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Scientists create first international consensus definition of fermented foods
Humans have consumed different types of fermented foods - from kimchi to yogurt - for thousands of years.
Yet only recently, with the availability of new scientific techniques for analyzing their nutritional properties and microbiological composition, have scientists begun to understand exactly how the unique flavors and textures are created and how these foods benefit human health.
Now, 13 interdisciplinary scientists from the fields of microbiology, food science and technology, family medicine, ecology, immunology, and microbial genetics have come together to create the first international consensus definition of fermented foods.
Their paper, published in