Delayed ripening has a positive impact on the composition of grapes

Ripening Speed of Grapes Can Influence Wine Taste

115th Birthday: Allene Jeanes
American chemist known for the development of large-scale dextran production and xanthan gum

Most Accessed Articles: June 2021
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Link Between Alcohol Use and Cancer Risk
An estimated 741,000 new cases of cancer in 2020 were associated with alcohol consumption globally

Most Accessed Articles: May 2021
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Titanium Dioxide No Longer Considered Safe as a Food Additive
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) updates safety assessment

Crystalline Structure of Chocolate Can Be Influenced by the Mold
Inhomogeneity in chocolate bars studied using polarized Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Interdisciplinary Cultured Meat Research
Merck collaborates with TU Darmstadt and Tufts University on bioreactor designs for cultured meat production

How Does Our Body Process Alcohol?
The short video describes which processes take place in the body during alcohol breakdown and how long this takes

Source of Musty Off-Flavor in Cocoa Identified
Levels of (−)-geosmin and 3-methyl-1H-indole shown to be important factors