Americas: Eating butter may not be fatal, find researchers
Butter consumption was only weakly associated with total mortality, not associated with cardiovascular disease, and slightly inversely associated (protective) with diabetes, according to a...
Americas: More consumers feel unsafe over prepared food in supermarkets, finds analysts
With the rise of the grocerant — supermarkets that offer prepared, restaurant-style foods — comes consumer concerns regarding food safety.
Although the majority...
Asia Pacific: Ginger, chili peppers could lower cancer risk
Research has suggested that capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick, might cause cancer.
Now researchers show in mouse studies that the...
Americas: Study finds red cabbage microgreens could lower ‘bad’ cholesterol
Microgreens are gaining appearance on the meal table as they help spruce up old recipes with intense flavors and colors, and are packed with...
Americas: Food promotes healthy ageing, finds paper
Improving dietary resilience and better integration of nutrition in the health care system can promote healthy aging and may significantly reduce the financial and...
Europe: UK consumers drink more added value milk, says Arla
Added value milk products by Arla Foods UK has successfully added £95 million (US$119.56 million) in value to the category in 2016, with 1.5...
Americas: Purdue leaders join Commission against food challenges
Three Purdue University leaders have joined The Challenge of Change Commission, which is comprised of 34 prominent university, government, non-governmental organizations, and business leaders....
Americas: Crown company releases pre-portioned ground coffee in a can
La Colombe Coffee Roasters and Crown Beverage Packaging North America release the MiniVault, a pre-portioned single-use can that delivers café quality ground coffee to...
Americas: Purdue, experts to modernize process for preserving food
Experts are working to modernize a process that is used in making products, from freeze-dried space foods to lifesaving wonder drugs.
The process, called lyophilization,...
Asia Pacific: Blueberry vinegar could boost brain health in mice
Blueberry vinegar could restore cognitive function in mice, according to a report in American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Recent studies have...