Nature foodPub Date : 2025-04-02DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01139-6
Cameron Wagg, Tandra Fraser
{"title":"Microbial resistance in agricultural subsoils","authors":"Cameron Wagg, Tandra Fraser","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01139-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01139-6","url":null,"abstract":"Agricultural subsoils are susceptible to multiple global change factors such as warming, nutrient enrichment and intensive land management practices. Understanding how the preservation of subsoil biodiversity and its functioning can be maintained through the management of plants remains to be discovered.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 4","pages":"319-320"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143758037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01153-8
Minghao Zhuang, Yi Yang
{"title":"Towards sustainable aquaculture systems in China","authors":"Minghao Zhuang, Yi Yang","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01153-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01153-8","url":null,"abstract":"Environmental performance varies widely between different aquaculture production systems in China. Promoting strategies that have smaller footprints can improve the environmental sustainability of aquaculture and contribute to more sustainable agrifood systems.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 4","pages":"317-318"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143723129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Food loss and waste valorization offers a sustainable source of biopolymers in bioinks for 3D printing","authors":"Meysam Madadi, Hamid Amiri, Junting Pan, Guojie Song, Dan Liu, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Meisam Tabatabaei","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01146-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01146-7","url":null,"abstract":"Food loss and waste (FLW) valorization remains challenging due to mixed properties and composition arising from seasonal and regional variations in food production. Here we examine the capacities of 3D printing for valorizing FLW streams, with a focus on FLW-based bioinks. We consider how waste management practices, 3D printing technology and emerging FLW valorization techniques could address challenges concerning raw material sourcing, improved material printability and suitable mechanical properties. Bioink ingredients incorporating biologically active compounds derived from FLW streams could offer tailored functionalities, supporting food preservation and economic, health and environmental sustainability benefits in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. Food loss and waste streams can be sources of numerous biologically active compounds. This Perspective explores how these compounds could be used in the 3D printing sector through advanced bioink and biopolymer production.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 4","pages":"323-330"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143712812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01150-x
Yunhu Gao, André Cabrera Serrenho, Wei Wei
{"title":"Ammonia decarbonization requires region-specific interventions","authors":"Yunhu Gao, André Cabrera Serrenho, Wei Wei","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01150-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01150-x","url":null,"abstract":"Mitigating climate change and ensuring food security require a reconfiguration of the ammonia supply chain through a holistic and region-specific mitigation strategy.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 6","pages":"533-534"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143703133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01154-7
{"title":"Food environments and human health","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01154-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01154-7","url":null,"abstract":"This month, Nature Food presents a Focus issue on the recent evolution of food environments, their influence on individual food choices and efforts to reduce their impact on public health.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 3","pages":"215-215"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01154-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143699047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01127-w
Laurence Daoust
{"title":"Nutrition first","authors":"Laurence Daoust","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01127-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01127-w","url":null,"abstract":"Reduced access to healthy diets, combined with the pervasiveness of ultra-processed foods, pose severe consequences for public health and the environment. Francesco Branca, former director of the World Health Organization’s Department of Nutrition and Food Safety and invited professor of public health at the University of Geneva, reflects on our current food environment and the need to steer it towards people’s nutritional needs rather than market interests.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 3","pages":"228-229"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143695454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-03-24DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01148-5
Jasmin Raita, Hany Ahmed, Kang Chen, Veera Houttu, Retu Haikonen, Anna Kårlund, Maaria Kortesniemi, Baoru Yang, Ville Koistinen, Kati Hanhineva
