Wine has been made by humans for about 7,000 years, and experts agree that until quite recently it may not have tasted very good. For millennia wine has been the ultimate expression of agriculture, ...

Industrial use of microorganisms plays a crucial role in food and beverage production, as well as in the creation of ...

Sourdough fermentation reshapes wheat fibers through enzyme activity, influencing bread texture, nutrition, and flavor. Bread ...

The process of fermentation creates flavors and aromas that you cannot get through other processes. As the microbes digest ...

Oklahoma State University was recently issued a patent that could significantly increase biofuel and chemical yields while reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Hasan Atiyeh, professor of biosystems and ...

Breweries typically monitor fermentation by analyzing broth composition. Alcohols, esters, acids and residual sugars are ...

Enduro Genetics, a Denmark-based start-up, aims to increase efficiency in biomanufacturing. By getting producing cells ‘addicted’ to production, the start-up aims to vastly improve production ...

Melissa Perello is the executive chef at Octavia and Frances, in San Francisco. When we were in the process of opening Octavia, I met Berkeley-based pottery artist Sarah Kersten at a flea market event ...

Scientists introduce a single-cell Raman method that monitors beer fermentation in real time, capturing metabolic variation and predicting key process metrics accurately.