News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Following a low-fat vegan diet may boost weight loss by more than a standard cholesterol-control diet containing meat and animal-derivatives, indicates a new study - despite the vegan participants upping their intake of carbohydrates.
Corn with twice as much protein and oil and about half as much carbohydrate content could be just round the corner.
Most adults blame parents for America's current adolescent obesity crisis, though the proliferation of junk food remains a critical concern according to a new report.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has called for substantial reductions in 'trade distorting tariffs and subsidies' and a rejection of the EU's proposals regarding geographical indications.
Weekly comment
There is nothing so redolent of a corporate mid-life crisis as the strategic equivalent of a new car, new girl and new image, set firmly on the shoulders of the same old idea. McDonald's, it seems, is firmly in the throes of a mid-life crisis.