food-safety-nutrition

Raw milk is nutrient-dense in theory, but in practice it carries measurable risk of bacterial infection. Pasteurization reliably kills pathogens without substantially reducing c...

Uncooked rice is sometimes eaten in dishes such as sushi rice, certain cereals, or trendy raw food recipes, but doing so carries meaningful food safety and nutritional trade-off...

Cookie dough is a mixture of raw ingredients—typically flour, sugar, fat, eggs, leavening, salt, and mix-ins like chocolate chips—that is not baked. Because it is consumed u...