Tag Archives: Food products

Consumers say: A short best-before date is more natural.

By | September 29, 2026
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The MDH is misunderstood. Credits: Ben Prater, pexels

Nutrition experts have been warning for years about the risks of highly processed foods, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, and recommend more natural products. A study by the UBC Sauder School of Business has now examined how consumers recognize, or believe they recognize, naturalness. According to the study, many use the best-before date as a quick rule of thumb – even though it is not a reliable indicator. Read more »

BVL presents portal lebensmittelwarnung.de at the open day

By | August 19, 2025
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At the German Federal Government's Open Day on August 23 and 24, 2025, at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Community (BMLEH) in Berlin, the portal lebensmittelwarnung.de will be the focus of the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety's (BVL) presentation. In the food section at Französische Straße 1, visitors can learn how the portal informs them about recalls of unsafe food, consumer goods, and more. Read more »

Nutrition monitoring shows: Germans often consider their diet healthier than it actually is

By | August 19, 2025
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The Max Rubner Institute (MRI) has published the results of the first module of the National Nutrition Monitoring (nemo) study. Between September and November 2024, 3.155 people aged 18 to 80 were surveyed online about their eating habits. The sample was representative of the population in terms of age, gender, education, and federal state. Two-thirds of the respondents rated their health as good to very good… Read more »

Research team: Self-sufficiency alone cannot ensure the world's food supply

By | May 19
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An increasing focus on self-sufficiency in many countries and trade barriers could impair people worldwide's ability to eat healthily and sustainably. Research teams from the Universities of Göttingen and Edinburgh investigated the extent to which 186 countries can feed their respective populations solely through domestic production. The researchers examined seven food groups that are part of the "LiveWell" diet – a World Wide Web… Read more »

Alternative protein source: Fraunhofer presents indoor systems for season-independent production

By | May 6
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Credits: Fraunhofer IME

In the flagship project "FutureProteins," six Fraunhofer Institutes developed closed, space-saving indoor cultivation systems for the year-round, climate- and season-independent production of proteins from alternative sources. In a further step, the proteins and raw materials obtained from plants, fungi, algae, and insects were combined for the first time and processed into food prototypes. The resulting novel products and meat alternatives are nutritionally particularly… Read more »

Health and environment: Planetary Health Diet (PHD) and Mediterranean diet equivalent

By | April 7, 2025
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Credits: Michi-Nordlicht, pexels

Two plant-based diets have been linked to similar survival benefits and low environmental impact: the Planetary Health Diet (PHD) and the Mediterranean diet. This is according to research presented on April 4 at the European Society of Cardiology's (ESC) Preventive Cardiology 2025 scientific congress. The fact that diet significantly contributes to mortality from cardiovascular disease… Read more »

Toxicological testing of CBD in food: Liver damage is possible

By | March 25, 2025
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CBD-containing products are trending, and manufacturers advertise all sorts of positive effects. But do they really exist? A DFG research group led by Würzburg toxicologist Angela Mally investigated this question. Whether in dietary supplements, cookies, chocolate, tea, or gummy bears – cannabidiol (CBD) has developed into a lifestyle trend in the food market in recent years. CBD does not have an intoxicating effect… Read more »

Organic poultry: Hops in feed can save antibiotics

By | February 12, 2025
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Hops are not only an essential raw material for brewing beer. Due to their special properties, hops have also been valued as a medicinal plant since antiquity. This is the focus of the scientific work of Luisa Kober and Marco Dürsch. The two researchers from the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering (BVT) at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) are investigating the positive effects of hops in their doctoral projects… Read more »

Microorganisms provide vital vitamins for legumes

By | January 22, 2025
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Natural microorganisms can enrich plant-based foods like yellow peas with vitamin B12 and other vitamins through fermentation. This was demonstrated in a successful research project at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland. A plant-based diet is considered healthy and sustainable. The new Swiss food pyramid also promotes this. Until now, the essential vitamin B12 was not naturally present in a purely plant-based diet.… Read more »

Pesticide-free vegetable cultivation can succeed

By | October 30th 2024
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Our vegetables are supposed to be residue-free. Around 8,7 million tons are consumed annually in Germany. In contrast, in 2022, only 21.600 food products (not just vegetables) were tested for pesticide residues. (Credits: pixabay)

Promoting future-oriented and environmentally friendly agriculture without the use of harmful chemicals is a goal of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU). The Technology and Support Center (TFZ) in Straubing, Bavaria, is developing a potential component for this. Using environmentally compatible mulch, the growth of weeds is to be inhibited without harming crops or wildlife. The DBU has developed this project in two phases… Read more »