Food Technology
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How Flavor Encapsulation Works in Snacks: Spray Drying, Extrusion, and Coacervation Explained
Flavor encapsulation protects delicate flavor compounds in snacks from processing and storage, ensuring they release at the right moment. This article explains how spray drying, melt extrusion, and complex coacervation achieve this, detailing their mechanisms and ideal applications.
Lab-Grown Protein Cookies Made From Plastic Bottles and Corn Waste
Researchers at Southern Illinois University have engineered microbes capable of breaking down discarded plastic bottles and corn waste into protein-rich cookies.
AI Can Design Your Next Favorite Burger. Do You Trust It?
BurgerAI's Mushroom Burger achieved an environmental impact more than an order of magnitude lower than a popular fast-food burger, marking a substantial leap in sustainable food production.
Food Tech, Explained: Three Forces Reshaping How We Eat
Food technology uses modern tools like AI and IoT to modernize the entire food system, from production to consumption. This innovation boom is driven by three core pressures: sustainability, evolving consumer demand, and supply chain efficiency.
SolaraGrain's Discovery Sparks Global Market Interest
On June 13, 2026, a remote research outpost in the Atacama Desert reported the spontaneous growth of a previously unknown grain, thriving in conditions thought impossible for staple crops.