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Under pressure recently to retire clown Ronald McDonald, McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner responded by saying the company provides "many choices that fit within the balanced active lifestyle". He added: "It is up to their parents to choose, and it is their responsibility to do...
Reacting to the USDA's new food icon, MyPlate, that replaces the Food Pyramid, Marion Nestle, prolific food industry commentator and critic (the author of "Food Politics", among other books, and professor in the nutrition, food studies and public health department at...
Nutrition is being politicised, with food authorities bowing to pressure from minority interests and lobbyists in areas such as salt reduction at significant risk to consumer health, according to one expert.
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Kerry Ingredients & Flavours has launched a range of six new natural citrus flavourings for beverages, known as ‘taste twists’. Forming part of its comprehensive Citrus Collection, these can be used individually and mixed with other flavours to help create innovative, refreshing...
Speaking Saturday night, June 11, at the Awards Celebration at the annual IFT congress and expo, IFT President-Elect Roger Clemens called on food scientists to help build a better, more nutritious food supply — for consumers in the United States and throughout...
UV sterilisation specialist SurePure reports it is turning to the US capital markets to fuel its growth ambitions, having gained the support of SAB South Africa earlier this year. SurePure is merging with Soefl – an OTCBB listed company in order to ...
In a boost for local packaging recycling, Tetra Pak South Africa reports it has inked an agreement with Gayatri Paper Mills to recycle carton waste in South Africa....
The UK and European food supplements industry has hit back at a recent UK National Health Service (NHS) report that largely cast supplements as being ineffective, and recommended ‘a balanced diet’ as the best way to achieve optimum nutrition....
Most people are wasting money on vitamin pills and other health supplements that do them no good, an NHS report has warned....
In what may be the most contentious rejection yet, EFSA’s health claims panel has refused Valio’s gut health dossier based on the Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) strain (used in products such as Valio's Gefilus, the first clinically-backed probiotic consumer product on the
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From its first brewery in Braamfontein, Johannesburg in 1895, SABMiller has become the most successful multinational company to originate from the African continent. With sales of US$28bn last year and a fat operating margin of 17,8%,...
As I write this, there is still uncertainty about the source of the E. coli outbreak in Europe that has killed more than 20 people. But whatever the ultimate conclusion is regarding the delivery vehicle for this deadly bug, don't ...
Learning to cook is important, but can be intimidating if you've never done more than boil water, open cans and zap ready meals. But navigating the kitchen is much easier if you know a few simple tricks that seasoned chefs take for...
RFID tags are already used to trace everything from poker chips to hotel towels, but what if these little pellets were embedded directly within your lunch, providing everything you'd ever wanna know about that ham sandwich you're about to beast? That's the idea behind NutriSmart...
Strain-specific tests have quickly ruled out bean sprouts as the cause of the deadly E coli outbreak in Germany. German bean sprouts were declared dangerous on Monday morning and safe by Monday afternoon.
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The death toll from the E.coli outbreak is expected to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 [33 as of 10 June] people is likely to drop, the German government has said.
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"The willingness – or perhaps the ability – to envision the new and then create it is all-too-rare in the food and beverage industries. Marketers, often highly risk-averse, fear doing anything that cannot be justified by consumer research...
From the paleolithic diet to the raw food diet, many health-conscious people now want to eat the way they believe our ancient ancestors ate. But some of these dietary prescriptions make little sense for modern humans, according to a new book on the evolution of...
A new dining experience, bringing Japan's most notorious and deadliest fish delicacy, the tiger blowfish, to the UK launches at the end of this month.
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