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Cooking oil coating prevents bacteria from growing on food processing equipment

Many foods produced on an industrial scale include raw ingredients mixed together in enormous stainless steel machines that can be difficult to clean. With repeated use, equipment surfaces get minute scratches and grooves, providing bacteria and biofilms the perfect place to hide.
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  • Safest way to dine out for those with food allergies is using up to 15 strategies

    People with food allergies know eating at a restaurant means using multiple strategies to make sure your order doesn't contain something that could send you to the hospital with anaphylaxis - a severe life-threatening reaction.

  • Software aims to reduce food waste by helping those in need

    AMES, Iowa - Sugam Sharma remembers as a child listening to his parents talk about hunger. While his family always had enough to eat, hunger was prevalent and something he regularly witnessed growing up and as a young adult in India.

  • Women who eat fast food take longer to become pregnant

    Women who eat fast food take longer to become pregnant Women who eat less fruit and more fast food take longer to get pregnant and are less likely to conceive within a year, according to a study by researchers at the University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute.

  • Study: Predicted environmental changes could significantly reduce global production of vegetables

    Study: Predicted environmental changes could significantly reduce global production of vegetables The study, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), is the first systematically to examine the extent to which projected changes such as increases in temperature and reduced water availability could affect the production and nutritional quality of common crops such as tomatoes, leafy vegetables and pulses.

  • Study: Mangos help promote gut health

    Study: Mangos help promote gut health Next time you suffer from constipation, you may want to consider grabbing a mango instead of reaching for a fiber supplement, suggests a new Texas A & M University pilot study published in the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research.

  • Want to optimize your caffeine level? Army researchers made an app for that

    Want to optimize your caffeine level? Army researchers made an app for that It's 9 a. m. and you're facing a dilemma: should I have a second cup of coffee? Caffeine spurs the central nervous system, making a person feel more awake, alert, and prepared to withstand the barrage of work meetings.

  • Radish cover crop traps nitrogen; mystery follows

    Radish cover crop traps nitrogen; mystery follows When you think of a radish, you may think of the small, round, crunchy, red-and-white vegetable that is sliced into salads.

  • Study: Farming crops with rocks to reduce CO2 and improve global food security

    Study: Farming crops with rocks to reduce CO2 and improve global food security Farming crops with crushed rocks could help to improve global food security and reduce the amount of CO2 entering the atmosphere, a new study has found.

  • Food fraud in China leads to opportunities for EU products

    Food fraud in China leads to opportunities for EU products The perceived safety and quality of food imported from Europe into China provides commercial opportunities for European food producers, research has found.

  • Rice becomes less nutritious as CO2 levels rise

    Rice becomes less nutritious as CO2 levels rise Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will reduce the nutritional value of rice, according to an international research team that analyzed rice samples from field experiments started by a University of Tokyo professor.

  • 10 Things You Must Know About Starbucks

    10 Things You Must Know About Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain. Starbucks was established in Seattle, Washington in 1971.

  • Study: Clean plates much more common when we eat at home

    Study: Clean plates much more common when we eat at home When people eat at home, there's typically not much left on their plates - and that means there's likely less going to landfills, according to new research from The Ohio State University.

  • Drinking baking soda could be an inexpensive, safe way to combat autoimmune disease

    Drinking baking soda could be an inexpensive, safe way to combat autoimmune disease A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say.

  • Researchers use emojis to develop a modern face scale for product testing

    Researchers use emojis to develop a modern face scale for product testing A recent study by sensory researchers at Kansas State University's Olathe campus finds that emojis are a viable alternative to words when it comes to accurately measuring how kids feel about food, products and other experiences.
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