Americas: Association launches campaign on healthy salt intake
People on the US eat too much salt, and most have no idea how much they are eating, according to new consumer research by the American Heart Association. Nearly all of the 1,000 people surveyed by the American Heart Association (97%) either underestimated or could not estimate how much sodium they eat every day. Too much sodium in the diet can...
Europe: Researchers develop new methods to detect Salmonella in pork meat processing
Infections caused by foodborne microorganisms are an increasing public health burden. In a PhD project at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, researchers studied new methods of characterizing and detecting foodborne illness-causing Salmonella in pork meat processing and in bacteria in water, feed and food samples. Traditional methods of characterizing and detecting bacteria are often slow and time-consuming. Therefore, development...
Americas: Severe malnutrition in childhood may affect blood pressure in adulthood, say researchers
Severe malnutrition in childhood may increase the risk for high blood pressure in adulthood — a possible significant impact on global health, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. Inadequate nutrition before birth and up to age five may harm the heart’s development, researchers said. “If nutritional needs are not met during this time, when structures of...
Europe: Petainer presents webinar on polyethylene terephthalate kegs
Petainer will present the free webinar ‘Evolution of the Keg’ on September 10, 2014 at 3pm UK time/10am New York. The online session will provide brewers and wine producers with a blueprint to assess their keg-fleet economics and offer suggestions to reduce capital expenditure. The 90-minute online seminar will be presented by Annemieke Hartman-Jemmett, strategy director at Petainer, alongside key-note speaker...
Europe: Small study found dark chocolate helps people with artery problems walk farther, longer
In a small study of 14 men and six women, ages 60-78, people with artery problems in their legs walked a little longer and farther when they ate dark chocolate – a food rich in polyphenols, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a narrowing of the peripheral arteries to the...
Europe: Emballage 2014 expert team shares the future of packaging
The Pack Experts Committee of the international packaging exhibition Emballage 2014 continues to reflect on the packaging of tomorrow and its added value. Having gathered for a working session facilitated by Annette Freidinger-Legay, exhibition consultant, the opinions of the committee members said the packaging of tomorrow will be increasingly smart. The committee comsists of representatives from Charal, Coca-Cola Entreprise, Danone Research,...
Europe: Study finds differences in how body metabolizes folic acid supplements, natural forms of folate
A new study has shown that synthetic folic acid, the form taken in folic acid supplements we can buy over the counter, is not processed by the body in the same way as natural folates, the form found in green vegetables. This can lead to unprocessed folic acid circulating in the blood stream, with unknown potential health effects. With the UK...
Europe: Kräuter Mix sets up third plant to process products gently
Together with a growing demand for germ-reduced products the needs and requirements of the food and pharmaceutical industry for products that have been processed in a gentle and natural way has constantly increased in recent years. This is because germ-reduced products comply with strict and microbiological customer requirements and international legal rules and standards, says Kräuter Mix GmbH. The company has...
Asia Pacific: US parent company of meat scandal-linked Shanghai Husi Food apologises to Chinese consumers
The Chinese media on July 20, 2014 reported that Shanghai Husi Food Co., Ltd, has been suspected of supplying expired meat to McDonald and KFC in the country. The Shanghai food and drug administration has suspended the operation of the food company, which is a subsidairy of US-based OSI Group. The authority has also made arrests of people linked to the...
Asia Pacific: tna opens office in Thailand
tna has opened an office in Bangkok, Thailand, which will host the company’s sales, project management and service teams serving the country and Asia. The team will also be able to closely monitor market trends and activity across the region, facilitating the development of new, region-specific technology to better respond to local needs, says tna. “This new office allows us to...