Nanofoods - Coming to a plate near you?

Chocolate that does not make you fat. Drinks designed by the press of a button. 'Meat' made from plant protein. Burgers that give you all the vitamins you need.

Welcome to the world of nanofoods, a bold new future where, as industry would have it, food will become smart and personalised and worries about its nutritional impact a thing of the past.

That is the theory. Then there is the practice. The practice is that Europeans are conservative when it comes to what is put on their p...