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The Rise of Nanofoods

Posted by kdawson on from the just-a-little-tweak dept.

separsons writes "Researchers are altering foods at the nanoscale level, changing their tiny molecular structures to enhance certain properties. (New Scientist has a more detailed look.) For example, one group of scientists found a way to hide water within individual droplets of oil, making low-fat mayonnaise taste like the real thing. The process can make spices spicier, potato chips healthier, and make diet food taste just like full-calorie snacks. Nanotech can even help combat global malnutrition. But the process is certainly controversial, and food manufacturers are being tight-lipped about exactly what nanofoods they're working on. So can nanotech create a healthier world, or is it just frightening Franken-food?"

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  1. That's great and all... by Pojut · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...but can it make beets taste like something other than shit?

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    1. Re:That's great and all... by Mindcontrolled · · Score: 4, Funny

      Man... I read "beer" instead of "beets"... I was so ready to go into a full-scale nuclear flame-war there!

      To come back on topic, you make beets taste actually good, but for that you need a damn good chef. Could be used as a test of his competence.

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    2. Re:That's great and all... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      ...but can it make beets taste like something other than shit?

      And how do you know what shit tastes like?

  2. Re:nothing really new here by Purity+Of+Essence · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is just the next line of food additives that attempt to make food into something that it's not. Nothing new here really.

    But it's nanofood. NANO! "Nano" means better, just like "digital".

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  3. I'll take a nano burger by PPH · · Score: 2, Funny

    Could you super size that for me?

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  4. Re:nothing really new here by Purity+Of+Essence · · Score: 5, Funny

    The thing about digital food is, you either love it or you hate it.

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  5. Dwight Schrute? by XanC · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is that you?

  6. Re:Correction by Mindcontrolled · · Score: 1, Funny

    When he said "beer", he meant "budweiser"

    Category mismatch. Does not compute...

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  7. Re:Why? by DriedClexler · · Score: 4, Funny

    I doth agree with thine alternate strategie! And I doth hold in the same regard, these so-called "birth-control" devices! Why, marital intercourse needn't be made less-procreative! Rather, one simply must be less lustful!

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  8. Nanofoods... by haxney · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, that's one way to combat the obesity pandemic...