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A study by Penn State reveals that using oat flour in chocolate can reduce added sugar by 25% without affecting its taste or texture, offering a healthier alternative that maintains consumer preference.Penn State researchers have discovered that the key to creating tasty chocolate with reduced sugar content lies in using oat flour, a recent study reveals.In a blind taste test, recently published in the Journal of Food Science, 25% reduced-sugar chocolates made with oat flour were rated equally, and in some cases…

Best for: Anyone who wants to breath new life into an old PC or who simply places a priority on a lightning-fast desktop.If you're looking for speed, Lubuntu might be the way to go. Lubuntu offers the LXQt desktop, which is lightweight and performs exceptionally well on old and new hardware. Like Kubuntu, Lubuntu offers all the usual desktop trimmings -- a panel, start menu, clickable icons, system tray…pretty much everything you're accustomed to. The biggest (aesthetic) difference is that Lubuntu will make you feel like…

Oso Meals is bringing “abuelita-approved” food to the mountains. A couple years ago, friends Dominque Barrera and Felipe Vieyra took a backpacking trip in the area of Lost Lake near Nederland. They ate packaged freeze-dried beef stroganoff and mac and cheese, and dreamed of something better. “We were reminiscing and thinking, wouldn’t it be cool to have our grandmas cooking in the backcountry,” Barrera said. “With new technology and good science, there’s no reason you can’t have good food.” The result is Oso Meals, a line…

Researchers have created lab-grown fat tissue that closely mirrors the texture and make-up of natural animal fat which could enhance the flavor and texture of cultured meat. The technique involves growing fat cells in a 2D layer, then aggregating them into a 3D mass using food-grade binders, overcoming previous challenges of cultivating fat tissue in bulk and potentially enabling mass production of more realistic lab-grown meat.Scientists have successfully proposed lab-grown adipose tissue on a substantial scale, paving…

Scientists found that more finely ground coffee beans result in weaker espresso due to uneven extraction. They used a simple mathematical model to split the coffee into two regions and examined how uneven flow affects the brewing process. This uneven flow persisted across different parts of the coffee bed, impacting the taste of the coffee. By understanding and preventing uneven extraction, it may be possible to improve coffee brewing and achieve financial savings through more efficient coffee usage.Understanding the…

Cultivated meat is shaping up as an eco-friendly, cruelty-free alternative to traditional meat production. However, it’s missing one element crucial to flavor: fat. But a team of researchers has developed a way of cultivating fat on a large scale with a texture and makeup similar to animal fat.Also known as cultured meat or lab-grown meat, cultivated meat is produced by culturing animal cells using a combination of biotechnology, tissue engineering, molecular biology, and synthetic processes. The technology creates a…

Flavor Flav is looking back on the height of his addiction, saying in a recent podcast interview that he spent as much as $2,600 per day on drugs at one point in his life.On an episode of Spotify’s Off the Record with DJ Akademiks initially shared last week, Flav reflected on how he “maintained” himself during this particular six-year period in his life.“I kinda kept it hidden,” he said. “A lot of people, you know, didn’t really know. They were trying to figure it out , ‘Yo, is he on something?’ and the whole nine.…

Want the numbers on Flavor Flav’s life as a drug user? He says he was spending $2,400 to $2,600 a day for six years straight at the heaviest part of his cocaine and crack addiction. “You do the math, and that’s how much I spent on drugs,” the rapper and hype man said recently on the “Off the Record With DJ Akademiks” podcast. (We did the math, by the way, and it ballparks between $5.3 million and $5.7 million bucks.)Flav — real name William Jonathan Drayton Jr. — is now 15 years clean from coke and crack and 2½ years off…

When it comes to the different types of milk containers, you might think that the only reasons to choose one over the other would be factors like convenience. Recent research, however, suggests that container material type can actually affect milk's flavor.For the North Carolina State University study, samples of pasteurized whole and skim milk were stored in six half-pint (237-ml) containers in total darkness at a temperature of 39 ºF (4 ºC). For each of the two types of milk, the containers consisted of a paperboard…

Some people feel that their food isn't quite tasty enough unless it had added salt, sugar or MSG. The SpoonTEK spoon offers a healthier alternative, as it reportedly boosts the perceived flavor of foods by harmlessly zapping its user's tastebuds.Manufactured by a US startup of the same name, the SpoonTEK features a built-in battery and electronics, including one electrode on the underside of its handle, and one in its bowl section. As is the case with regular spoons, the device is designed for use with relatively wet or…