Fisheries support about 3.3 billion people with protein. This makes their industry a key target for sustainable agriculture efforts as the growth of the aquaculture market is expected to surpass poultry in the global protein supply chain by the end of this year. Canada, the EU, the FAO, and New …
Exploring the Impact of Lactic Acid Fermentation on Bioaccessibility
A notable trend in developing fermented food products is using lactic acid fermentation to enhance fruit-based offerings’ nutritional value and sensory attributes. Recent studies have demonstrated how lactic acid bacteria (LAB), including Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus, can significantly alter black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) juice. This fermentation process …
Maltose-Negative Yeast: A Game-Changer for Non-Alcoholic Beer Production
With an increase in consumer interest in no-low alcohol beverages, there has been a boon in product availability, with the quality of these new no-low beers improving significantly thanks to commercially available & novel no-low alcohol producing yeast strains. Some of the more well-known species are Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. chevalieri …
Emerging options for a growing pet food market
Recent reports from the American Pet Products Association have shown year-over-year double digit growth in the pet food industry. To support an estimated 50% sales increase by 2030, the industry will need to be agile and keep up with demand by adopting new technologies, formulations, and manufacturing strategies. When we …
Specific Protein development through Fermentation
Typically, when you think of fermented foods you think of common items such as yogurt, wine, beer or cheese. This fermentation process is used to develop flavor or the functionality of products through microbial anaerobic digestion. There is also precision fermentation which uses microorganisms to product specific functional ingredients. This …
Scientists select organisms in kimchi to aid in weight loss
The general population has become enamored with the idea of consuming probiotic foods, otherwise referred to as functional foods, and this area of the market is expected to continue growing[1,2,3]. Microorganisms that are involved in the production of these foods have been studied to define their probiotic effects in humans[4]. …
Health benefits from alcohol consumption?
This post is updated from 2022, as it still in the news. See recent discussions of this topic here, here, and here You have likely seen headlines that both claim the benefits of moderate drinking (i.e., here) and that no levels of drinking is safe (i.e., here). So how can …