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Abbey Thiel

Abbey Thiel

I am a food scientist currently working towards my PhD. I’m hoping to educate the public by disproving food myths, explaining food ingredients, & structure.

Reverse Engineering
food

Reverse Engineering

We combine ingredients to get the final product. Now, food scientists are doing it backwards.

  • Abbey Thiel
  • Nia Chari
  • Badri Sunderarajan
Multiple authors Oct 22, 2021 • 10 min read
Feel the Churn
food

Feel the Churn

The science and history behind the making of butter

  • Abbey Thiel
Abbey Thiel Jun 4, 2021 • 7 min read
The Proof is in the Powder
alcohol

The Proof is in the Powder

How the early methods of testing alcohol content were completely absurd (and deadly).

  • Abbey Thiel
Abbey Thiel Oct 23, 2020 • 6 min read
Science of Salt
food

Science of Salt

We have become a salt-obsessed society, but maybe we can blame our ancestors for that?

  • Abbey Thiel
Abbey Thiel May 22, 2020 • 7 min read
Bubbly Beverages
food

Bubbly Beverages

The 17th-century mistake that put the ‘fizz’ into fizzy

  • Abbey Thiel
Abbey Thiel Jan 24, 2020 • 6 min read
A Vanilla Story
food

A Vanilla Story

The highly processed history of a much overlooked fruit.

  • Abbey Thiel
Abbey Thiel Sep 27, 2019 • 8 min read
Air Frying
Air Fryer

Air Frying

Ever wondered how to deep-fry without oil? This is almost, if not quite, the same.

  • Abbey Thiel
Abbey Thiel Aug 16, 2019 • 8 min read
The Attack of the Onion
chemistry

The Attack of the Onion

Most of our vegetables can’t fight back. So how do onions bring us to tears?

  • Abbey Thiel
Abbey Thiel Jun 7, 2019 • 6 min read
Cheese Crystals
biology

Cheese Crystals

White spots are good: are you throwing away a perfectly good cheese?

  • Abbey Thiel
Abbey Thiel Mar 22, 2019 • 6 min read
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