Bakeries reduce portion sizes to cut obesity levels
Bakeries are being forced to shrink the size of their sweet products, as weight-conscious consumers demand better quality desserts with less sugar and fewer calories.
Archives for September 10, 2014
Climate change benefits of no-till agriculture over-stated and 'falsely optimistic'
Claims around the benefits of no-till agriculture at mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are over-exaggerated and misleading, according to an international group of scientists.
Strauss: ‘We don’t have to reinvent the wheel but sometimes we have to think about things differently’
Putting salad into expensive-looking glass jars, combining IML (In-Mould Labeling) and injection molding techniques and offering customers personalised gifts of honey to celebrate Rosh Hashanah the Hebrew New Year, are just some of the ways Strauss is...
UK needs ‘urgent action’ to hit recycling targets: Plastics 2020
Plastics 2020 says the UK needs to take urgent action to hit its 2017 recycling targets and is calling on food packagers and other stakeholders to identify actions to boost recycling.
CDC report flags high sodium consumption among kids; we’re at the mercy of the food industry, RD says
More than 90% of children aged six to 18 consume on average 3,279 mg of sodium a day—well above the government’s recommendation of 2,300 mg or less per day, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Taiwan
Supplier fined heavily in midst of Taiwan’s 780t recycled oil scandal
A Taiwanese food company has been handed a severe fine for selling lard made from cooking oil that had been recycled from kitchen waste and grease from leather processing plants.
Flowers Foods CEO: As a strong no.2 in fresh baking, we’re poised for growth
Flowers Foods is open-minded on the lookout for future acquisition opportunities and is committed to driving its portfolio into new US markets, its CEO says.
Milling & Grains bite-size science
Mycotoxin concerns India, boosting wheat production, biochar benefits
Warning over excessive mycotoxins in India, straw mulch boosts Mediterranean durum wheat production, and biochar benefits wheat and millet yield.
RPC Superfos SuperLock packaging comes to UK
Danish plastic packaging firm RPC Superfos has launched its SuperLock barrier packaging in the UK.
Plum Organics halts Little Crèmes production after choking reports
Campbell Soup-owned Plum Organics has halted production of its kids’ rice milk snack line Little Crèmes after issuing a recall over choking hazards.
EFSA extends consultation on ‘Open EFSA’
The European Food Safety Authority has extended the period of public consultation on its discussion paper ‘Transformation to an Open EFSA’ by a month.
Milling & Grains bite-size News
Flour trade up, US farm profits, FAO Ebola impact, CBH port agreement
IGC: Indonesia leads flour imports, US farm profits to drop 13.8%, Ebola threatens harvest, CBH withdraws port agreement proposal on ‘conflicting messages’, and IM 9500 approved in three more markets.
India
New committee meets in bid to reform 'wasteful' food corporation
A high-level committee has met for the first time to investigate a restructure of the often-beleaguered Food Corporation of India (FCI) as the food-grains authority looks to strengthen and integrate its supply chain.
Interview with GEAPS International president Jim Jundt
As grain world moves online, will distance ed replace conferences?
Like so many industries, the digital movement is leaving its mark on grain processing—as everything from contracts to grain passports moves online.