Obesity: sueing the giants
The lawyer representing an overweight New Yorker in a court case against four fast food chains has filed a second class action case on behalf of overweight children, reports AdAge.com.
Archives for September 9, 2002
Colourful berries: the future for natural ingredients
Scientific research would suggest that the colorants called anthocyanins in strong-coloured berries like red berries, blueberries and blackcurrants may have a role in preventing heart disease. A three-year European-funded collaborative research...
The fruit of organics
Organic fruit sales continue to rise in France as consumer demand for organic fresh produce remains buoyant, write market analysts Organic Monitor this week. In spite of flagging growth in other organic categories, organic fresh fruit sales are...
Lowes Foods to offer irradiated beef
Lowes Foods will begin offering irradiated fresh, ground beef to consumers at 48 of its 105 US stores from today.
The bigger, the better in European retailing
Those European retailers with the biggest international spread - Carrefour and Tesco - top the latest rankings, but the continued downturn in the global economy means that this policy of expansion is not without its risks, according to a new report...
Food texture analyser
Lloyd Instruments, the UK-based materials testing provider, has unveiled the TAPlus - budget-end, high performance food texture analyser.
Powerful properties of garlic
Raw garlic consumption could help limit the damage done to the heart after surgery because of its natural antioxidant properties, according to a new study published this week.
Merrill downgrades Hershey
Confectionery maker Hershey Foods on Monday was downgraded to "neutral" from "buy" by Merrill Lynch, which cited concern that a sale of the company could prompt Hershey to give up powerful licensed brands such as Kit Kat chocolate bars.