The redbrick offices, just north of Hamburg’s River Elbe and a few floors below Carlsberg’s German headquarters, are an unexpectedly low-key setting for a food…
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A matter of taste: food preferences may be influenced by our unique ‘tongue prints’
Whether they are long and slimy, wide and bumpy, fissured, furry or tied – our tongues may be even more unique than we give them…
View More A matter of taste: food preferences may be influenced by our unique ‘tongue prints’Ultra-processed foods are not more appealing, study finds
Ultra-processed foods are viewed as no more appealing than less processed foods, research has found. A University of Bristol study compared the taste perception of…
View More Ultra-processed foods are not more appealing, study findsSalt-free diet ‘can reduce risk of heart problems by almost 20%’
Cutting out salt from meals can slash your risk of heart problems and strokes by almost a fifth, the largest study of its kind suggests.…
View More Salt-free diet ‘can reduce risk of heart problems by almost 20%’Scientists find vital missing ingredient for healthy vegan diet – algae
Vitamins for vegans made from algae could soon prove to be the most effective solution to replacing an important nutrient missing from plant-based diets, thanks…
View More Scientists find vital missing ingredient for healthy vegan diet – algaeFast food fever: how ultra-processed meals are unhealthier than you think
For a long time it has been known that diets dominated by ultra-processed food (UPF) are more likely to lead to obesity. But recent research…
View More Fast food fever: how ultra-processed meals are unhealthier than you thinkBurn, baby, burn: the new science of metabolism
As the director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at Tufts University, Massachusetts, Susan Roberts has spent much of the past two decades studying ways to…
View More Burn, baby, burn: the new science of metabolismHow green is your food? Eco-labels can change the way we eat, study shows
It’s lunchtime at a workplace cafeteria in Birmingham, and employees returning to work after months away during the coronavirus pandemic are noticing something has changed.…
View More How green is your food? Eco-labels can change the way we eat, study showsMan v food: is lab-grown meat really going to solve our nasty agriculture problem? – podcast
Support The Guardian The Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. But we increasingly need our…
View More Man v food: is lab-grown meat really going to solve our nasty agriculture problem? – podcastMicrobes and solar power ‘could produce 10 times more food than plants’
Combining solar power and microbes could produce 10 times more protein than crops such as soya beans, according to a new study. The system would…
View More Microbes and solar power ‘could produce 10 times more food than plants’