- Omega-3 levels affect whether B vitamins can slow brain’s decline
While research has already established that B vitamin supplements can help slow mental decline in older people with memory problems, an international team have now found that having higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids in your...
(Issue date: 04 March 2016)
- High-cholesterol diet, eating eggs do not increase risk of heart attack
A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that a relatively high intake of dietary cholesterol, or eating one egg every day, are not associated with an elevated risk of incident coronary heart disease....
(Issue date: 03 March 2016)
- Eco-friendly food packaging material doubles shelf-life of food products
Natural chitosan-based film enhanced with anti-bacterial and antiviral properties of grapefruit seed extract improves food safety and quality
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully...
(Issue date: 03 March 2016)
- Poultry: On the road to recovery
(Issue date: 03 March 2016)
- FoodDrinkEurope supports Roadmap on Food Product Improvement
(Issue date: 03 March 2016)
- 2016 International Year of legumes
The sixty-eighth United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2016 the International Year of legumes.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been appointed to facilitate the implementation of the...
(Issue date: 03 March 2016)
- Study suggests soda, junk food not why we’re fat
Indulgences like sodas and junk foods have long been blamed as the prime culprits responsible for worrying obesity trends across the United States. But a new analysis by a pair of Cornell University researchers suggests that, for...
(Issue date: 03 March 2016)
- Vanilla yogurt makes us feel happy, suggests research
We all know what it's like to take a bite of something expecting one taste and getting another - it can be an enjoyable or disgusting experience. New research published in Food Research International reveals that being...
(Issue date: 03 March 2016)
- Senior consumers need tailor-made food products
There is a huge variation in the way that independently living senior consumers perceive, appreciate and consume food. Tailor-made products and interventions are needed to improve the quality and quantity of the food intake in...
(Issue date: 03 March 2016)
- One energy drink may increase heart disease risk in young adults
New research shows that drinking one 16-ounce energy drink can increase blood pressure and stress hormone responses significantly. This raises the concern that these response changes could increase the risk of cardiovascular...
(Issue date: 03 March 2016)
- Good enough to….photograph, then eat.
(Issue date: 03 March 2016)
- Campylobacter and Listeria infections still rising in the EU
Human cases of listeriosis and campylobacteriosis rose once again in 2014, continuing an upward trend that began in 2008. Salmonellosis cases increased slightly for the first time since 2008. These are the main findings of the...
(Issue date: 10 January 2016)
- Sweet-toothed UK shoppers spend £219m in Christmas fortnight
(Issue date: 10 January 2016)
- Ugandan mushroom project brings hope to orphans in Africa
Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the world, making life for its most vulnerable inhabitants even tougher. But one orphanage caring for abandoned children has been giving fresh hope as part of a larger project aimed to...
(Issue date: 10 January 2016)
- FAO food price index drops in December
Prices of major food commodities declined for the fourth year in a row in 2015, averaging 19.1 percent below their previous-year's levels, as the dwindling global economy also triggered sharp price falls from metals to energy...
(Issue date: 10 January 2016)
- Harmful bacteria can survive in sandwich crackers, cookies for months
Researchers at the University of Georgia found that pathogens, like salmonella, can survive for at least six months in cookies and crackers. The recent study was prompted by an increased number of outbreaks of foodborne...
(Issue date: 10 January 2016)
- Top 10 most influential natural food trends 2015
Natural Products Expos and NEXT Trend released a top ten list of most influential natural food and beverage trends for 2015.
1.Protein: But not just from animals. Plant proteins, even insect proteins, are becoming sought...
(Issue date: 02 December 2015)
- Natural salt reduction solution scoops Fi Europe 2015 Innovation Prize
(Issue date: 02 December 2015)
- Good breakfast, good grades?
(Issue date: 02 December 2015)
- Food industry can help lower cardiovascular diseases by adding little seaweed to products
Adding seaweed to processed foods such as frozen pizzas, hot dogs and dried pasta will reduce cardiovascular diseases, concludes a new scientific article. One suggestion is to replace 5% of the flour in pizza dough with dried...
(Issue date: 02 December 2015)