Centre of Excellence a model for food manufacturing innovation
13 February, 2013The AFGC has extended congratulations to Kraft and the Victorian Government on the official opening of Stage One of the Kraft Foods Asia Pacific Centre of Excellence.
Chickpea breakthrough could feed millions
07 February, 2013Millions of people in developing countries may benefit from a breakthrough in chickpea farming thanks to an international project involving a researcher from The University of Western Australia.
Stem cells for taste identified
05 February, 2013Scientists have identified the location and certain genetic characteristics of taste stem cells on the tongue. The findings will facilitate techniques to grow and manipulate new functional taste cells for both clinical and research purposes.
800 new additions to Food Fraud Database
24 January, 2013The US Pharmacopeial Convention has added nearly 800 new records of ‘food fraud’ to its Food Fraud Database, which contains information about foods that are vulnerable to fraudulent manipulation in today’s food supply.
Ancient ‘lost’ grain is found again in Australia
22 January, 2013Traditionally grown in the highlands of Ethiopia, teff has been grown successfully in South Africa and the United States. But the little grain could soon be grown in Australia, thanks to research by RIRDC and TasGlobal Seeds.
Onion and garlic waste clean up heavy metals
10 January, 2013Indian researchers have discovered a use for onion and garlic waste from the food industry: mopping up hazardous heavy metals, such as arsenic, cadmium, iron, lead, mercury and tin.
Peanut therapy shows promise in treating peanut allergy
08 January, 2013A clinical study has evaluated the use of sublingual immunotherapy as a peanut allergy treatment.
Cup colour and hot chocolate taste
08 January, 2013Two researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Oxford have proven that hot chocolate tastes better in an orange- or cream-coloured cup than in a white or red one.
NZ to generate extra value from beef carcases
06 December, 2012The Foodplus program has been approved for co-funding from the Primary Growth Partnership. The program will investigate how to generate more value from beef carcases.
Analysis of bread wheat genome will aid higher yields
06 December, 2012An international team of scientists has completed the first comprehensive analysis of the bread wheat genome. The analysis could help develop new strategies for breeding and improving wheat crops.
Want tastier watermelons? All you need is the genome sequence!
30 November, 2012Scientists have published the genome sequence of the watermelon. The scientists say the information could dramatically accelerate watermelon breeding to produce more nutritious, tastier and more disease-resistant fruit.
Allergies linked to triclosan exposure in children
17 November, 2012A Norwegian study has found an association between allergies and triclosan levels in children’s urine. Increased levels of triclosan were associated with elevated levels of Immunoglobulin E and rhinitis in 10-year-old children.
New method identifies milk source of premium dairy products
02 November, 2012A new method described in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry is said to be able to determine whether specialty cheeses are true to label.
Manuka may not be the bee’s knees after all, research shows
25 October, 2012Consumers may want to think twice before paying a premium for manuka and other monofloral honeys. Research from New Zealand’s Lincoln University has shown that a number of honeys from NZ are not true to label.
Scientific data seem like double Dutch? You need a food dictionary!
09 October, 2012The Development of Food Ontologies project involves the creation of a dictionary that will be used to search a large number of scientific texts for all things food related.