{"title":"Existing food processing classifications overlook the phytochemical composition of processed plant-based protein-rich foods","authors":"Jasmin Raita, Hany Ahmed, Kang Chen, Veera Houttu, Retu Haikonen, Anna Kårlund, Maaria Kortesniemi, Baoru Yang, Ville Koistinen, Kati Hanhineva","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01148-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01148-5","url":null,"abstract":"According to existing food processing classification systems, plant-based protein-rich (PBPR) foods are often considered ‘ultra-processed’—and therefore perceived as unhealthy—despite their ability to provide various bioactive compounds beneficial for human health. Here we used a non-targeted metabolomics approach to analyse the impact of processing on the biochemical composition of PBPR foods. Our results show that existing food classification systems may provide questionable categories for PBPR foods without considering their overall biochemical composition, including phytochemicals. An analysis focusing specifically on biochemical compounds of soy-based products manufactured using various technologies showed no clear distinctions between processing groups in the principal component analysis based on the NOVA and Poti classification. However, clear differences were found between soy-based products based on their phytochemical profile. Although food processing classification systems are welcome in their attempt to guide consumers towards healthy choices, they should be improved to more accurately reflect the biochemical composition of PBPR foods. Although plant-based protein-rich (PBPR) foods contain nutritionally bioactive compounds, they are often classified as ultra-processed foods, which most consumers perceive as unhealthy. Using a non-targeted metabolomic approach, this study shows that existing food classification systems do not consider the biochemical composition of PBPR foods, potentially misleading consumers to avoid these products.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 5","pages":"503-512"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01148-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-03-24DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01149-4
Hao Zhao, Jinfeng Chang
{"title":"Turning food waste into climate solutions","authors":"Hao Zhao, Jinfeng Chang","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01149-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01149-4","url":null,"abstract":"As global food loss and waste continue to rise, innovative recycling strategies are urgently needed. A new study highlights that the transition from landfill disposal to a circular bioeconomy can substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve sustainability in food systems.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 5","pages":"424-425"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Food is Medicine’ to advance mental health and build resilient food systems globally","authors":"Ronit Ridberg, Caroline Owens, Meng Wang, Lizbeth Moreno Loaeza, Lu Wang, Cecilia Gerard, Dariush Mozaffarian","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01145-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01145-8","url":null,"abstract":"‘Food is Medicine’ has been increasingly accepted in the US healthcare system. Developing and implementing such programmes globally could advance mental health, improve providers’ experiences and stimulate positive change in the food and agricultural sectors.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 3","pages":"223-227"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-03-24DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01147-6
Giles T. Hanley-Cook, Jill Deygers, Aisling J. Daly, Jeroen Berden, Roseline Remans, Celine Termote, Daniel B. Ibsen, Julia Baudry, Patrick Van Damme, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Paolo Vineis, Matthias B. Schulze, Ky The Hoang, Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy, Alicia Heath, Christina C. Dahm, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Guri Skeie, Marcela Guevara, Lorenzo Milani, Daniela Penafiel, Jessica E. Raneri, Francis Odhiambo Oduor, Danny Hunter, Disna Ratnasekera, Kris A. Murray, Mathilde Touvier, Inge Huybrechts, Carl Lachat
{"title":"Dietary species richness provides a comparable marker for better nutrition and health across contexts","authors":"Giles T. Hanley-Cook, Jill Deygers, Aisling J. Daly, Jeroen Berden, Roseline Remans, Celine Termote, Daniel B. Ibsen, Julia Baudry, Patrick Van Damme, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Paolo Vineis, Matthias B. Schulze, Ky The Hoang, Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy, Alicia Heath, Christina C. Dahm, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Guri Skeie, Marcela Guevara, Lorenzo Milani, Daniela Penafiel, Jessica E. Raneri, Francis Odhiambo Oduor, Danny Hunter, Disna Ratnasekera, Kris A. Murray, Mathilde Touvier, Inge Huybrechts, Carl Lachat","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01147-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01147-6","url":null,"abstract":"Ecological diversity indices such as Hill numbers have been developed to estimate effective species numbers, yet the ability of Hill numbers to compare food biodiversity across contexts is unclear. Here we computed the between- and within-country variability of similarity-insensitive Hill numbers using dietary intake collected from prospective cohorts in nine European countries and cross-sectional studies in five low- and middle-income countries. We also assessed the relationships between more biodiverse diets, mortality rates and micronutrient adequacy. Only Hill0, better known as dietary species richness (DSR), showed strong heterogeneity between countries and individuals within countries. Higher DSR was most strongly associated with lower mortality rates in Europe as compared to Hill1, Hill2 and Hill∞, whereas relationships with micronutrient adequacy were comparable across Hill numbers in the global south. DSR can be used to assess progress towards more biodiverse diets, while also serving as a marker for the deleterious nutrition and health impacts associated with non-diverse diets. Food biodiversity is likely to benefit both human health and agrifood systems. To assess food biodiversity, this epidemiological study proposes the use of dietary species richness, which is highly heterogeneous—both between and within countries—and is associated with lower rates of mortality in Europe and similar levels of micronutrient adequacy in low- and middle-income countries, as opposed to other classical indices.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 6","pages":"577-586"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}