UF/IFAS
News

Home » News » Tag: Food Science And Human Nutrition

Tag: Food Science and Human Nutrition

bubbles in a carbonated beverage

UF study: Florida-grown sparkling wines please palates

by Samantha Murray
November 10, 2021

Still or sparkling? When it comes to Florida-grown fruit wines, consumers prefer fizzy over flat. That’s the finding of a recent study from the University of Florida, which shows that taste testers prefer carbonated blueberry and muscadine ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Andrew MacIntosh, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Food Science And Human Nutrition, News
a volunteer reaches to stock cans of soup on a shelf at a food pantry

Hunger in Florida: A problem with a size and scope hard to digest

by Tory Moore
October 4, 2021

More than 3 million Florida residents are food insecure and receive food assistance. During Food Week, Oct. 11 to 16, units across UF/IFAS will join hands to raise awareness about hunger issues and engage students and the public in solving hunger ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS
Tags: Alan And Cathy Hitchcock Field And Fork Pantry, Field And Fork, Food Assistance, Food Pantry, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Food Systems Institute, Food Week, Gators Give And Serve Week, SNAP

UF/IFAS research receives $155.6 M in latest fiscal year

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
August 6, 2021

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida boasted its second-best research funding awards over the fiscal year 2021, with UF/IFAS researchers receiving $155.6 million of the $861 million university total. The UF/IFAS funding, a 10% increase ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Adegbola Adesogan, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Ali Sarkhosh, Animal Sciences Department, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Feed The Future Innovation Lab For Livestock Systems, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Grants, Horticultural Sciences Department, J. Scott Angle, Michelle Danyluk, Research, Research Funding, Robert Gilbert, Scott Angle, Ziwen Yu

Dietitians are credible, with or without a white coat, study shows

by Brad Buck
August 4, 2021

When you see your physician in a white coat, chances are you might think he or she is smarter, more confident and perhaps even exudes a compassionate bedside manner. But what about dietitians? Do they need a white coat or scrubs to be perceived ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition
Tags: Bobbi Langkamp-Henken, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Competence, Credibility, Dietitian, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Master Of Science-Dietetic Internship, Patients, Professional Attire, Scrubs, White Coat

UF scientists use AI technology to breed better-tasting strawberries

by Brad Buck
April 7, 2021

A tastier strawberry may come from a computer. New University of Florida research shows artificial intelligence can help scientists breed more flavor into the fruit. Consumer panels are the tried-and-true method for UF researchers to gauge ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: #aiatuf, Algorithm, Aroma, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Breeding, Computer, Flavor, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Sensation, Strawberries, Taste Panels, UF Sensory Lab, Vance Whitaker, Volatiles

Don’t toss onion skins: They’re full of antioxidants and help preserve fish

by Brad Buck
April 6, 2021

Usually, when you peel an onion, you toss out the skin. When you do that, you lose the skin’s antioxidants, and the waste goes to the landfill. University of Florida researchers may have found a way to minimize food waste -- and keep fish ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety
Tags: Antioxidants, Extract, Fish, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Fresh, Health, Marty Marshall, Onion Skin, Phenolics, Preserve, Senem Guner, Waste

Pandemic eating among the food-secure: more comfort foods, but not a drastic increase

by Brad Buck
January 5, 2021

During the first three months of the pandemic, food-secure people did not change their eating habits very much, although some of them turned a bit more to comfort foods, new University of Florida research shows. The study also serves as a cautionary ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Comfort Food, Covid-19, Eating, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Food-secure, Jeanette Andrade, Nutrition, Pandemic, Salt, Snacks, Stress, Sugar

Safe food production training to be available to Florida’s small and beginning farmers through new USDA grant

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 19, 2020

BY RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, Fla. -- A new opportunity for Florida’s small and medium-sized produce farmers will become a reality with the support of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP) grant designed to produce ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Food Safety, Food Safety Outreach Program, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Michelle Danyluk, Training, Usda

Sensory lab helps UF/IFAS breeders know which fruits, veggies taste, smell best

by Brad Buck
October 29, 2020

Not long ago, about 200 consumer panelists went to the University of Florida Sensory Testing Lab to taste a new blueberry developed by UF/IFAS scientists. Turns out, they liked the flavor of the ‘Sentinel’ blueberry, said its breeder, Patricio ... READ MORE

Category: SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Charles Sims, Food, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Fruit, Patricio Munoz, Smell, Taste, Testing, UF Sensory Lab

Subscribe For More Great Content

IFAS Blogs Categories