Wolfing Down Food Science
Paige
Ever wonder about how your food makes it from the farm to your table? There is a lot of food science along the way. Not a culinary or nutrition podcast, Wolfing Down Food Science is all about the chemistry, microbiology and engineering of food. Questions or comments? Send us an email at [email protected]. To find out more about food science at NC State University check us out at https://cals.ncsu.edu/food-bioprocessing-and-nutrition-sciences/
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How a Curious Competitive Swimmer Found a Future in Food Science (S6E10
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02/12/24 • 44 min
Caroline Campbell has always been interested in all aspects of food, from culinary to science and nutrition. As a competitive swimmer, she connected her knowledge of nutrition with her performance. After earning 3 degrees in food science, she took her knowledge to the dairy industry. Today she utilizes her experience in dairy science to support delicious and nutritious innovation for a large dairy company in New Zealand.
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Are Americans riddled with nutritional guilt and overwhelmed with scientific information?
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06/21/22 • 26 min
The award winning nutrition educator, Dr. Sarah Ash, Professor of Nutrition at North Carolina State University, joins us on WDFS to discuss nutrition through the years and educating 30,000 (nope that's not a typo!) nutrition professionals. Looking at nutritional history in the US sheds light on modern day nutrition practices. Find out why moderation is the motto for Sarah!
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What's crunchier, a carrot or a glass of milk? (S2:E8)
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11/05/21 • 24 min
Did you know that a carrot and a glass of milk have about the same amount of water? So why is the texture so different? We jump into how the structures in these foods create incredibly different structures.
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Interview with Chris Vineyard : A Chewing Professional (S2:E7)
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10/29/21 • 33 min
Professor and evolutionary biologist, Chris Vineyard, joins us on the podcast today to talk about the evolution of chewing and how that relates to our texture preferences. We learned about how jaws have evolved and if some of our human tendencies spread to other species as well. Chewing goes back for billions of years and Chris has a look into the timeline.
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Water Works - The relationship between water content and texture
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10/01/21 • 25 min
Ever think about how much water could be in any given food? In fact, water concentration can make or break some of our favorite food textures! Food scientists are always interested in how much water is in our foods and how its presence affects textures like gelatin gels and taffy.
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When did vitamins become so important? The Funky story of discovery (S3:E4)
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03/25/22 • 31 min
Vitamine to Vitamin... we THOUGHT we had it all figured out with macronutrients. It turns out the little things are important. How were vitamins discovered? Where did vitamin F go? And what’s up with so many B vitamins? We discuss the discovery of vitamins and examine folic acid and iodine to see the type of public health effects that fortification can have.
History of US Iodine fortification and supplementation
When it rains it pours: The Long-Run Economic Impacts of Salt Iodization in the United States
Goiter and beauty
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Freezing it Faster Keeps it Fresher. Thanks, Clarence Birdseye!
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06/11/21 • 28 min
Think about how much space frozen foods take up in a grocery store. How did this all start? On a journey to the arctic, USDA scientist Clarence Birdseye made the observation that fast freezing maintains the quality of food. When he returned to the US, he invented the machinery that resulted in the frozen food industry as we know it today. In this episode we discuss why frozen blueberries are not stuck to one another in a solid block, the importance of fast freezing for ice cream texture, and why just freezing foods cannot make them safe.
3:55 Paige starts talking about Clarence Birdseye.
20:00 Thanksgiving mentioned by Paige
24:40, Paige makes fun of Keith for talking about 50-pound turkeys. :-(
KEY WORDS: IQF (Individually Quick Frozen), blast freezers, ice crystal, glass transition, freeze concentration, sublimation
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The world’s dumbest problem - Food Waste and Loss (S4:E2)
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10/21/22 • 48 min
It’s been called the world’s dumbest problem. Food waste is an environmental problem that is juxtaposed by the amount of hunger in the world. Dr. Lisa Johnson joins us to discuss food waste and loss. With about a third of the food at the farm lost, her research, which is focused on food loss at the farm level and how to reduce it, is important to solving the problem. For more information, check out Lisa’s website: https://lisakjohnson.com/
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Breaking down the textural contrast of s'mores
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09/17/21 • 29 min
It's starting to cool off into fall here in North Carolina and that gets us thinking about campfires and s'mores. We discuss the ingredients of marshmallows and how those ingredients give us that bouncy texture and delicious stringiness after a campfire treatment
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Happy Fall Ya'll! Catching up with WDFS (S7:E1)
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10/09/24 • 40 min
Happy fall ya'll! WDFS is kicking off the season by catching up with our hosts, Keith and Paige, and our producer, Eliza. After a busy summer, we find out where everyone has traveled to and what we learned. Join us for the season kick off!
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FAQ
How many episodes does Wolfing Down Food Science have?
Wolfing Down Food Science currently has 99 episodes available.
What topics does Wolfing Down Food Science cover?
The podcast is about Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Podcasts, Education and Science.
What is the most popular episode on Wolfing Down Food Science?
The episode title 'Milk without a cow, you don’t say! (S4:E4)' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Wolfing Down Food Science?
The average episode length on Wolfing Down Food Science is 34 minutes.
How often are episodes of Wolfing Down Food Science released?
Episodes of Wolfing Down Food Science are typically released every 13 days, 22 hours.
When was the first episode of Wolfing Down Food Science?
The first episode of Wolfing Down Food Science was released on Apr 23, 2021.
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