Technologies of Food Processing and Agricultural Production

Food Politics, Philosophy & Policy

This research theme examines the philosophy and politics of food and agricultural technologies, including:

  • food processing technologies and paradigms;
  • alternative protein and meat analogue products;
  • plant breeding and agricultural production technologies and technological paradigms.
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Grants

Hallmark Initiative, University of Melbourne (2019-2022)
‘Future Food: Alternative Proteins’

  • Chief Investigators: Warner, R., Scrinis, G., Ashman H., Lynch, G., Moodie, R., Thomson, N., Kentish, S., O’Connor, A., Gras, S., Robinson, N., Ashokkumar, M., Lei, J., Hearn, A., Ridoutt, B.
  • Project Description: The Future Food Hallmark Research Initiative is focused on the production of alternative proteins and the development of sustainable, healthy and affordable protein products.
  • Project Website: Future Food

Publications

  • Scrinis, G., & Monteiro, C. (2022) From ultra-processed foods to ultra-processed dietary patterns. Nature Food, 3(9), 671-673.
  • Scrinis, G. (2020) ‘Ultra-Processed Foods and the Corporate Capture of Nutrition’ BMJ.
  • Scrinis, G. (2020) ‘Food manufacturing: processed foods and big food corporations’, in M. Lawrence & S. Friel (eds) Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems, London: Routledge, p. 82-92.
  • Lacy-Nichols, J., Hattersley, L., & Scrinis, G. (2021). Nutritional marketing of plant-based meat-analogue products: an exploratory study of front-of-pack and website claims in the USA. Public Health Nutrition, 24(14), 4430-4441.
  • Scrinis, G. & Lyons, K., (2012) ‘Nano-Functional Foods: Nanotechnology, Functional Foods, and Nutritional Reductionism’, in Innovation in Healthy and Functional Foods, ed. Dilip Ghosh,  CRC Press, p. 547-554.
  • Lyons, K., Scrinis, G. & Whelan, J. (2012), ‘Nanotechnology, the Food Crisis and Food Sovereignty’, in Nanotechnology and Global Sustainability, ed. D. Maclurcan. CRC Press, p. 117-140.
  • Miller, G. & Scrinis, G. (2011), ‘Nanotechnology and the Extension and Transformation of Inequity’, in Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society Volume 2: The Challenge of Equity, Equality and Development, eds. S. Cozzens & J. Wetmore. Dordrecht: Springer, p. 109-126.
  • Scrinis, G. & Lyons, K. (2010), ‘Nanotechnologies and the Techno-Corporate Agri-Food Paradigm’, in Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability: New Challenges, Future Options, eds. G. Lawrence, K. Lyons & T. Wallington. Earthscan: London, p. 252-270.
  • Miller, G & Scrinis, G. (2010), ‘The Role of NGOs in Governing Nanotechnology: Beyond the Benefits versus Risks Framing’, in International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies, eds. G. Hodge, D. Bowman & A. Maynard. Edward Elgar, p.409-455.
  • Scrinis, G. (2001) ‘Genetic Engineering and the Techno-Colonization of the Seed’, Biodiversity, 2 (2): 35-38.