Can pizza make a healthy meal?
Pizza has a poor nutritional image – but it could be reformulated to meet dietary guidelines without losing its taste appeal, according to a team of Scottish researchers.
Archives for November 6, 2013
Blackberry juice stops pathogen growth
Diluted blackberry juice can be used as a natural antimicrobial to prevent the growth of foodborne pathogens.
Preschool years key for teaching kids about healthy and unhealthy foods, say researchers
Research demonstrating that three-to-five-year-olds have an awareness of which foods are healthy, and which foods are not, suggests preschoolers should receive education about food and nutrition, say researchers.
Palm oil special
Europe: When dogma makes way for karma
Do consumers vote with their feet when it comes to palm oil? Probably not — or at least that seems to be the case in emerging markets, where the lion’s share of palm oil is processed and consumed.
Premier Foods seeks partner for bread business
Premier Foods has confirmed press reports that it is seeking a partner to raise funding for its troubled bread business.
Novozymes: ‘Freshness’ has evolved - it’s now multi-dimensional
The definition of freshness in bakery has evolved into a multi-dimensional parameter that goes far beyond shelf life, says Novozymes.
Patent Watch
Mondelez eliminates cooking stage from candy production
Mondelez International has developed a method to prepare hard and soft candies and gum without the energy and time intensive cooking process.
Scientists fine tune "valuable tool" for inorganic arsenic detection
Scientists have optmized a method to detect inorganic arsenic (iAs) at low levels in cereal-based food like bread, breakfast cereals and corn snacks, an issue which is not currently regulated by any fixed quantities in Europe, they say.
Europe needs specific policies to spur food industry growth: Trade associations
FoodDrinkEurope has called on the European Commission to recognise the importance of the food manufacturing industry to the EU economy, and to develop specific policies to encourage its growth, in a new study.