Article - 15/07/2013 A horse in cow’s clothing Control is good dual control even better. Blind trust in the food industry is not always the best idea. Dioxin EHEC and the horsemeat scandal show how vulnerable safety of the food chain is in a globalised world and also highlights the continuously changing challenges facing food inspectors. Food inspection aims to protect consumers from potential harm caused by food and against fraud committed by the industry.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/a-horse-in-cow-s-clothing
Dossier - 15/04/2013 Bioactive plant foods – more than just filling The increasing demand for functional foods clearly shows that the role of food is no longer just to meet an essential need. Food that offers additional nutritional benefits is becoming increasingly important for example food that is able to prevent or treat diseases. This kind of food is therefore interesting for consumers the food industry and the healthcare sector alike. Products based on plant raw materials are particularly in demand due to…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/dossier/bioactive-plant-foods-more-than-just-filling
Dossier - 03/06/2013 Food analytics – applied consumer protection Consumers – in other words, all of us – rightly expect to be supplied with healthy, high-quality and safe foods. However, over the past few years, food scandals have frequently hit the headlines. They are brought to light in laboratories that have a huge arsenal of methods and procedures to analyse food. Although the media would have us believe otherwise, the vast majority of foods are safe and very rarely hazardous to human health. This is in…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/dossier/food-analytics-applied-consumer-protection
Article - 28/02/2011 Development of food allergies Allergic reactions to certain types of food can, in extreme cases, lead to life-threatening anaphylactic shock. People with peanut allergies are particularly at risk. Allergic reactions can also gradually develop into chronic intolerances such as coeliac disease, for example. The causes of food allergies nearly always originate in early childhood. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/development-of-food-allergies
Dossier - 29/03/2009 Options for the food industry Biotechnology has since found its way into the food industry and in fact into the entire value creation chain from raw material production to food processing to the sale of the final product. There are many ways in which biotechnology can contribute to better food products. These include the use of enzymes and microorganisms as well as in the production of food supplements and to improve analytic tests.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/dossier/options-for-the-food-industry
Dossier - 16/06/2014 Biotechnology as a tool for the production of food Biotechnology opens up numerous opportunities for the food industry. The targeted use of biotechnological methods can, amongst other things, help reduce the quantity and number of unhealthy ingredients in foods as well as degrade allergenic substances. Genomic research and targeted breeding also greatly facilitate progress in agriculture. Food biotechnology therefore contributes significantly to saving resources, optimising harvest yields and…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/dossier/biotechnology-as-a-tool-for-the-production-of-food
Article - 29/04/2013 FoodSolutionsTeam - onto the table instead of into the trough The processing of food, vegetables and other plant materials leads to large amounts of by-products that are not needed for the final product. These include solid residues from fruits and seeds from pressing that still contain many valuable ingredients, but are not required for the production of food. FoodSolutionsTeam (FST) from Konstanz is developing technologies that enable these by-products to be transformed into valuable food ingredients that…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/foodsolutionsteam-onto-the-table-instead-of-into-the-trough
Article - 17/06/2013 EHEC prevention: mission ‘safe salad’ Raw fruit and vegetables are popular and healthy, at least as long as they are not contaminated with pathogens such as those that caused the EHEC outbreak in 2011 where sprouted foods were identified as the source of the E. coli outbreak. Researchers from the University of Hohenheim are looking into how the risk of consumers being infected by ready-to-eat vegetables and salads can be minimised. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/ehec-prevention-mission-safe-salad
Article - 13/05/2008 A new method unmasks noroviruses on food Noroviruses often might be the causative agents of Nausea vomiting diarrhoea fever. The Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office in Stuttgart has now developed a method that enables the detection of these viruses on food. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/a-new-method-unmasks-noroviruses-on-food
Article - 05/11/2012 Walter Vetter: analytics that guarantees consumer safety How do consumers know whether the food item they have purchased actually is the product with the desired properties or whether the packaging promises more than the product actually delivers? This is not a judgement that can be made based on the product’s appearance or taste. Only analytical methods can get to the bottom of the molecules inside the food item. Prof. Dr. Walter Vetter at the Institute of Food Chemistry at the University of Hohenheim…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/walter-vetter-analytics-that-guarantees-consumer-safety
Article - 12/07/2008 Quality assurance - from the field to the table Rotten meat or metal traces in breakfast rolls Food scandals commonly hit the headlines. The University of Hohenheim has chosen food safety as the main topic at this years Agricultural University Conference.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/quality-assurance-from-the-field-to-the-table
Article - 21/05/2013 Green gold: bioactive plant foods Nowadays everything must be good for something must have a direct noticeable or tangible effect. The ever topical issue of nutrition is no exception. All this makes functional food a promising and inexhaustible market. Teams of scientists around the world are focussing on how unhealthy food can be made healthy. Bioactive plant foods are expected to close a gap that should not have existed in the first place. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/green-gold-bioactive-plant-foods
Press release - 23/05/2011 University of Hohenheim – scientists with a growing awareness of functional foods The gastrointestinal tract and its nervous system have numerous functions related to the uptake of food and they also play an important role in the development of adiposity. The Institute of Nutritional Medicine at the University of Hohenheim Germany carries out numerous projects aimed at investigating the relationships between food uptake digestive and nervous systems thus making the institute an excellent partner in the Bioactive Plant Foods…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/university-of-hohenheim-scientists-with-a-growing-awareness-of-functional-foods
