October 5, 2025 — At one of the world’s finest restaurants, Alchemist in Copenhagen, a menu item invited a scientific study. It was the restaurant’s yogurt fermented with ants. Why in the world did this traditional Bulgarian yogurt require ants? What were those ants doing to help make yogurt from milk? They produce yogurt that has “a slight tangy […]
September 5, 2024 — What’s not to like about this? Swiss food scientists have devised a process for making chocolate that is more planet friendly and requires less added sugar. If you ever felt guilt about enjoying a little bit of chocolate, let it go. Less Waste The main thing here is crop waste. Typically, most of the cocoa […]
January 6, 2022 — We knew that 2022 would bring more plants into the food we eat, with plant-based diets continuing to be a hot topic. This long-term trend would also bring some faddish ultra-processed foods along the way, we wrote. Six days into the new year, KFC and Chipotle are fulfilling the promise with new offerings of fake […]
