- Australia's best new foods
UNSW Food Science students have dominated a national competition for new food products, taking first and second place with some healthy twists on traditional favourites.
Karen Chan, Tanid Nganthavee and Noradilah Hamid from...
(Issue date: 23 August 2010)
- Women beer drinkers 'increase psoriasis risk'
Researchers think it could be the barley in beer that increases the psoriasis risk Women who drink beer regularly are more likely to develop the skin disease psoriasis, a US study suggests. The study found that women who drank...
(Issue date: 23 August 2010)
- Delaying fat digestion to kerb appetite
Institute of Food Research scientists have discovered an unexpected synergy that helps break down fat. The discovery provides a focus to find ways to slow down fat digestion, and ultimately to create food structures that induce...
(Issue date: 23 August 2010)
- Green leafy vegetables reduce diabetes risk
Fruit and vegetable intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
(Issue date: 22 August 2010)
- The rise and fall of the UK Food Standards Agency
The fallout from salmonella, E-coli and BSE in the 1980s and 90s, prompted New Labour decided to set up a dedicated body to cope with any future food scares.
(Issue date: 22 August 2010)
- Cloned cow milk claim in UK prompts urgent investigation
Dairies, supermarkets and food regulators are urgently investigating claims that milk from the offspring of a cloned cow is on sale in Britain in apparent breach of the law.
(Issue date: 22 August 2010)
- EFSA rejects LDL cholesterol-lowering claim for soy protein
The European Food Safety Authority concluded in an opinion that scientific evidence doesn’t support the claim that eating soy protein reduces blood concentrations of LDL cholesterol – the bad kind of cholesterol that raises the...
(Issue date: 22 August 2010)
- Ingredients technology brings back real fruit to baking
Leading international food ingredients manufacturer Taura Natural Ingredients has developed a way to put real fruit pieces into commercial biscuits and bakery applications. With consumers in Asia actively demanding higher...
(Issue date: 18 August 2010)
- Moderate Chocolate Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Heart Failure. Benefits shown in middle-aged and elderly women
Middle-aged and elderly Swedish women who regularly ate a small amount of chocolate had lower risks of heart failure risks, in a study reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, a journal of the American Heart Association.
The...
(Issue date: 19 August 2010)
- Best way to pour champagne? 'Down the side' wins first scientific test
In a study that may settle a long-standing disagreement over the best way to pour a glass of champagne, scientists in France are reporting that pouring bubbly in an angled, down-the-side way is best for preserving its taste and...
(Issue date: 19 August 2010)
- Adequate Zinc Eases Pneumonia in Elderly
A high proportion of nursing facility residents were found to have low serum (blood) zinc concentrations during an observational study funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the National Institute on Aging. The...
(Issue date: 19 August 2010)
- Salmonella outbreak prompts recall of 228M eggs in the USA
An outbreak of salmonella illnesses linked to shell eggs has prompted a nationwide recall of 13 brands of eggs produced by an Iowa company and triggered a multi-state investigation that is expected to grow.
The Associated Press...
(Issue date: 19 August 2010)
- Higher Temperatures to Slow Asian Rice Production
Rising temperatures during the past 25 years have already cut the yield growth rate by 10–20 percent in several rice-growing locations. Production of rice—the world’s most important crop for ensuring food security and addressing...
(Issue date: 19 August 2010)
- Growth opportunities for dairy industry
Changing demographics will provide growth opportunities for dairy industry, says Tetra Pak
(Issue date: 17 August 2010)
- Wheat price fears hit shares in brewers and food firms
Shares in brewers and food producers have fallen on fears that rising wheat prices could hit their profit margins. Wheat prices have risen 25% mid-August as drought and fires have devastated crops in Eastern Europe and led to...
(Issue date: 09 August 2010)
- SPX completes acquisition of Anhydro
SPX Corporation announced late July that it has completed the acquisition of the Anhydro business, the Soeborg, Denmark-based global supplier of liquid concentration equipment and powder processing solutions.. Anhydro supplies a...
(Issue date: 17 August 2010)
- Kellogg’s Coco Pops Cereals Get Revamp
Kellogg Company UK today is announcing significant enhancements to its Kellogg’s Coco Pops cereals including a reduction in sugar, the addition of vitamin D and the launch of Coco Pops Choc N’ Roll cereal, with nutrition...
(Issue date: 09 August 2010)
- Pest-resistant soybeans grow out of MSU research lab
Two lines of pest-resistant soybean painstakingly developed by a Michigan State University scientist promise healthier harvests for growers and a little green for the university too.
"Sparta – the Soybean Aphid Shield" is the...
(Issue date: 09 August 2010)
- FSA statement on cloned animals and their offspring
There have been recent reports in the media that milk from the offspring of cloned bovines is on sale in the UK. Since 2007, the Food Standards Agency’s interpretation of the law has been that meat and products from clones and...
(Issue date: 03 August 2010)
- Honey as an antibiotic: Scientists identify a secret ingredient in honey that kills bacteria
Sweet news for those looking for new antibiotics: A new research explains for the first time how honey kills bacteria. Specifically, the research shows that bees make a protein that they add to the honey, called defensin-1, which...
(Issue date: 03 August 2010)
