2023 October

According to Gizmodo, Coca-Cola's new AI-inspired flavor called Y3000 is uninspired and downright terrible.

Cow's milk is a mainstay in the diets of people around the world, but why? Cow's milk wasn't always the dominant dairy beverage, but it has been for many years.

The global citrus export industry based in South Africa is a surprising outlier in many ways, not least for its vigorous growth. Somehow, the diverse industry has emerged as the second biggest in the ...

We can’t entirely eliminate food waste – but we can find cheap ways to turn it into something useful.

In ‘Holy Food,’ Christina Ward examines how our belief systems end up on the plate.

The bourbon industry has been booming in recent years, but what sets all the different types of bourbon apart?

Salt may seem like a very straightforward ingredient, but there's actually a huge variety of a salt, all of which have a specific purpose and identity.

Human scent can unveil stress, illness, and personal information and can be used as a potential forensics and medical diagnostic tool. Read the article for more details.

Different people can have varying perceptions of the same scents and odors, for instance perceiving the same perfume as "fruity" or "musky." Studies have suggested that the ways in which the same odors ...

Replicating specific scents by mixing ‘base odors’ is the main idea behind the concept of odor reproduction. Just as primary colors can be combined to generate a wide range of colors in visual percep...

People with COVID-19 sometimes lose their sense of smell. But a clinical researcher has a possible solution: the patient’s own blood.

Laying a controversial smell theory to rest

From exercise and eating tips to brain health and balance challenges: this is what you need to know

Industry leaders take the Bakery&Snacks’ podium to discuss the movement that is increasingly impacting all areas when it comes to creating stand out snacks, from trickier better-for-you formulations that do not compromise on indulgence, to simpler labels and being as good for the planet as they are for the body.

Sweet! Salty! Umami? What’s up with MSG? Why do you like your coffee black? Come down to flavortown and let’s talk tongues. Gustologist Dr. Gary Beauchamp is a chemosensory scientist and an expert in taste. We chat about tastebud flim-flam, celebrity grade hot wings, MSG research, excitotoxins, wean

Human scent could one day be used as evidence in forensics and as diagnostic information in medicine.

Robin Dando brings a unique background in neuroscience to the sensory discipline.

A sweet archive of almost biblical proportions can be found at the University of California, Riverside.

Nordic tech company Cambri today announced the release of Launch AI, which provides companies with advice and predictions for NPDs. The AI, which has worked with food and beverage companies such as Carlsberg and Nestlé, reduces the risk that inevitably comes with launching a new product.

One of the world's most popular weedkillers, glyphosate, has divided the scientific and health community, prompting several countries either to ban or limit its use.

• New study finds that most Rafflesia species, which produce the world’s largest flowers, face extinction. • Lack of protection at local, national, and international levels means that remaining populations are under critical threat. • Researchers propose an urgent action plan to save these remarkable flowers, building on local success stories.

The consumption of mulberries (Morus spp.) as functional foods has been on the rise due to their wholesome properties, delicate taste, and unique flav…

npj Science of Food - Variation of wine preference amongst consumers is influenced by the composition of salivary proteins

Several startups at the intersection of scent and technology have pulled in funding in the past few years. We take a look.

Determining the structure-odor relationship has always been a very challenging task. The main challenge in investigating the correlation between the molecular structure and its associated odor is t...

Journal of Analytical Chemistry - The development of rapid chromatographic procedures is of utmost relevance to analytical laboratories since the modern pharmaceutical business is continually...

Two intrinsically disordered proteins form a specific structure ID'ed by AlphaFold.