For our first episode of the series “Edible Soft Matter in (bad) comics”, here is a briefly introduction to the motivations behind the ESM project. And (hopefully) some motivations to follow our projects and learn more about plant-based food!🌱
Take a look at our last publication for further insights on the topic https://edible-soft-matter.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EdibleSoftMatter_RAMOSetal_epn2025563p21.pdf
And if we have really caught your heart, here are some suggestions for further readings🤓:
- Vilgis, T. A. (2015) ‘Soft matter food physics—the physics of food andcooking’, Reports on Progress in Physics, 78(12), 124602. https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/78/12/124602
- Hannah Ritchie (2021) – “If the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares”https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260812-123851/land-use-diets.html
- Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y. (2012) ‘A global assessment of the water footprint of farm animal products’, Ecosystems, 15(3), pp. 401–415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-011-9517-8
- Xu, X., Sharma, P., Shu, S., Lin, T.-S., Ciais, P., Tubiello, F.N., Smith, P., Campbell, N. and Jain, A.K. (2021) ‘Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods’, Nature Food, 2, pp. 724–732. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00358-x“
