Food Science

Is Lab-Grown Meat the Solution?

October 7, 2019 By Anna Leave a Comment

In the human diet, meat and other animal products are important dietary protein sources. With a growing global population, the demand for animal products, particularly meat, is increasing. Resources, however, are limited and exploring alternatives to animal products are increasingly relevant. 326

Fun Food Fact: Eggs I

January 22, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Fun Food Fact! You may have noticed that not all eggs you can buy or collect from your chickens look the same. Some have a white shell, others a brown shell. Then when you crack them open, some yolks are very yellow, while others appear to be extremely orange. Did you ever wonder what causes […]

Fun Food Fact: Sugar I

September 5, 2017 By Anna Leave a Comment

Fun Food Fact! Not all sugar is the same. What we call sugar, is a group of small carbohydrate with a sweet taste. There are several types of these small carbohydrates. When you are reading a nutrition label, and you see for instance fructose, galactose, glucose, lactose, maltose or sucrose listed, you know there is […]

Fun Food Fact: Food Packaging I

August 22, 2017 By Anna Leave a Comment

Fun Food Fact! Did you know that the ‘air’ that you find in a lot of food packaging, is not the same air you and I breathe in every day? The air we breathe on earth is a mixture of roughly 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen and minimal amounts of Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Neon, Helium, Methane, […]

Has My Chocolate Gone Bad?

July 11, 2017 By Anna Leave a Comment

Have you ever thrown out chocolate because it looked like it had gone bad? You likely found a white, powdery layer on the chocolate that looked a bit suspect. Fun Food Fact! You probably didn’t need to throw it out! Let me tell you why. 51

What is Gluten?

September 15, 2014 By Anna Leave a Comment

When you have a peanut allergy, a warning on a food label could potentially save your life. If you are lactose intolerant, you will be thankful when your food labels let you know upfront that the product contains lactose. Sometimes, however, information on packaging is less about informing you, and more about selling products. Phrases like […]