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