Lactobacilli is an ideal candidate for riboflavin-fortification of foods. Although found in various foods like eggs, green vegetables, milk and meat, there are numerous cases of riboflavin or vitamin B2 deficiency occurring on a regular basis. To help solve this, scientists have been looking for ways to supplement the intake[Read More…]
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Researchers in Thailand unveil anti-cancer mango
The improved Mahachanok mango is enhanced with anti-oxidants anthocyanin and carotenoid. Researchers at Nare-suan University in Phitsanulok, northern Thailand, have developed a mango that can reduce the risk of contracting some cancers. Faculty of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment lecturer Asst Prof Dr Peerasak Chaiprasart explained that the improved Mahachanok[Read More…]
Saudi herbal medicine shows anticancer potential
The team compared the cytological profiles of fractions taken from the plants with a set of reference compounds with established mechanisms of action. Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have identified three plants used for traditional Saudi Arabian medicine they believe are worthy of further investigation[Read More…]
Researchers produce food from carbon dioxide and electricity
This breakthrough can help solve food hunger. Research groups from Finland have successfully created protein meals using a series of coffee cup sized ‘Protein Reactors’. For creating this, water, carbon dioxide and microbes were added into the reactor and electricity was supplied. As complex substances can be broken down through[Read More…]
YPB Group, an Australian company has developed an anti-fraud technology to combat sophisticated food counterfeiters
The technology has been recognized by the China Trade Association for Anti-Counterfeiting (CTAAC) as the only invisible tracer company in China. First developed in 2015 with a vision of becoming a scalable solution preventing counterfeiters from copying products, the invisible tracer technology contains invisible particles that can be applied directly[Read More…]
Food scientists find that a beneficial gut bacterium can grow when fed with a carbohydrate in cranberries
Nutritional microbiologist David Sela and his colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, report the first evidence that certain beneficial gut bacteria are able to grow when fed a carbohydrate found in cranberries and further, that they exhibit a special non-typical metabolism. Many scientists are paying new attention to prebiotics,[Read More…]
A breakthrough waste recycling technology, CreaSolv unveiled by Unilever
Unilever is creating a pilot plant for a radical recycling process that could address the billions of plastic sachets produced by a wide range of industries. As part of Unilever’s pledge to ensure all of its plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025, the company has announced[Read More…]
Australian researchers create enhanced vitamin A banana
The genetic modification process resulted in the identification and selection of banana genes that could be used to enhance pro-vitamin A in banana fruit. Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology have created the world’s first golden orange fleshed banana which is rich in pro- vitamin A and will help[Read More…]
Vitamin D may improve sunburn
The trial is the first to describe acute anti-inflammatory benefits from taking vitamin D. High doses of vitamin D taken one hour after sunburn significantly reduce skin redness, swelling, and inflammation, according to double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland[Read More…]
NUS researchers create a healthy beer
This new specialty beer incorporates the probiotic strain Lactobacillus paracasei L26, which was first isolated from human intestines and has the ability to neutralize toxins and viruses, as well as regulate the immune system. A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a novel probiotic[Read More…]
