Healthier RTE cereals exist but consumers aren’t eating them: Study
Consumers are gravitating towards less healthy ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal products and it has nothing to do with price or availability, find researchers.
Archives for June 30, 2015
'Sprouted grains have long term potential to be very big...' Ardent Mills
Sprouted grains: The next big opportunity for the grain chain?
Sprouted whole grains could give the grain industry a real opportunity to claw back the initiative in the debate sparked by books like Grain Brain and Wheat Belly by tapping into demand for more nutrient-rich, minimally processed natural foods, but also...
Unilever becomes first company to report on human rights using UN guidelines
Unilever has become the first company to report on its own human rights record using UN guidelines, drawing praise from Oxfam - but much remains to be done, says the NGO.
Clean label has become industry standard, says Innova
‘Clean label’ is no longer a niche trend – it is now standard across the food industry, according to a report from Innova Market Insights.
New outbreaks of ASF identified in Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine
The spread of African swine fever (ASF) in Eastern Europe countries has accelerated in recent weeks, with a number of new outbreaks reported in Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine.
China
Decades-old beef 'originally came from American reserves'
Before it was sold to food stalls and restaurants in China, much of the expired meat that has been all over recent headlines in the country had originally been part of American food reserves that were smuggled in through Hong Kong in the ‘Seventies and...
UK is biggest online grocery market after China
The UK’s online grocery market – valued at £9.57bn a year – is the globe’s second largest after China and is poised for further rapid growth, predicts the grocery think tank IGD.
Tech incubator offering $250,000 in seed funding to startups in cultured meat, eggs, milk
San Francisco-based seed stage biotech accelerator Indie Bio is offering up to $250k in seed funding for scientists and entrepreneurs developing cultured meat, milk, and egg products.
DISPATCHES FROM ZENITH GLOBAL DAIRY CONGRESS 2015
Mercy for Animals undercover animal cruelty video 'contrived': DFA
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has taken a further swipe at Mercy for Animals, branding a recent undercover investigation by the organization "contrived."
Selling complex carbs in a post Grain Brain world: Do grains really make us fat and sick?
Grains, according to the author of best-selling book Grain Brain, are “silent killers”. Not only are they making us fat, says Dr David Perlmutter, “but even healthy ones like whole grains can cause dementia, ADHD, anxiety, chronic headaches, depression,...
The apéritif effect: Alcohol’s impact on the brain’s response to food aromas
Although research into the ‘apéritif effect’ (where alcohol increases food consumption) is well-documented, a study has linked the brain, as well as the gut, to the phenomenon.
A computer game to reduce snacking and lose weight?
A simple computer game could help people reduce snacking and lose weight by associating certain foods with the act of saying 'no', British psychologists have found.
Increased calorie availability ‘more than enough’ to explain obesity epidemic, says WHO bulletin report
Increases in the food energy supply in many countries of the world, leading to a higher availability of cheap energy-dense foods, is more than enough to explain a concurrent increase in body weight and obesity epidemic, say researchers.
FAO report highlights growing threats to livestock industry
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for "urgent concerted policy responses" to deal with the growing threat of climate change to global food security.
GUEST ARTICLE: Why the FDA should take Health Canada’s lead and ditch its added sugars labeling proposal
Supporters of FDA proposals to list ‘added sugars’ on the Nutrition Facts panel say it will help consumers identify foods with more empty calories, while critics say our bodies don’t distinguish between ‘naturally occurring’ and ‘added’ sugar - and...
Kraft-Heinz merger gets thumbs up from Kraft shareholders
The Kraft-Heinz merger got the thumbs up from Kraft shareholders this morning, with 98% voting ‘YES’ to the deal.
PETA files poultry lawsuit in California
Animal rights campaigner PETA has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) with the Los Angeles Superior Court, in response to reports that allege one-third of chickens are being inadequately electrocuted.
China tops RASFF notifications by country of origin
China topped the RASFF notifications by country of origin with 413 last year, followed by Turkey (201), India (199), Spain (166) and USA (164).
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Rosacea trials show significant improvement after Kiwi honey treatment
Rosacea trials show significant improvement after honey treatment