Lifeway replaces HFCS with organic cane juice
Leading kefir company Lifeway Foods has announced that its entire range of low fat kefir flavors will be sweetened with organic cane juice as a healthier alternative to high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
Archives for August 7, 2005
Weekly Comment
Turning food into trash
Water, we save. Energy, we conserve. But food, it seems, we can waste, junk and bin and no-one cares. Except one crusader, whose 20-year project has proven what should have been obvious in the first place: our attitude to food is costing us a fortune.
GM legal loophole exposed
GM crops could be grown in the UK without farmers having to notify the authorities, according to a British newspaper.
Corn refiners challenge validity of fructose study
The Corn Refiners Association has claimed that a recent study linking fructose in soft drinks with added body fat "mischaracterizes high fructose corn syrup".
Food safety research declining despite global risks
Commitment to and research in food and agricultural microbiology is on the decline despite the ever-present threats to the food supply posed by disease, spoilage and the specter of bio-terrorism.