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The Department of Food Science recently published a new certificate in fermented food and beverages. The certificate, open to all UW-Madison undergraduate students, provides an…
Greetings from the Chair Dear Food Science Alumni and Friends, As the saying goes, change is the only constant , and our department is certainly…
Photo by Michele Purin on Unsplash Gingerbread is a vague term for a category of baked goods, flavored with ginger (obviously), cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon…
Department of Food Science has joined the new social media site, Bluesky ! By: Emily Merlin I woke up one morning with colleagues asking me…
Making a Snickers bar is a complex science – a candy engineer explains how to build the airy nougat and chewy caramel of this Halloween…
Original article here Audrey Girard receives USDA-NIFA funding to develop biobased plasticizers and methods to create edible packaging alternatives Audrey Girard, assistant professor of food…
Complete article can be found here . By Preston Schmitt ’14 Nearly all UW–Madison alumni share a taste for Babcock ice cream. Since opening in…
UW-Madison Food Science College Bowl Champions On August 3rd, 2024, the Institute of Food Technologist (IFT) hosted the 2024 College Bowl Competition in Chicago, Illinois.…
CALS graduate student Maggie Becher researches the squeakiness of cheese Original article published here . Sound is a very important sensory experience when eating different…
Food Science Chair is 2024 ADSA Fellow The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) has named Professor and Chair of Food Science, Scott Rankin, as the…
The Plant Protein Innovation Center (PPIC) 5th Research Spotlight Meeting 2024, held on May 21-22 at the Plant Protein Innovation Center, University of Minnesota, proved…
Bringing delight by investigating a no-melt ice cream By Elise Mahon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fRVqG96vFM On a hot summer day, nothing hits the spot quite like ice cream,…
Spring 2024 semester was a titillating adventure for the Food Science Club . They are proud to announce that they were working on a new…
Written by Shu Lan Schaut (The Dairy Cardinal) Cans of jellied cranberry sauce are pictured as volunteers with The Open Seat UW Student Food Pantry…
Written by Alyssa Seitz Plant-based meat products have recently seen a surge in popularity, as consumers have begun to cut meat out of their diet…
University of Wisconsin-Madison Staff and Students at Cheese Expo 2024 The Cheese Expo: Global Technology for Dairy Processors , was held on Tuesday, April 16,…
On April 25th, 2024, the Wisconsin State Future Farmers of America (FFA) Food Science Career Development Event (CDE) was held at Babcock Hall, University of…
On Saturday, April 20th, 2024, University of Wisconsin-Madison Food Science graduate and undergraduate students competed in the IFT College Bowl against the University of Minnesota…
Pedestrians — including those wearing red and University of Wisconsin-Madison-branded clothing — shop for produce and other offerings while walking around the Dane County Farmers’…
Sen. Baldwin visits Madison to learn how the UW is supporting new dairy businesses Sen. Tammy Baldwin tries her hand at stirring curds under the…