Sourdough took the culinary world by storm a few years back, but this bubbly starter represents far more than a passing ...

Eating one fermented food a day introduces live beneficial microbes that can improve digestion, reduce bloating, and support regularity as your microbiome balances out. A healthier gut microbiome ...

A Mason jar sits on my kitchen counter. Stuffed with shredded cabbage, the contents look like any jar you might find on a supermarket shelf. But what's inside is alive. When I loosen the lid, the ...

Cellulose polymers are being produced by bacterial fermentation of organic matter, and used to create strong bioplastics. Researchers in Japan are now looking to improve polymer production levels by ...

Postbiotics are more than probiotic "waste," they're actually beneficial for your body, and you can get them from many of the foods that keep your gut bacteria healthy.

Lactic acid bacteria are critical to the dairy, food processing, and nutrition industries. Used as probiotics, flavour compounds, and starter cultures for fermented foods such as yogurt, the bacteria ...

Like wine and cheese, chocolate has terroir, a sense of the place it was grown. Each bonbon or bar may carry unique flavors shaped by the soil, rainfall and temperature of the farm. But much of that ...

Fermentation and spoilage both involve microbes, but their outcomes are completely different. Fermentation is a controlled, beneficial process that makes food s ...

Portland is about to get a whole lot funkier when the Portland Fermentation Festival returns to the Ecotrust building on Thursday, Oct. 10. Following last year’s triumphant return after a three-year ...

According to new research published in the journal npj Science of Food on November 17, 2025, kimchi doesn't just boost your ...