Archives for July 20, 2009

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Snack Size Science: Monkey Methuselahs and soy sauce

By Stephen Daniells

FoodNavigator's Snack Size Science brings you the week's top science. This week we look at how drastically cutting calories could keep the Grim Reaper at bay, and how soy sauce may have potential in drive to cut salt levels in foods.

US and Canada approve new multi-trait GM corn

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Monsanto and Dow Chemical Company have received regulatory approval for a new variety of genetically modified (GM) corn, which they say could increase whole farm yields by five to ten percent.

Cargill stops hydrogenated oil production at Wichita plant

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Cargill has announced that it will stop producing hydrogenated oil at its plant in Wichita, Kansas as manufacturers have increasingly sought to replace trans fats with healthier fats in their products.