Coffee is one of the most heavily traded export commodities in the world. It grows in about 70 countries, within a relatively narrow area just north and south of the equator. Broadly speaking, two ...

Humans have used fermentation to produce wine, bread, and other related products for centuries. An article published in Microorganisms describes fermentation as the conversion of sugars or ...

It's astonishing to realize how innovative our ancestors were in food and beverage production before modern science and technology. Without understanding or isolating them, ancient peoples made use of ...

That pile of fresh herbs sitting in your garden or kitchen might look potent, but they’re actually keeping most of their therapeutic compounds locked away in cellular structures that your body can’t ...

Biological and analytical advances enable modern fermentation processes to deliver safe and effective next-generation medicines. The pharmaceutical industry is no stranger to fermentation. Synthetic ...

Protein fermentation describes the microbial population's controlled breakdown and build-up of nitrogenous compounds under specific redox potential, pH balance and substrate limitation constraints.