Food industry holds key to battling obesity
Food companies are in a unique position to influence eating patterns and rescue America from its descent into obesity, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Archives for July 24, 2005
Soy industry overview
Although soybean production was below market expectations last month, the spread of Asian rust disease has receded.
Weekly Comment
The business of food safety
One cannot envy the chief executive faced with a scientific study that casts doubt over the efficacy or safety of his core product. But avoiding a sales slump, media vilification and even charges of fraud means squaring up to such studies immediately.
Researchers field test new plastic detector
Food processors will soon be able to detect rogue pieces of plastic in their products, if trials of a new machine that detects coloured objects prove successful.
Form shrink process reduces contamination, Multivac says
A new kind of shrink process reduces the chance of food contamination and gives a closer fit of the product to the package, according to Multivac.
Cognis ties nutritional demand with functional need
Growing consumer demand for nutritional foods will always be tempered by demands for taste, said ingredients firm Cognis at last week's IFT exhibition.
New science reveals risk behind saturated fats
A diet high in cream, cheese and other saturated fat rich foods can influence the uptake of bad cholesterol to the arteries, confirms new research.
Space travel to accelerate food science discoveries
Space travel to accelerate food science discoveries as the US space organisation NASA calls on food researchers to answer the needs of its astronauts, reports Lindsey Partos.
Could protein be the key to weight loss?
New research bolsters the argument that the efficacy of low-carb diets could be due to their high protein content, reports Jess Halliday. So could raising America's protein intake help the nation beat the obesity epidemic?