Food Sciences

Sciences & Technology

The science of flavour

Enjoying food is one of life’s great pleasures – and it’s about way more than just taste, it uses all your senses (yes, even your hearing)

Sciences & Technology

Mushrooms are delicious, but potentially deadly

Mushroom poisoning is a growing problem as people go foraging – the only really safe way to avoid it is to buy your mushrooms

Sciences & Technology

Why we judge chocolate by its cover

Although chocolate is a treat for all five senses – sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste– new research shows packaging is often just as important as what’s inside

Environment

Protecting Australia’s citrus industry

Researchers have identified an Australian strain of fungus that causes citrus rot, calling for effective controls to protect the citrus industry

Health & Medicine

Food Health Star labels are driving healthier products

Food labels are improving the nutrition of packaged products in Australia and New Zealand, but they must be compulsory to make a bigger difference

Sciences & Technology

Making milk powder less energy intensive

A new pilot study demonstrates the potential to use a cheese by-product to concentrate skim milk, reducing the energy required in dairy powder production

Sciences & Technology

Tricking our tongues: Creating guilt-free cheese

What have sound waves got to do with dairy fat content? It turns out it’s all in the mixing

Sciences & Technology

Measuring deliciousness

Our responses to food are more unconscious than you might think, but new technology can really tell what you like and dislike

Sciences & Technology

Engineering the perfect Easter egg

Precision timing means cocoa butter melts at just the right temperature

Sciences & Technology

Made Possible By Melbourne

A biofortified rice high in iron and zinc is set to combat hidden hunger