"When consumers perceive a certain quality associated with those brands, that value is going to transfer all the way to their end-product eating experience."

Meatless alternatives such as soy and wheat-derived products generate substantially lower emissions than actual meat, according to new analysis

The group will focus on two areas of cattle feeding: starting cattle on feed and the end of the feeding period

Spoiler alert: it’s not woolly mammoth OR giant ground sloth

MD Anderson study also finds individuals with certain genetic variations more vulnerable to dietary risk

This month’s FutureFood 2050 series explores alternatives to standard meat proteins, such as lab-grown meat and protein from bugs, which may play an important role in global efforts to sustainably feed a growing population. FutureFood 2050 is an initiative supported by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) that addresses how to feed the world’s expected population of 9+ billion by 2050.

When you pick up a pound of meat from the grocery store, have you noticed the label indicating where the meat originated? According to new research, most shoppers have no idea the label exists — but that little label is causing a big stir among the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Ebola, as with many emerging infections, is likely to have arisen due to man’s interaction with wild animals – most likely the practice of hunting and eating wild meat known as ‘bushmeat’. A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has surveyed almost six hundred people across southern Ghana to find out what drives consumption of bat bushmeat – and how people perceive the risks associated with the practice.

A rapid and simple method to detect whether horse meat is present in processed foods

A K-State meat scientist discusses the implications for the proposed rule at the retail level, and also how it could affect beef producers, packers and consumers.