Food fermentation is the process of creating food or changing the properties of food using microbes. Many cultures started fermenting foods to preserve them. For example, fermenting vegetables allowed ...

KANSAS CITY — Showing consumers that food processing can have benefits could prove crucial to the future of precision fermentation. At this stage of the “nascent” technology, consumers may perceive ...

WASHINGTON — Fermentation may be the next pillar of alternative proteins alongside plant-based and cultivated meat, according to a new report from The Good Food Institute. The organization’s inaugural ...

While several firms are growing fungi in fermentation tanks to make meat analogs, Israeli startup Kinoko is ditching the stainless steel vessels, adding fungi strains to legumes and grains in stacked ...

Eating one fermented food a day introduces live beneficial microbes that can improve digestion, reduce bloating, and support regularity as your microbiome balances out. A healthier gut microbiome ...

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Fermentation may be a millennia-old technique, but it continues to throw up new opportunities in food production. From providing new protein sources or health-boosting ingredients to improving the ...

Fermented food or food fermentation is a food processing technology that harnesses the growth and metabolic activity of microorganisms for the stability and transformation of food. Historically, ...

The agricultural sector and food producers face an ever-pressing challenge: how to support the global food system while reducing reliance on finite resources or synthetic inputs. Achieving this is ...