In the selection of specialty coffees, those that score above 80 points in blind tests are free of physical and sensory defects. Greenish-colored beans are known to give the drink an astringent taste, ...

For more than a century, the industrial production of chemicals, fuels, foods, and medicines has relied on wild-type ...

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 ...

Lacto-fermentation is a method of food procressing. It uses good bacteria, fungi, or yeasts to give food a different aroma, flavor, or texture and extend shelf life. Fermentation is one of the oldest ...

Before that cup of yogurt lands in your fridge, it has already been through a quiet act of biochemistry — bacteria feeding on sugar, proteins rearranging themselves and milk transforming into ...

So, you have a great idea for a new fermentation-based product or ingredient, and a successful process in the lab. All that remains is to scale up to mass production. That’s just a matter of running ...