Food Cultures: Introduction

Microbial food cultures

Introduction: Food Matters

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Positioning Food Cultures: ‘Alternative’ Food as Distinctive Consumer Practice

Many sociological studies to date have explored the role of food in marking distinctions between groups. Less well understood is how 'alternative' means of food consumption become figured in such relations. Drawing on accounts of food practice derived from 20 in-depth interviews and a two-year period of participant observation, this article considers the role of class culture in the practice of...

Investigating young people's sexual cultures: an introduction

Regulatory and Safety Requirements for Food Cultures

The increased use of food cultures to ferment perishable raw materials has potentiated the need for regulations to assess and assure the safety of food cultures and their uses. These regulations differ from country to country, all aimed at assuring the safe use of food cultures which has to be guaranteed by the food culture supplier. Here we highlight national differences in regulations and rev...