Burgers made from insects may not be to everyone’s fancy, yet a supermarket chain in Switzerland is going to introduce a food range made from insects. The bug burgers are made from mealworm larvae, which are produced to look and taste like beef as much as possible. Insects make healthy foods. Mealworms provide protein, vitamins […]
Researchers at the University of Toronto have come up with what appears to be an easy and cost-effective approach to reducing the threat of microbial pathogen contamination on food processing equipment: coating it with a thin layer of cooking oil. Scientists in the university’s Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, working with a food scientist […]
Mondelez International patented a process for manufacturing chocolate using soluble corn fiber to help reduce the sugar and calorie content. The process could cut the sugar in chocolate products by up to 50%, while keeping the sweet taste consumers expect and without having significant impacts on the composition of the chocolate, according to the patent. […]
