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Common protein could boost gluten-free rice bread: Study

By Stephen Daniells

The volume and texture of rice bread may be enhanced by simply adding glutathione, a protein and safe food additive, and offer better gluten-free products to a growing market, says new research.

Canadian voluntary sodium reduction targets due in July

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Health Canada’s Sodium Working Group intends to set voluntary sodium reduction targets for industry in an effort to reduce consumption levels over the next decade, the government agency has said.

TV encourages nutritional imbalance, claim researchers

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Food choices endorsed by television advertising fail to meet nutritional guidelines and encourage nutritional imbalance, according to new research from the American Dietetic Association (ADA).