A hardy winter cereal crop could soon be a common sight in European fields as scientists in France present the fruits of 30 years of labour in the labs.
Consumers in the UK can eat their porridge safe in the knowledge
that their oat products are free from harmful toxins - mycotoxins -
after an extensive survey in the UK found very low traces, if none
at all, of the contaminant in...
Higher world populations and changes in dietary patterns - notably
in emerging economies - are leading to a steady increase in food
demand which will have a positive impact on world grain prices,
says a grains analyst this week.
The UK cereals industry has applauded a recent move by the
government to award the cereals industry forum - representing the
cereal trade bodies - a grant of £1.4m over the next three years
'to improve efficiency and competitiveness...
In a move to boost industry research and enhance nutritional
applications of wheat and other major cereal crops, chemical giant
DuPont announced this week that it is making proprietary wheat
genome data available to public and private...
Eating too much refined bread and cereal may be at the root of the
teenage acne suffered by almost all adolescents in the developed
world, according to a report in this month's New Scientist
which reveals new US research.
A new computer program devised by British physicists can quickly
spot tiny beetles, rodent droppings and ergot (a poisonous mould)
in grain destined for flour and bread manufacture.
New research from the UK has revealed that selenium (Se) levels in
British bread-making wheats are 10 to 50 times lower than in their
American or Canadian counterparts. The study, published in the
Journal of the Science of Food and...
Eating wholegrain oat cereal every day could help cut blood
pressure or reduce the need for blood pressure medication,
according to researchers from the US.
The American Association of Cereal Chemists, a group that evolved
out of the need to create standardised methodology for the cereal
grains industry, is to expand to include the growing field of
pulses/legumes.
Researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Cereal Research
Centre in Winnipeg are developing a test that allows plant breeders
to quickly select cereal germplasm with high levels of
beta-glucans, the cell wall plant components...
The American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) this week
announced the appointment of its 2001/2002 Board of Directors, to
be installed on October 18, 2001.
