What eats your food, before you do?

Folding Poster
A3
2022

Did you know – that chocolate and tobacco need to be fermented by microorganisms before they become consumable? Or that the same bacteria and the same process is responsible for the texture of cheese as it is for the pickling of vegetables? Microorganisms are everywhere – literally. Even though most people do not find the thought of billions of small organisms living and feasting on their food comfortable, the truth is: there would be no coffee without them, no antibiotics, no beer and no deliciously moldy camembert.

So, many, really many different microorganisms do eat your food – before you do. And very often they do in symbiosis with other bacteria and fungi, forming complex microhabitats on your plate.