WETENSCHAP

Salad bar pretty free from harmful bacteria

6:47u 9 March 2010 - The salad bar in the Restaurant of the Future of Wageningen UR contains very little harmful bacteria such as E. Coli and salmonella. This is apparent from research carried out by Rikilt and Food & Biobased Research (F&B). Their findings were published last month in the Journal of Food Protection.

WETENSCHAP

Charting new waters for the yellowtail kingfish

12:26u 3 March 2010 - Imares lends a hand in breeding and marketing. Tuna-like fish has all it takes to become a success.

WETENSCHAP

Gut bacteria can cause obesity

17:01u 10 February 2010 - Diet, exercise and genes are not the only factors which determine if someone can become obese. The composition of the intestinal bacteria may also account for a person's obesity. This is the contention of Wageningen microbiologists and colleagues from the University of Amsterdam end January in the scientific journal Diabetologia.

WETENSCHAP

Knowledge institute to amend text in beer guide

5:50u 27 January 2010 - 'A storm in a beer glass', is the response given byFrans Kok, chairman of the Knowledge Institute for Beer, after it's been chided by the Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy (STAP) for misrepresenting advice about alcohol consumption given by the Health Council of the Netherlands. In any case, the knowledge institute will amend the text in its beer guide.

WETENSCHAP

Fake meat still too fake

14:28u 20 January 2010 - Vegetable-based meat substitutes are still not good enough to persuade meat eaters to abandon their pork chops or steaks. Fake meat is too far removed from the real thing, but it is unfamiliarity with such new products in particular that is preventing people from putting them in their shopping trolleys.

WETENSCHAP

Poor communication by organic food sector about risks

14:13u 20 January 2010 - Organic meat is not as healthy as it may seem. It has a greater risk of being infected by bacteria and parasites than regular meat. Communication about these negative aspects should be improved, say researchers at Wageningen UR Livestock Research and Plant Research International (PRI) in December's Journal of Food Protection.

WETENSCHAP

Let children take their pick of vegetables

5:59u 14 January 2010 - Children prefer vegetables which are crunchy and have no brown patches. They also get a perk when they can choose what they eat beforehand. So says PhD student Gertrude Zeinstra.

WETENSCHAP

Asian herb mixtures may be poisonous

18:11u 22 December 2009 - Traditional Asian herb mixtures may contain dangerous quantities of mercury, arsenic and lead. This is the contention of Ivonne Rietjens, professor of the Toxicology Department, and researchers of the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA) in the coming issue of Food Additives and Contaminants.

WETENSCHAP

Fish fatty acids don’t make you cleverer or happier

16:29u 16 December 2009 - A diet rich in fish fatty acids has no effect on cognitive functions such as memory and concentration in the elderly. Nor does it affect their level of wellbeing. This is the conclusion drawn by Ondine van de Rest in the thesis for which she will get her PhD from the Department of Human Nutrition on 18 December.

WETENSCHAP

Rikilt arms itself for transgenic animals

6:18u 5 December 2009 - Transgenic food substances of animal origin could be found in foreign supermarkets in the foreseeable future, just like genetically modified plant products.