Plastic wraps and containers may be great at preserving food, but they generate huge amounts of waste that can end up in the environment. Researchers at Harvard and Rutgers have developed a new ...

People waste a lot of food. In America alone, the National Resources Defense Council estimates that as much as 40 percent of the food people buy ends up in the trash, not to mention the perfectly-good ...

In this informative video, learn how to dredge chicken and other foods for a crispy and golden coating. Dredging is a simple cooking technique that involves lightly coating food with a dry ingredient ...

Stacked on a shelf at a Kroger grocery store, these avocados look like any other avocados. But each fruit is coated in an invisible, edible, plant-based coating that acts as a hidden weapon against ...

You can squeeze as hard as you like, but those last stubborn drops of ketchup, shampoo or honey are practically impossible to retrieve from a near-empty bottle. Advanced nonstick coatings are ...

Special new coatings being investigated by researchers are more resistant to bacteria and other microbes than food-contact surfaces used today, according to a report on a recent symposium hosted by ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers at the Center of Excellence for Post-harvest Biotechnology (CEPB) in Malaysia test a preservative coating made out of gum arabic that ...

A new study by engineers and food scientists demonstrates that a durable coating, made from titanium dioxide, is capable of eliminating foodborne germs, such as salmonella and E. coli, and provides a ...