Knowledge

Food security

Food security, an increasingly complex concept

Disgust and aversion of food

Disgust and ‘magical thinking’

Anthropophagy

Consumption of human flesh: between fantasy and reality

Sucrose

Once virtually absent from European plates but a common ingredient in food today

Sugars

A source of energy for everything from bacteria to human beings

Lactose

Essential during the early years of our life, but not always easily tolerated in adulthood

Glucose

A fundamental organic molecule, a source of energy for living things

Fructose

Manufactured both naturally and industrially

The banes and benefits of aubergines

A mixture of appreciation, rejection and amusement