News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
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Increasing global consumption of palm oil poses serious sustainability challenges and raises questions about leading consumer nations’ responsibility in managing the footprint of its global supply chain.
Given the obesity epidemic and high rates of chronic disease in the US, consumers should replace convenience foods and snacks with cheaper options like fruit and vegetables, says the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).
Eating a junk-food filled diet during pregnancy may affect the development of brain pathways in developing babies, permanently altering responses to foods that are high in fat and sugar, say researchers.
Graphic Packaging has been slammed for plans to eliminate 150 jobs at one of its sites in Canada later this year, by one of the largest unions in the country.
Anxiety surrounding peanut allergies has created the impression of an epidemic in the US but industry has remained resilient with sales showing 'excellent growth', the president of the American Peanut Council says.
European and Asian food manufacturers and processors who operate Avure high pressure processing (HPP) systems now have 24 x 7 access to its HPP technical service.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that Cereal Partners UK must remove two adverts that compared the nutritional value of Cheerios to croissants and Nesquik to jam on toast.
dispatches from IFT 2013
EnWave Corp. sat down with FoodProductionDaily.com at IFT 2013 to discuss the evolution of dried foods and how they meet changing consumer demands.