Within the general public, the terms ‘food manufacturing’ and ‘food processing are usually used interchangeably. If you dig into the professional world of food, you realize that almost every word or phrase can be turned into an inside industry jargon that will need careful thought when throwing them in sentences. Food processing and food manufacturing …
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You have probably come across the phrase ‘catch weight’ in boxing or UFC sports circles and maybe didn’t give it much thought. I also didn’t give it much thought until the day I decided to do some in-depth research on the causes of production losses in a coffee factory I worked for. We were packing …
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Whichever level you are in your career, the worst thing that you can do is to stop pursuing further knowledge. You may be a very skilled food science professional or consultant, but if all you do in your daily routine is send emails, watch machines and conveyor belts run, take samples for the lab, or …
One of the reasons why food science exists is because people could no longer trust what they ate. This fear is not unfounded, because our existence in this world has had numerous incidents where we have battled food-borne diseases that have ravaged some populations to near extinction. As research and technology intensified within the periods …
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You are strolling along the downtown streets in one of your favorite holiday destinations and you can’t resist the luscious sight and delicious aroma coming from a seemingly endless chain of street food vendors. As much as everything looks appealing to the eye, you still have your reservations about street food. This could either be …
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In food science, we do not overlook the importance of edible seeds commonly known as “super seeds” in supplementing our daily dietary needs. Seed cycling continues to grow as an alternative medicine practice that is claimed to boost fertility and balance reproductive hormones. Before you brush this off as another food nutrition gimmick, you should …
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Pheew! At last, you have landed here. After filling the brain with all the scientific jargon on the web searching for the perfect meaning of organic food, you have now arrived in a platform where food complexities are dissected and simplified. It is no doubt that the organic food industry has been on an upward …
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Before you get dragged into the long, endless debate of whether GMO in food is a good scientific idea or not, this is where you should probably begin your journey. First, you need to know whether whatever you are consuming is a genetically modified food or not. There is a common misconception that you can …
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I have done a list of 7 foods that I consider to be the most expensive foods in the world judging from how many times they have been featured on online sources. Those foods that fetched some insane prices in a one-off auction will not be considered here. I will also avoid expensive food recipes …
What Happens When You Eat These 7 Most Expensive Foods in the World? Read More »
I was recently doing some reading on radiation dose limits in food products when I stumbled upon this alarming article that piqued my interest in this little known area of radiations. Reading through the article, I kept thinking how normal people underestimate governments’ capability of eating their own people. The Fukushima Case Most of us …
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