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An end to kitchen tears
18-Oct-2002 - Genetically modified foods, currently fuelling fiery debates across the world, could help to make the life of the cook more pleasant. In a new study...
Food quality in the can
18-Oct-2002 - Canadian researchers are laying claim to a new technology that ensures, and maximises on, food quality in the canning process. Scientists at Agri-Food Canada's food...
Fortification aids developing world
18-Oct-2002 - Ongoing research supported by the International Union of Food Science & Technology reveals the value of food fortification. In a recent paper food scientist...
Folate to fight miscarriages?
17-Oct-2002 - Pregnant women who have low blood levels of the vitaminfolate are more likely to have early miscarriages thanpregnant women with adequate folate levels, accordingto a...
Genes to fight obesity
17-Oct-2002 - Future weight loss diets could become 'custom-made' for each individual, according to scientists working on a three-year international research project funded by the European Union....
Hope for wheat allergy sufferers
17-Oct-2002 - Scientists said on Wednesday that they would soon begin developing a potential vaccine for coeliac disease, the common, debilitating complaint that forces sufferers to eat...
EU funding for TSE research continues
17-Oct-2002 - In response to the announcement in March 1996 by the UK government that the appearance of 10 cases of a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease...
Food allergies grow in Japan
17-Oct-2002 - Biomerica, a global medical technology company, has been contracted to develop a new food allergy test for the Kyowa Medex Company in Japan, a subsidiary...
Food supplement fights Parkinson's
16-Oct-2002 - In the first study of its type, researchers at Emory University and nine other centres nationwide have determined that the naturally occurring compound coenzyme Q10...
Fish destroys cancer powerhouse
15-Oct-2002 - In the news on Monday we reported on the launch of a new European-funded project to investigate the cancer-preventing powers of garlic. Today news on...
Process berries and boost the benefits
15-Oct-2002 - Research into the coloured compounds, called anthocyanins, found in strongly coloured berries will provide new insights into the role of these compounds in the prevention...
Spice soothes radiotherapy
15-Oct-2002 - An Oxford University scientist at the Research Institute of Oxford's Churchill Hospital has invented a new non-toxic compound therapy, based on the Indian spice turmeric,...
Starch awareness
14-Oct-2002 - Danish enzyme company Novozymes has come up with an online tool to help operators solve starch conversion problems. A new feature offered to the company's...
Garlic: a tool to combat cancer?
14-Oct-2002 - Mankind has long believed in the potential benefits that garlic can provide to the human body. In recent years research has set to identifying the...
Funding for diet and breast cancer link
14-Oct-2002 - An expert in cancer control and detection at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC) has received a second grant from The Breast Cancer...
Soy and infant health, new recommendations
11-Oct-2002 - The Food Standards Agency (FSA) reports this week that the Committee on Toxicity (COT) is consulting on a draft report that looks at the implications...
Quest wheels out new flavour system
11-Oct-2002 - More flavour news today with the announcement from leading flavour company Quest Food that its culinary team has launched the Meat Designer Wheel - the...
Industry move to raise EPA/DHA quality
11-Oct-2002 - The Council for Responsible Nutrition's (CRN) Omega-3 Working Group this week announced it has ratified a voluntary monograph intended to raise the bar for the...
Experts debate DHA role in kids nutrition
10-Oct-2002 - Key opinion formers are to tackle the issue of children's brain and concentration development at a press briefing taking place in London today. The event...
A link between beef consumption and breast cancer? The US investigates
09-Oct-2002 - A new study supported by the US National Cancer Research body is set to investigate recent concerns that a growth promoter widely used in the...
Not so sticky solutions from Cerestar
09-Oct-2002 - French starch and derivatives producer, now under the aegis of agribusiness giant Cargill, has launched a new sweetener that 'could help manufacturers of sugar-free sweets...
Raisins beat oxidative stress
09-Oct-2002 - Early results from a new study show that adults who eat raisins prior to and during intense workouts may modulate their levels of oxidative DNA...
Cheaper chocolate?
08-Oct-2002 - New research from the US claims that new, high-yielding selections of Theobroma cacao, may offer new hope to the world's cacao growers - and to...
Behavioural problems with soy?
08-Oct-2002 - Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that a mineral found in high levels in soy milk appears to be linked to behavioural...
Not so 'potty' solutions to iron problems
07-Oct-2002 - Cooking with iron pots could play a significant role in preventing iron deficiency, a major nutritional problem in the developing world, according to a recent...
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