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...
With the onset of 3D printing now you can print your food with the desired texture, flavour, size, and even shape. If you wish for a pizza with your personalized nutritional needs, or chocolate in any...
Presently, mankind is facing the biggest challenge of the growing global population. According to one WHO report, the world population was 7.6 billion in 2017 and will reach 8.6 billion in 2030, which will be...
Savdhaan, hoshiyaar, Plant Proteins Padhaar rahe hain! If one had to describe how they feel about the food industry in 2020 in nutshell, this is how they would describe it. After all, plant proteins are the coolest band...
We have all been hearing a lot of buzz about organic foods and there has always been a question on its safety and its acceptance by the Indian Consumers. There are many misconceptions on its consumption in the people’s...
We hear a lot about enzymes. When we eat food, it is digested by enzymes. We sometimes take digestive enzymes when we eat too much. There are also meat tenderisers available which contain enzymes. Detergents started...
Have you ever wondered what the secret of your Grandma’s kitchen was? That one magical ingredient that not only played its wise role in the tadka of a food, but also in quick healing of the cuts and burns she had. Here...
Mangoes are considered king of fruits in India and summers bring in the season for mangoes. Not only the vendors are seen selling around mangoes, but also there are various delicacies of mango that starts getting...
When the heat approaches, kids get excited about eating ice creams. Even adults become kids and start looking at ever increasing flavours in ice creams. Consumption of ice cream in India keeps increasing with the...
What is Aseptic Processing? Aseptic Processing is sterilizing a product and filling it in and sealing the sterile container in a sterile environment so that microbes do not enter the product. When the product is...
In the past, the only frozen food we enjoyed was ice cream. However, now we are seeing all kinds of frozen foods in the market. We not only see fish, meat and vegetables which are cut, trimmed, cleaned and frozen but we...
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