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The food we eat affects our health, and that of our planet.

The Scottish Government has continued its investment in human nutrition and food science at the Rowett Institute with a funding boost worth £25 million over five years.

Cold pressed hemp oil has been commercially produced in Scotland for the first time, inspired by research taking place at the University of Aberdeen's Rowett Institute into the crop's nutritional, health and environmental benefits.

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands Mairi Gougeon MSP visited the Rowett Institute to hear about innovative research in food science.

Obesity and food insecurity will be the focus of a £1.6m study by scientists at the University of Aberdeen's Rowett Institute.

A new portrait of the University of Aberdeen's Rowett Institute's first five female Professors has been unveiled on International Women's Day.

For International Women's Day 2022 Professor Wendy Russell of the Rowett Institute has generously shared a series of incredible images she captured of women farmers while on a research trip to Zimbabwe in 2018.

Banning promotions, like 'buy one get one free' - BOGOF, on soft drinks could be more effective than the 'sugar tax' in reducing consumption of sugary drinks according to new research from the University of Aberdeen's Rowett Institute.

Scientists at the University of Aberdeen's Rowett Institute have developed a new nutrient-rich food product from the bitter tasting plant moringa.

Protein from gorse, a widely-cleared plant in Scotland, could be used to provide a food source for millions of people, according to the Rowett Institute's Professor Wendy Russell.