Article - 18/09/2011 BMBF project AllerGen: DNA test to protect consumers against food allergens People who are hypersensitive to a particular food protein can develop an adverse reaction to the smallest amount of the allergenic protein that can range from mild to severe. Although many allergic people are aware of their hypersensitivity to certain food proteins they can have allergic reactions because they are not always aware of the presence of allergenic proteins in certain food products. This is why the reliable sensitive and quantitative…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/bmbf-project-allergen-dna-test-to-protect-consumers-against-food-allergens
Article - 03/06/2013 With metabolomics food analytics goes all the way In the not-too-distant future, food analysts hope they will be able do more than just detect mycotoxin traces and determine the concentration of individual nutrients such as vitamin C. Their ambition is in fact much broader: “We would like to understand the nutritional and physiological effect of food,” said Prof. Sabine Kulling from the Max Rubner Institute in Karlsruhe. As with other life sciences areas, metabolomics is seen as a key technology…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/with-metabolomics-food-analytics-goes-all-the-way
Article - 29/11/2010 Max Rubner Institute – focusing on consumer health The research and analyses carried out by the Max Rubner Institute are aimed at protecting consumer health. The institute investigates the contamination of meat and fish and also focuses on the health benefits of food additives and the future of functional food.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/max-rubner-institute-focusing-on-consumer-health
Article - 16/09/2013 Jörg Hinrichs and the world of dairy products What is the best way to bring together biology, chemistry, physics and the engineering sciences? Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Hinrichs, director of the Department of Animal Foodstuff Technology and head of the Dairy for Research and Training at the Institute for Food Technology at the University of Hohenheim knows how: become a food technologist!https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/joerg-hinrichs-and-the-world-of-dairy-products
Article - 14/11/2011 Who’s for a nice cup of tea? Wolfgang Neldner is the Managing Director of Esslingen-based Anoxymer GmbH, a company which commercialises teas, herbal mixes and plant extracts for use in the food and cosmetics industries. Here he gives the manufacturer’s viewpoint of how the EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation is affecting the food industry. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/who-s-for-a-nice-cup-of-tea
Press release - 21/03/2011 Crop production - plate or tank? As part of the “University of Hohenheim – strength through communication” thematic year 2011, Dr. Detlef Virchow, Executive Manager of the Food Security Center at the University of Hohenheim, talked to us about the medium-term risks of E10 biofuel in relation to global food safety.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/crop-production-plate-or-tank
Article - 06/08/2012 VivaCell Biotechnology GmbH investigates the health-promoting effect of food VivaCell Biotechnology GmbH offers in vivo and in vitro demonstration of the efficacy of pharmaceutical and phytopharmaceutical compounds and nutraceuticals. Using its specific in vitro and in vivo models, the company has been able to prove the health-enhancing effect of numerous foods, and is thus an excellent partner in the Bioactive Plant Foods Network.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/vivacell-biotechnology-gmbh-investigates-the-health-promoting-effect-of-food
Dossier - 14/11/2011 The European Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation - an interesting recipe The EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation applies to all nutrition and health claims made in commercial communications, including the advertising and labelling of food and promotional campaigns. While the information related to nutrition is now clear, the list of permitted health claims is still under development.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/dossier/the-european-nutrition-and-health-claims-regulation-an-interesting-recipe
Article - 13/10/2008 Eurobarometer: animal cloning for food production A Flash Eurobarometer study reveals that European citizens have a generally negative perception of animal cloning for food production. 81 per cent feels that the long term effects of animal cloning are unknown.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/eurobarometer-animal-cloning-for-food-production
Press release - 20/12/2010 Curcumin for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and cancer: healthy plant substances and their transport into the body Turmeric: Indians swear by the use of this yellow spice and believe in its healing power. In India, turmeric (curcumin) is believed to protect against cancer and help reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease. Along with four academic and five industrial partners, Dr. Jan Frank from the University of Hohenheim is investigating how the effect of curcumin can be enhanced. The German Ministry of Education and Research is supporting the consortium…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/press-release/curcumin-for-the-treatment-of-alzheimer-s-disease-and-cancer-healthy-plant-substances-and-their-tran
Article - 06/02/2008 German Bundestag positive about new Genetic Engineering Law The German Bundestag gave the go ahead for the new version of the German Genetic Engineering Law. The new version incorporates the introduction of the Not genetically engineered label as well as stricter regulations on the cultivation of genetically modified plants.https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/german-bundestag-positive-about-new-genetic-engineering-law
Article - 24/04/2010 Gertrud Winkler is able to measure human taste Why do consumers like the taste of some foods and dislike the taste of others? Gertrud Winkler Professor of nutrition and food sciences at the Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences is focusing on precisely these questions. In her endeavour to promote healthy nutrition Winkler has been involved in developing flour enriched with folic acid and has also done a great deal of work on creating optimised diets for children and adolescents.…https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/gertrud-winkler-is-able-to-measure-human-taste