A landmark study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that following a healthy and sustainable diet can considerably lower the risk of early death while minimizing environmental impact. This is a preliminary large-scale research to directly assess the effects of following the recommendations of the major [...]
The current spike in food costs isn’t just terrible news for grocery store shoppers; it also has important ramifications for the sugars used in biomanufacturing. Biomanufacturing, encompassing the production of food, plastics, and other commodity chemicals, is primarily reliant on sugar. Biomanufacturing has turned out to be less environmentally friendly [...]
The globe has a twofold challenge: a considerable amount of the food produced each year gets wasted while millions go hungry. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), nearly one-third of worldwide food production goes to waste each year, totaling 1.3 billion tons. At the same time, [...]
In the ever-evolving landscape of sustainable solutions within the food industry, one Finnish startup has taken a groundbreaking step towards addressing two critical issues – food waste and carbon emissions. SuperGround, the brainchild of Santtu Vekkeli, founder and chief inventor, has ingeniously devised a method to transform discarded bones and [...]
In a world grappling with the challenges of a growing population, climate change, and the need for more efficient protein production, a surprising contender is emerging as a potential solution: algae. A recent study published in Frontiers in Nutrition, led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, makes [...]
