An update from the Nordics
We've successfully wrapped up our sourdough collection campaign in Northern Europe with outstanding results! We received 189 responses in total: 142 from Finland, 25 from Sweden, 17 from Denmark, 4 fr...
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“Change must be enjoyable and a positive experience overall” Interview with Prof. Armando Perez-Cueto, PhD, from the HealthFerm project
HealthFerm is organized into different work packages. Yours is the one about consumer acceptance. Can you tell me something about your work and what your specific role within the whole project is?
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How do we get the microorganisms from your sourdough samples?
There are a lot of microscopically small organisms in sourdough. Knowing which ones tells us a lot about the characteristics of the sourdough, as each microbial species exhibits a particular, characte...
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Say hello to this month’s workhorse at ETH: the KingFisher
Dear HealthFerm Citizen Scientists, hello world!
Let me introduce you to one of my favorite collegues in the wetlab: the KingFisher. It’s not a bird and doesn’t even have hands. It’s a robot! The Ki...
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The HealthFerm sourdough community is growing!
Over the past weeks, we have been receiving many new registrations from sourdough enthusiasts from all over Europe, motivated to become part of our HealthFerm project. The HealthFerm Citizen Science c...
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Is sourdough bread always healthier than yeast bread? As a home baker, you can give science a hand to find an answer to this question!
Many people are convinced that sourdough bread is healthier than yeast bread, but in Belgium there is no legislation about when you can call a bread a sourdough bread. There are countless recipes for ...
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HealthFerm Citizen Science - update and delicious recipe!
Dear HealthFerm Citizen Scientists,
thank you very much for your active participation in the HealthFerm citizen sourdough project! Since the project collection launch in September, our sourdough comm...