This is less than half of what many headlines claim. From Our World in Data: “It is often claimed that smallholder farmers produce 70% or even 80% of the world’s food. This claim has even been made by the United […]
“When a tuna marketing executive took a bite of the dehydrated tomato seasoned with olive oil, algae extract, spices, and soy sauce early last year, he was shook. “This is going to be a problem for us,” he said.” | learn more
“Long the stuff of science fiction and philosophical musing, cellular agriculture is fast becoming a reality.” | learn more
FYI I always put Ketchup on mine. “Hot dogs have always had a unique place in Chicago’s heart. The sausages were brought here by immigrants as they built the city. Chicago-style dogs fed the masses for cheap when families were […]
“Huy Fong’s Sriracha hit revenue of $150m+ a year…with no sales team, no trademark and $0 in ad spend.” | learn more
“According to Rains and her team, MSG is one of the most baselessly demonized ingredients in American history.” | learn more
“The app offers explosive growth for content creators. Gen Z cooks are taking advantage.” | learn more
“Here, Eater looks at all the costs in a popular restaurant dish to see what goes into it, and how much profit comes out.” | learn more
“The fish stick – the bane of schoolchildren who generally consider it an overcooked, bread-encrusted, cardboard-tasting, fish-less effort of lunchrooms and mothers to deceive them into consuming protein – is a postwar invention that came into existence as the confluence […]
From food entrepreneur Justin Mares. “I’m seeing more and more people rely on randomized clinical trials and research to make any sort of nutritional recommendation. If there’s not a randomized clinical trial (RCT, the gold standard for determining causation in […]