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Food Science and Nutrition Articles
Our Fun Facts about Food are short reads. Perfect for when you have a few minutes to read, and you want to learn something new about food and nutrition. Do you have a bit more time, and are you interested in food science and nutrition? Check out the Food Science and Nutrition articles on [Truthful Science].
What is Gluten?
When you have a peanut allergy, a warning on a food label could potentially save your life. If you are lactose intolerant, you will be thankful when your food labels let you know upfront that the product contains lactose. Sometimes, however, information on packaging is less about informing you, and ... Keep Reading!
How do I know if my Cake is ready?
If you are a frequent baker, it is likely that you always have every ingredient for a delicious cake in your kitchen. Cake is always a crowd-pleaser, so it is an ideal go-to treat for unexpected company. Good cake is baked long enough for the batter not to be ... Keep Reading!
Fruit and Vegetable Alphabet
Fruits and vegetables are an often underappreciated part of our diet. More often than not, we do not eat enough of either and we have it stuck in our head that we do not like a lot of them. This can be because we have had them once, prepared ... Keep Reading!
How to Melt Chocolate
For a lot of delicious recipes, chocolate is an essential ingredient. You can bake chocolate into a cake as part of the batter, use chocolate chips to add some flavour to your breakfast (I recommend a combination of cranberries and dark chocolate in your yoghurt), and you can melt ... Keep Reading!
Tips for making Frosting
Frosting is fantastic! I go crazy for it. It is the perfect outlet if you feel like getting creative with colours, shapes, flavours, and more. Aside from the aesthetics, using frosting is an opportunity to add more flavours to cupcakes, cakes, and desserts. Not only that, but it can ... Keep Reading!
How to line a Square Baking Pan with Parchment Paper
One of the most disappointing things that can happen when you have spent an hour or so in the kitchen, trying to make something delicious, is your creation sticking to the bottom of the pan. You can grease the inside before you fill the baking pan or you can ... Keep Reading!
How can you tell if an Egg is Fresh or if it has gone Bad?
Whenever I bake or cook something with eggs, I make sure the eggs are still fresh. I did not always use to do this, but I learned the hard way (by adding a bad egg to a bowl, filled with amazing ingredients) that it is better to be safe ... Keep Reading!
What is the difference between a Cupcake and a Muffin?
What is the difference between cupcakes and muffins? There are no strict rules on when you are allowed to call your baked goods either a cupcake or a muffin. It is not like it is with champagne, a baker does not have to make a cupcake according to a ... Keep Reading!
Fun Food Fact: Food Packaging I
Fun Food Fact! Did you know that the 'air' that you find in a lot of food packaging, is not the same air you and I breathe in every day? The air we breathe on earth is a mixture of roughly 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen and minimal amounts of ... Keep Reading!
