Damiana: (Turnera diffusa) The Damiana plant is an up to 2 meters tall shrub, which indigenous to Latin America and which leaves are...

After Pre- and Probiotics it now the turn for Postbiotics? Since the last two decades pre- and probiotics got a lot of attention from...

Food for thought: Plant probiotics Everyone in the Food & Health industry is talking about the great opportunities arising around the...

Detecting food fraud The history of food fraud is probably as old as the trade of food products itself, as there has always been people,...

Soursop During my trip to Barbados, spending some time talking with local farmers and cooking with some regional produce I passed by this...

Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) Growing up in New Zealand I often started my day with a nice slice of bread with Honey, deriving from the...

Sugar reduction / alternatives There has been a lot in the media about sugar reduction and implementation of sugar taxes, but do taxes...

Customer Value & product development Many food developers think that developing a successful food product is just about the right recipe,...

Chaga When I wrote the Article about the chicken of the woods last week, another interesting mushroom popped in my mind, which is used...

Prolonging the shelf-life of food with High-Pressure Pasteurisation (HPP) Preserving food products without harming the taste, texture or...

Current Issues in Food traceability Today there are many options to ensure traceability along a food supply chain and to protect...

Challenges on the hunt for new dairy substitutes Plant-based dairy products are gaining more and more popularity due to increasing...

Ice cream When we all think of ice cream we all think of summer & hot days at the beach or the song Ice Cream (I Scream, You Scream, We...