There’s a lot more science in your food than you might think. Check out these web highlights to find out how billions of people are eating chemistry every day. Starting with your breakfast!
The On Networks site has loads of entertaining videos with a section dedicated to food science. Here you’ll find the very enthusiastic Dr Kiki Sanford performing some fun and simple kitchen experiments, such as extracting iron from your breakfast cereal using magnets. Check out her breakfast video and more here.
Do you know your sodium acetate from your sodium nitrite? Maybe not but if you eat processed foods your body will definitely be familiar with them. Read all about just some of the preservatives that can be found in your snacks here.
Plans are underway to store a sample of every type of seed used for crop-growing in the Arctic in case a global disaster wipes out vital food crops. Read all about it in this article.
Cooking queen Delia Smith shares the scientific secrets behind cake-making. Find out how tiny bubbles make better cakes, why eggs are so essential and how to avoid the dreaded cake collapse.
Check out the science of cake-making.
Hot water doesn’t just make a good cup of tea. Watch the video clip below to find out what happens when it meets freezing cold air.
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