sourdough bread
Coverage of sourdough bread in the Nexus archive.
- Over 500 loaves of sourdough bread recalled in Seattle and Tacoma
Over 500 loaves of sourdough bread have been recalled in Seattle and Tacoma. The product recall was initiated because a pallet nail was discovered inside one of the loaves.
- People have been fermenting food for millennia. Here's why more people are focused on gut health now
More people are focusing on gut health due to rising colorectal cancer in young adults and personalized microbiome treatments. Fermentation, a traditional food preservation method, is now highlighted in federal dietary guidelines and promoted by the Make America Healthy Again movement. Experts note that while fermented foods like yogurt and kimchi offer benefits, mass-produced versions and non-probiotic options like beer may not be as healthy.
- Scientists make sourdough bread using yeast found in 5,000-year-old mummy
Scientists baked sourdough bread using yeast strains from Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,000-year-old mummy, and plan to test brewing beer with the same yeast. Ötzi was discovered in 1991 near the Italy-Austria border and has been extensively studied.
- Scientists turn yeast found in gut of ancient mummy into ‘very good’ sourdough bread — beer’s next
Scientists used yeast from the gut of an ancient mummy to create sourdough bread, which they describe as 'very good'. They have also explored beer brewing as another potential mummy-derived food or beverage.
- The taste of the afterlife: Scientists make sourdough BREAD using yeast collected from Otzi the Iceman's mummified body - and say it's 'really good'
Scientists created sourdough bread using yeast collected from Otzi the Iceman's mummified body and described the result as 'really good'. The experiment involved reviving ancient yeast to produce the bread, highlighting a unique intersection of archaeology and food science.