• Greek yogurt

    Generating fuel by producing Greek yogurt

    The Greek yogurt is treasured for its flavour, its texture, its consistency and the quality of its proteins. Many of the qualities has made this product famous around the world that has broken all sales records and where the consumption has grown considerably in recent years. However, to achieve this perfect recipe, a large amount of food waste is generated in the form of liquid whey. Compared with the traditional product, Greek yogurt undergoes a very slow third filtration ’round’, which generates large quantities of acid whey that goes into the garbage. Recently a group of researchers, engineers and microbiologists…

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  • The Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet

    Do you know that great feeling when you come back from a vacation and you don’t feel like breaking the scale in half? After indulging for almost two weeks in the best of what the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle have to offer, I was delighted when I returned home lighter than when I left! I first discovered the Mediterranean diet about 10 years ago when I was involved in producing content both about Greece and about healthy living. The more I researched, the more I realized that two topics blend in very well. It was then when I decided to…

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