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Catch Up on the Latest News

Student preparing soy-based food product
Summer 2025 Newsletter

From compelling research on fiber to competitive product development competitions, our faculty, staff and students are taking giant leaps. Catch up on the latest from Purdue Food Science.

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Purdue F​ood Science Newsletters

The Food Science Department newsletters include recognitions achieved by our faculty, staff, and students; research and outreach highlights; student degrees awarded; celebrations of the accomplishments of our alumni; and more. We've had a great past and we hope you will enjoy browsing our newsletters as much as we enjoyed those times.

Newsletter Cover - Student preparing soy-based food productDepartment of Food Science Newsletter | annual 2025

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foodsci-2023-annual-newsletter.jpgDepartment of Food Science Newsletter | annual 2023

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2022-newsletter-image-2.jpegDepartment of Food Science Annual Newsletter | 2022

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Recent News from Purdue Food Science

Purdue University's bell tower at the West Lafayette campus with greenery in the foreground.
Purdue welcomes two faculty members for Spring 2026 semester

Camila Nicolli, research assistant professor of mycotoxin fungal biology in the Department of...

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Food Science booth FAO
Purdue food science showcases innovation on global stage at FAO exhibition

Two representatives from the Department of Food Science recently traveled to Rome, the...

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Lavanya Reddivari with blueberries in her lab in West Lafayette, Ind. on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Reddivari created complexes of anthocyanin, the compound in blueberries responsible for their color, and pectin to treat ulcerative colitis.
Optimizing food as medicine

Growing up in India, when Lavanya Reddivari had a cold, her mother would give her a remedy called...

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Apples just harvested
Make your harvest last: Safe tips for drying apples from Purdue food scientists

Drying apples at home can be an easy, economic way to make your fall harvest last all winter....

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Steve Lindeman in Lab
Researchers explore connections between human and animal health

Steve Lindemann, associate professor of food science and head of the Diet-Microbiome Interactions...

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Senay Simsek
Food science researchers contribute to Purdue’s One Health Initiative

In Purdue’s Department of Food Science, researchers are taking on issues of food and health...

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