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Response Part I to Panera’s No-No List
Panera publishes a list of ingredients it will not use, but something important is missing from their list. As reported by Food Business News: Panera Bread is the latest company to jump on the clean...
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Panera Know-No List — Part II: Meet the Ingredients
Panera, among other food companies, has announced a commitment to removing certain ingredients from their products. While many in the food science industry have mixed feelings about this decision, this...
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Panera Know-No List — Part III: Meet the Color/Flavor Enhancers
There’s nothing inherently wrong with a food company making a commitment to a clean label, as long as there’s some effort to explain the WHY. WHY is Ingredient X coming out? WHY was it in there in the...
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Peanuts, Prison, and POV of a Food Scientist – Food Science in the News
You can't use "3 outta 5" for pathogen testing. You also shouldn't use a teaspoon from one box to represent a whole truck's worth of supply. That's like flying into LAX and assuming all the cars in the...
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Food Science in the News — Taco Bell, Transparency and Trehalose
I hate the “don’t eat it if you can’t pronounce it” mentality. I took organic chemistry, I can pronounce some pretty terrible chemicals just fine, but I have trouble saying “quinoa” and “acai”...
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FEAR and FACTS — Food Science and Consumer Perception
In many cases, companies have found themselves challenged by consumers and groups who object to a technology based on what they have heard rather than what they know. This insightful observation...
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Beverage Fortification 101 — Food Science in the News
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of options in the beverage aisle of a supermarket? When I was a kid, my options were simple: milk, juice, soda, coffee, water, or sports drinks. Now,...
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Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Two Cents on Caffeine and Energy Drinks
Energy drinks are in the news again, but it’s not for any new reason. Too much caffeine is not good for anyone, but that you already knew. With the new Dietary Guidelines proposed by the DGAC comes a...
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Food Waste and the Fresh/Natural Fixation — Food Science in the News
For this edition of Food Science in the News, we look at one example where the fresh/natural fixation is creating food waste, and one example where the super-fruit fixation is reducing it. There’s a...
View ArticleFood Science in the News – Food Spoilage Red Light, Green Light
Food waste is a major problem and expiration date confusion is one of the contributing factors. At a meeting of the American Chemical Society one scientist introduced smart-tags which could indicate...
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