FOOD news 2017

New laboratory

2017.12.15

New ‘Future Consumer Lab’ will research food with consumers as a starting point

In January, a new ‘Future Consumer Lab’ (FCL) opens at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. The…

Funding

2017.12.12

Research project will create healthier infant formula

Many newborn babies are given infant formula, which is not as beneficial as natural breast milk.…

Funding

2017.11.22

New project aims to improve the quality of our food

Food scientists will ensure that industrial food processing does not affect our health by developin…

Honorary order

2017.11.09

Danish professor receives Japanese order for his research and communication

Professor of gastrophysics at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen, DSc.…

Monday Aperitivo

2017.11.06

New lecture series at the Nordic Food Lab: Monday Aperitivo

The Nordic Food Lab at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen has started…

Alumni interview

2017.10.06

By changing one detail you can improve the whole

What drives me in my job every day is that we constantly have the opportunity to do even better. By…

Healthier ice cream

2017.10.04

FOOD and AAK want to revolutionise the fat in ice cream

Can you make ice cream with unsaturated oil? Researchers at AAK AB, which produces vegetable oils,…

3D printed food

2017.10.03

3D printed food to help hospital patients

The Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen is taking part in a new research…

Culture Night

2017.10.02

FOOD participates in Culture Night 2017

Culture Night 2017 takes place on October 13, and FOOD participates with lectures from Nordic Food…

New research

2017.09.19

Supercontinuum lasers can lead to better bread and beer

Researchers from the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark…

gastrophysics

2017.09.19

Video about gastrophysics with professor Ole G. Mouritsen

Video from professor Ole G. Mouritsen's professor inaugural lecture with the title: Gastrophysics -…

PhD event

2017.09.12

New yearly PhD event at FOOD

A new tradition has been started among the PhD students at the Department of Food Science (FOOD):…

FOOD

2017.09.11

Jorge Ruiz-Carrascal becomes affiliate meat professor at FOOD

Professor Jorge Ruiz-Carrascal’s appointment as affiliated meat technology professor at the…

Birthday interview

2017.08.24

From ”cook and look” to mechanistic food science

Professor of Food Chemistry Leif Skibsted from the Department of Food Science at the University of…

FOOD

2017.08.21

Celebrated gastronomy professor at FOOD

Ole G. Mouritsen is a professor of gastrophysics and culinary food innovation at the Department of…

Documentary on umami

2017.08.11

Chinese TV visited FOOD

Chinese CCTV visited Nordic Food Lab at the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of…

FOOD

2017.07.17

New professor in how food microbes affect our health

Microbiologist Dennis Sandris Nielsen from the Department of Food Science at the University of…

ICNIRS 2017

2017.06.23

FOOD hosted the world's largest conference on NIR Spectroscopy

Professor Søren Balling Engelsen from the University of Copenhagen (FOOD) has just hosted a great…

dairy research

2017.06.19

Minister was external examiner for PhD defence

The importance of camel milk was emphasised when the Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Professor…

Technology

2017.06.14

Process Analytical Technology creates smart production

Many manufacturing companies still base their production on a few seasoned employees who have a hig…

New research

2017.06.06

New research provides practical cooking tips for your red wine sauce

Can you get intoxicated by pouring beer or wine into your sauce or stew? This question is important…

FUNDING

2017.06.06

New research will provide better quality of dairy products with plant polyphenols

Associate Professor Marianne Nissen Lund at Department of Food Science (FOOD) and Department of…

Chemometrics

2017.06.02

Quick measurements and mathematics combat waste in Danish biotech companies

Food researchers from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen combat waste i…

Alumni interview

2017.04.28

Wine is science and art

You can know a lot about wine – its chemical and microbiological processes, but you can never…

Older life

2017.04.07

How we can add to the good lives of older people

Over the last decades, a considerable amount of research has been focussed on children and young…

Collaboration on the good life in old age

2017.04.06

Judith Kyst: We are gathering and sharing our knowledge about the good life in old age

The Department of Food Science, together with two other departments at the University of Copenhagen…

New Book

2017.04.05

Nordic Food Lab publishes book on eating insects

How do you harvest ants from an anthill in the forest? How does trading occur with insects in…

FOOD leadership

2017.03.02

Welcome Anna Haldrup – new Head of Department at FOOD

Anna Haldrup takes up the position as head of the Department of Food Science at the University of…

Fermentation

2017.02.20

Fermentation creates sustainable growth in the West African food sector

In West Africa, spontaneously fermented foods are deeply embedded in the food culture and the…

Fermentation

2017.02.06

Researchers cultivate wine gold in Danish apples

Researchers at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen are searching for the…