In our society, sustainability has emerged as a major concept in our daily lives and activities, e.g. from reducing the environmental impact of our foods to corporate social responsibility in doing business, and social impact of our activities. The original idea of sustainability was to address human …

The growing appetite of cities is one of the greatest future challenges. There is no set menu for meeting this appetite, but a trend is observed in which city authorities focus on region-based food provision. Regionalism is motivated by the importance of increased self-reliance. Besides, regional food …

Met een steeds groter wordende wereldbevolking neemt het aantal monden dat gevoed moet worden op de wereld ook toe, maar hoe zullen al deze monden gevoed worden? Wellicht wordt dit gedaan met behulp van insecten, algen, kweekvlees, 3D geprint voedsel en waterlinzen.

This study examined the effect of meals varying in amount, size, and hardness of food pieces on the development of the chewing capabilities of 8-month-old infants. The study also examined changes in shivering, gagging, coughing, choking, and their ability to eat from a spoon. In an in-home setting two …

From the publisher: "Background: The introduction of whole new foods in a population may lead to sensitization and food allergy. This constitutes a potential public health problem and a challenge to risk assessors and managers as the existing understanding of the pathophysiological processes and the …

This study examined the effect of meals varying in amount, size, and hardness of food pieces on the development of the chewing capabilities of 8-month-old infants. The study also examined changes in shivering, gagging, coughing, choking, and their ability to eat from a spoon. In an in-home setting two …

Een nieuwe technologische ontwikkeling binnen de voedingswereld is de 3D-voedselprinter. Verwacht wordt dat men met dit apparaat gepersonifieerde voeding kan maken en dat de printer een tool kan worden om snel en gemakkelijk een gezonde maaltijd te bereiden. Het 3D-printen van voeding is echter een nieuwe …

It has been shown that the identification of many foods including vegetables based on flavour cues is often difficult. The effect of providing texture cues in addition to flavour cues on the identification of foods and the effect of providing taste cues only on the identification of foods have not been …

Exploring whether the regulations on genetically modified food in the Netherlands and the U.S. should be improved to be sufficient in protecting against potential dangers.

In the production of fermented foods, microbes play an important role. Optimization of fermentation processes or starter culture production traditionally was a trial-and-error approach inspired by expert knowledge of the fermentation process. Current developments in high-throughput 'omics' technologies …