According to the nonprofit Brewers Association based in Boulder, CO, Craft brewers increased their market share of the American beer industry in 2014. Continue reading… “Craft brewers now have more than 10 percent share of beer market”
Next for 3-D printers: healthy food
If 3-D printers are to address world food problems in the future, they’re going to have to move into far more nutritious fare, not the sugar polyhedra and chocolate rosebuds that are currently all the rage. Continue reading… “Next for 3-D printers: healthy food”
What giant food companies think millennials want
The question that every major food brand is wrestling with right now: What do millennials want? An article recently in Forbes clears up why, “There are 80 million millennials in America alone and they represent about a fourth of the entire population, with $200 billion in annual buying power.” Continue reading… “What giant food companies think millennials want”
How emulsifiers are making us fat and messing with our guts
Scanning the fine print on almost any processed food in the grocery store and you’re likely to find ingredients such as polysorbate 80, lecithin, carrageenan, polyglycerols, and xanthan and other gums, all of which are emulsifiers, which are used to keep oils and fats from separating. Continue reading… “How emulsifiers are making us fat and messing with our guts”
Water cake, the dessert of the future!
How would you like a dessert that disappears if you don’t eat it within 30 minutes, and looks like a giant drop of water? Then you might be craving water cake, a transparent piece of Japanese rice cake commonly known as Mizu Shingen Mochi. Continue reading… “Water cake, the dessert of the future!”
A map of each state’s most distinctive cuisine
Using data from Yelp, the Huffington Post has created the above map showing each state’s biggest cuisine outliers. Continue reading… “A map of each state’s most distinctive cuisine”
Gelatin NanoParticles could Deliver Drugs to your Brain
Stroke victims could have more time to seek treatment that could reduce harmful effects on the brain, thanks to tiny blobs of gelatin that could deliver the medication to the brain non-invasively.
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Facebook is the most Complained about Brand
We complain 879 million times/year (and Facebook is our top target)
We complain about brands an astonishing 879 million times a year on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media networks. A full 10 percent of us find something to be angry about publicly every single day.
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Calysta, Inc. believes natural gas can feed the world
Alan Shaw, CEO Calysta, right and Josh Silverman, the chief scientific officer.
Methane, the primary component of natural gas, can be gobbled up by protein-producing microbes. The protein biomass is converted into things like food for farmed salmon or chemicals or other products, according to Ian Shaw, CEO of Calysta Inc., and Josh Silverman, the chief scientific officer. That salmon, of course, is an important source of protein that could serve a growing human population.
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What’s wrong with our modern diet in 11 charts
When people consume modern processed foods high in sugar, refined flour, and vegetable oils, they get sick.
The main reason why people all over the world are fatter and sicker than ever before is our modern diet. Everywhere modern processed foods go, chronic diseases like obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease soon follow.
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Link found between milk consumption and death: Study
The most likely culprit: lactose.
The British Medical Journal published a large study that tracked the dietary habits of over 100,000 people in Sweden. The study followed the participants for 20 years taking into account differences in lifestyle and demographics. The researchers at Uppsala University found that women who drank three or more glasses of milk per day were twice as likely to die earlier than those who drank less than one glass of milk per day; men had a slightly higher risk of dying early as well. The study also found that the more milk the women in the study drank, the more likely they were to experience bone fractures, especially hip fractures.
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Color more important than taste in food
Burger King’s black burgers prompted a backlash in the U.S.
Burger King made headlines after unveiling its black KURO Pearl and KURO Diamond burger, earlier this month. The burger comes complete with black buns, black cheese, and black sauce and is available in Japan through early November.
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