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Anesthetic gel made from a rare plant found deep in the Peruvian rainforest has been found to be so potent that it could potentially replace the uncomfortable anesthetic injections used prior to dental procedures — and provide a natural remedy for aching teeth, scientists say....
Rare blood oranges get their distinctive colour from anthocyanins, pigments that also provide a variety of health benefits, for example lowering the risk of heart disease and stroke. The oranges, however, require distinct growing conditions which make them a rare fruit - but this could...
World demand for aseptic packaging is projected to grow 9.1 percent per year to $35.8 billion in 2015. Advances will be driven by the increasing number of applications and the cost and convenience benefits associated with aseptic packaging (especially in terms of ambient storage...
Kraft has relaunched Cadbury Dream white chocolate in a stylish new packaging design and the introduction of two new flavours - Dream with Biscuit and Dream with Almond and Coconut....
Kraft has relaunched Cadbury Dream white chocolate in a stylish new packaging design and the introduction of two new flavours - Dream with Biscuit and Dream with Almond and Coconut....
Here is the second set of ten products determined by Innova Market Insights as twenty of "the most innovative and on-trend products" that it featured in its database and monthly newsletter in 2011, listed in the order in which they appeared. One of them...
Innova Market Insights tracks and reports on hundreds of innovative products from around the world every, providing just a snapshot of the vast body of new product data it covers. Here's is a run-down of the first ten of twenty of what it rates as...
Greg Solomon, MD McDonalds, describes the company as “a family and a family business. Looking outward we want to be talking to a family – a mother, a father, a child – and that’s who we cater for. We are not just a business that...
Of all the childhood allergies, an allergic reaction to eggs is one of the most common. But eggs are difficult to avoid, even finding their way into many foods that might not seem particularly "eggy", and are even used in flu vaccines. For some time...
Californian researchers have discovered how salmonella, a bacterium found in contaminated raw foods that causes major gastrointestinal distress in humans, thrives in the digestive tract despite the immune system's best efforts to destroy it....
The world diet in 2062 or 2112 will be as unfamiliar to most people today as our own cosmopolitan diet of fast food and ethnic cuisines would be to our great grandparents in 1912. The new foods will be the result of fierce demand and...
Salmonella cases in humans are on the decline in EU countries — down by nearly 9% in 2010, the sixth consecutive year for which a decrease was reported. Salmonella prevalence in poultry is also declining in the EU. The statistics come from an annual report...
Battalions of American food police have been up in arms of late over 'pink slime', aka lean finely textured beef (LFTB), which given its horrible moniker by two former USDA scientists, turned whistle-blowers, who claim that it was approved for consumption for political reasons...
No matter how careful the preparation and trials, in product development things can sometimes go wrong when it comes to manufacturing and selling the product. And it might not be obvious that all is not well until some time after the launch. Wayne Morley (left),...
Despite ongoing economic difficulties, new product activity in the global snackfoods industry appears to be continuing unabated. Launch numbers recorded by Innova Market Insights showed a strong double-digit increase in 2011. Savoury and salty snacks accounted for just under two-thirds of the total, and snack...
A coming boom in agriculture? I think so. The old way of looking at food supply and demand is giving way to a new emphasis on the changing diets of hundreds of millions of people. Those changes will substantially increase demand for grains, putting upward...
Guar gum, widely used in multiple food applications, is in short supply thanks to unprecdented demand from the oil and gas industry and its growing use in hydraulic fracturing to prevent fluid ...
You have to love the ever-inventiveness of human nature...
The 4am munchies just got a whole lot more convenient in LA, after Sprinkles cupcake shop in Beverly Hills, one of the leading forces behind the gourmet cupcake craze in America, set up the world's first 24-hour cupcake ATM.
...Lunch Bar, South Africa’s favourite chocolate bar just got a whole lot nuttier with the Kraft Foods' launch of a new limited-edition Nutastic Lunch Bar. Packed with extra peanut punch, Lunch Bar Nutastic follows 2010’s successful launch of extra-chocolate Lunch Bar Choc Max.
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