Future of food: what’s on the menu in 2050From insects to cultured meat, nothing is off the table when it comes to feeding the world’s growing population, says UNSW professor Johannes le Coutre.
UNSW spray dryer produces perfectly dry, 99.8% pure magnesium citrateIn an initial trial in the UNSW-EcoMag project, chemical engineers at UNSW were able to produce very high-purity Mg citrate using their state-of-the-art spray dryer. It's a first, successful step towards EcoMag's goal of scaling up to commercial production using the new process.
Meet Sagadevan Mundree: tropical pulses expertQueensland University of Technology Professor Sagadevan Mundree is an expert in the fields of biochemistry and cell biology, agricultural and industrial biotechnology, and tropical crops – notably pulses. He also loves to hike.
Putting pulse-rich products on the tableInnovative Brisbane-based company Austgrains is working with pulse-crop experts at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and food scientists from universities across Australia to develop tasty pulse-based products with proven nutritional and prebiotic credentials. It is hoped the research will benefit consumers’ health as well as producers’ bottom lines. With demand growing in the west for…