Food packaging plays a crucial role in meeting consumer demands, facilitating a wide product variety in supermarkets. Traditional packaging is often single-use, discarded after use, and while convenient, it...
ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION: ORS was developed in the 1960s, showing that sugar helps in the absorption of salt and water, crucial for treating dehydration. It was found during the 1971 Bangladesh crisis of...
Bakery products have been enjoyed for long by everyone. Bread and flat bread or roti have been part of our meals for ages and continues to fill our stomachs with many other foods of animal and plant origin...
What does Healthier baking really mean? Is it just the reduction of fat, and sugar and the inclusion of coarse grains? Or is there more to it? Today’s definition of healthier baking has expanded from...
During the COVID-19 pandemic and its eventual lockdown enforced on the world, Dalgona coffee due to social media trends, made its way to every house. The rarely heard name in the Indian households was very...
Cooking is an important part of our daily life. We all love and enjoy cooked food, whether prepared in a home kitchen or by professional chefs in a restaurant kitchen. We are often puzzled by the changes...
In a world where food waste contributes to environmental degradation and resource depletion, upcycling offers a sustainable and innovative solution to this problem. Upcycling food waste involves transforming...
The word “flavor” is abundantly used in our daily conversations, bringing up ideas of rich, vivid experiences that extend beyond the simple act of eating. A substance’s flavor includes its...
There is a lot of news about processed foods containing chemicals. Some are telling us that we should only eat home-cooked food and others are telling us that use only organic grains and fruits and vegetables...
Vada pav has become a global phenomenon. That pav was the earliest western bread that Indians knew when Portuguese introduced it many centuries ago. Indians had their own varieties of bread, both leavened and...
Peanuts is an inexpensive food for common people. All types of people would eat them for a variety of reasons. Workers going home after late hours can buy at bus stop or train station or motorist driving home stuck in...
In the last few years there has been increasing concerns, particularly in the media, about the effects of wheat‐based foods on health, with the increasing adoption of wheat‐free or gluten‐free diets. This is leading to...
Wheat has several varieties and they differ in properties making them useful in some products and not others. Higher protein makes them useful in bread making while lower protein in biscuits and cakes. There are many...
Yogurt or dahi has been prepared in different parts globally be bacterial fermentation of milk, the most common being cow’s milk. Although earlier, yogurt was prepared by natural microbes present in the milk, using...
Milk and milk product consumption in India was a dietary essential for over 8000 years. It is well documented in many of the ancient literature. Milk was also strongly recommended to be consumed daily according to...
Drying or dehydration is a method of preservation for foods employed from ancient times to prevent or delay the spoilage of fresh food. When fruits and vegetables are harvested, they are consumed fresh or after cooking...
Shellfish have been consumed all over the world. They are a good source of proteins, and healthy fats, are low in calories, and also provide vitamins like vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin B12, etc. and minerals like...
The Western Ghats region of India is home to an incredible variety of plant species, each with its own unique story to tell. One such plant is Kokum, a tree that has captured the attention of many due to its dense...
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