeps its cool to analyse ice cream
First in-depth study of the multiphase 3D structure of ice cream possible with new experimental design
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News
'Remarkably flavourful' lab-grown poultry
Artificial meat firm now racing to drive down costs with an eye on consumer sales by 2021
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News
Glyphosate is not carcinogenic, EU chemicals association concludes
Evaluation clears the way for long term authorisation of herbicide
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Opinion
Using microbes to explore new flavours
Microbes are often enemies in the kitchen, but when used can add new dimensions to cooking
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Research
Biochar takes the pharmaceuticals out of urine
Method for cleansing waste urine could see it used as a fertiliser
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Podcast
Arsenic trioxide
How a ‘daft’ pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain
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Research
Simple polymer tongue can taste the difference
Sensor that can discriminate between 25 fruit juices could be used for quality control
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Research
Salivary salt modifies cheese’s tang
Researchers chew over link between physiology and flavour
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Opinion
Why pain is part of making food delicious
The reason we love eating irritants like chillis and ginger
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News
New database offers one stop shop for food safety hazards
Tool brings together safety information from Europe’s food safety agency
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Research
Compounds responsible for world’s stinkiest fruit revealed
Durian pong can be recreated with fruity and oniony volatiles
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Podcast
Book Club - The secret life of fat
The Chemistry World team discusses the benfits and drawbacks of the most maligned body tissue
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Research
Spectroscopy allows in-egg chicken sexing
Identifying male chicks before they hatch could end the practice of culling cockerels in their millions
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Research
Low phosphorus rice offers fertiliser pollution solution
Silencing gene that directs phosphorus into rice grains could mean cheaper food and healthier rivers
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Opinion
Why science says you should brine your Christmas turkey
Unlock the flavour hidden in your roast with this delicious recipe
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Research
Traffic light label indicates food freshness
Ammonia gas diffusion basis for inexpensive colour-changing food freshness label