Fermentation is one of the oldest methods of preserving foods. How does acid affect sausage and cheese? What role do microbes play in determining texture and flavor? We'll discuss the science behind ...

Startup New Culture is seeking to raise $2.8m to develop ‘real’ cheese with casein proteins made from microbial fermentation (instead of cow’s milk) that its founder claims can deliver taste, ...

Scientists and gourmands alike have been fascinated by the recent discovery of a 3,600-year-old cheese sample from a tomb in what is now the Xinjiang Uygur region in northwestern China (Cell 2024, DOI ...

In 1931 German physician, physiologist and biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg won the Nobel Prize for his discovery that cancerous cells—unlike most healthy human cells, which produce energy using ...

The list of fermented food in our lives is staggering: bread, coffee, pickles, beer, cheese, yogurt and soy sauce are all transformed at some point during their production process by microscopic ...

Food fermentation is the process of creating food or changing the properties of food using microbes. Many cultures started fermenting foods to preserve them. For example, fermenting vegetables allowed ...

German biotech LegenDairy is bringing together precision fermentation and the heritage of European cheese making to develop ‘stretchable, meltable and delicious’ cheese alternatives. Plant-based ...

From a sizable dairy specializing in goat cheese in France's Perigord region, the young Tomme Perigourdine captures the richness of summer goat's milk, preserving it in a format we can enjoy for weeks ...

New Culture animal-free cheese used as a pizza topping. Credit: Facebook Precision fermentation has seemingly resolved the challenge of getting close to the stretch-and-melt characteristics lacking in ...

The UK produces and consumes a lot of cheese. According to 2018 figures, 470,000 tons is produced, and 790,000 tons consumed, annually – equating to 11.9kg of cheese consumed per person. Due to the ...