A new study in PLOS Biology has shown that wild sulphur-crested cockatoos in Sydney learn to eat novel foods primarily by watching and imitating others in their social group. Researchers found ...

Fourteen years ago, Michael Pollan offered us Food Rules. Today, researchers armed with machine learning and 50,000 grocery items are trying to turn Pollan’s “wisdom” into science. The findings ...

Food is a more complex system than commonly perceived, comprising tens of thousands of molecules whose compositions and interactions ultimately shape human perception. To conceptualize this ...

Wild parrots learn whether new types of food are safe to eat by observing other members of their social group, allowing dietary knowledge to spread rapidly through the community, according to a study ...

UPFs are not modified whole foods; instead, these products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods, with little or no intact food content. Typical ingredients of ...

Food recommendation systems have become essential tools in the digital era, supporting personalized culinary discovery, dietary health management, cultural preferences, and sustainable eating ...