In the wellness-driven era of 2025, the global beverage industry is witnessing a seismic shift from sugary sodas to functional, “alive” alternatives. As gut health becomes the cornerstone of modern ...

COPENHAGEN — “The Noma Guide to Fermentation” details how to build a simple MacGyver-style fermentation chamber using a Styrofoam cooler, terrarium heating mat, humidifier, and hygrometer. With it, ...

It is well known in the food world that the intense, at times startling flavors one encounters at Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant named the world’s best four times in a five-year period by Restaurant ...

Fermentation can be described as a process that uses bacteria to make energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen. Fermentations are used to make foods including bread, beer, wine, yogurt, ...

Noma chefs Rene Redzepi and David Zilber are sharing their fermentation lab secrets with the world in a new book. Speaking of fermented, we’re going across the pond to the birthplace of cheddar cheese ...

Have you ever eaten a sour pickle at a deli? If you have, you likely recall the lip-puckering combination of salt, sweet, sour, and acid. Mouthwatering to some people and unpalatable to others, the ...

While some parts of the world—particularly Asia—have rich histories of using fermentation, more people across the US are making their own kimchi and sauerkraut, brewing kombucha in their kitchens, and ...

In beer brewing, fermentation is crucial. This is when yeast converts the sugars that are found in processed, malted barley into alcohol. Scientists have now determined that white noise can actually ...

THE importance of a systematic study of the microorganisms which play a part in the various processes of fermentation is making itself felt more and more as time goes on and new facts and phenomena ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business of food & drink. "I truly believe in fermentation as a way to make cooking easier," explains René ...