Uncle Ben's Chinese Style Rice Recalled

UNITED KINGDOM – Mars Food UK Ltd is recalling packs of Uncle Ben’s Special – Chinese Style Rice with ‘best before’ end dates of 25 April 2015 and 26 April 2015 because some packs may contain Uncle Ben’s Special – Special Fried Rice, which contains milk and egg. The ...
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Rising CO2 Poses Significant Threat To Human Nutrition

At the elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 anticipated by around 2050, crops that provide a large share of the global population with most of their dietary zinc and iron will have significantly reduced concentrations of those nutrients, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public...
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New Technology To Detect Previously Undetectable Fecal Contamination In Water

Researchers from Texas A&M University have developed a new technology to detect previously undetectable, thousandths and even millionths of times smaller than those found by conventional methods, fecal matter contamination in water.


Technology capable of sampling water systems to find...
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New Technique For Detecting Listeria Contamination In Food

A new technique developed by Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology will help combating outbreaks of listeriosis in milk, soft cheeses, smoked fish, processed meat products – such as pate – and even fresh produce such as coleslaw and cantaloupe.


Researchers at Swinburne University of...
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CO2 Levels Rise To Cause A Fall In Crop Nutrients

In a new study researchers from eight institutions show that as CO2 levels rise this century, some grains and legumes will become significantly less nutritious than they are today.


Researchers have some bad news for future farmers and eaters: As carbon dioxide levels rise this century, some...
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Con Nanotecnología Inhiben Resistencia De Bacterias

Empresarios mexicanos, agrupados bajo la firma Gresmex, desarrollaron una nanopartícula patentada y nombrada como Nbelyax, capaz de eliminar diversos microorganismos perjudiciales a la salud, entre los que se encuentra el virus de la influenza. Esa nanopartícula penetra directamente sobre d...
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Researchers Develop High-efficiency Water Treatment

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a photochemical reaction system, high-efficiency water treatment using light using a novel UV-light system to tackle harmful substances in waste.


Many harmful substances in waste water stubbornly resist being broken down by biological...
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Scientists To Solve The Logic Behind The Climate Change

The looming threat of climate change has been plastered all over the media in recent years. The solution just may lie in the research development of all possible scenarios that the effects of climate change may have. In the latest issue of Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable...
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Nanocellulose Sponges Can Assist In Future Oil Spill Accidents

A chemically modified nanocellulose sponge, an absorbable material from Empa wood research can help combating oil pollutions.
The sponge remains afloat and can be pulled out easily. The oil phase is selectively removed from the surface of water. Image: Empa

A new, absorbable material from...
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Understanding Salmonella's Invasion Strategy

Researchers have been studying Salmonella Typhimurium bacteria to understand, not only how they transmit through the food chain, but why they are so effective and dangerous once inside us.


Certain strains of Salmonella bacteria such as Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) are among of the...
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Wines’ Fruity Flavors Really Do Fade First

A new study conducted by researchers from Washington State University looked at how different flavor components finish when standing alone or interacting with other compounds in white wines.


Testing conventional wisdom with science, recently published research from Washington State University...
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Fruit And Vegetables Along With High-Fat Snacks In Our Home Food Environment

A new study of the home food environment of overweight women showed that although fruit and vegetables in the home were plentiful, the methods of preparation and availability of high-calorie foods in the home may be contributing to obesity.


The home is an important microenvironment in models...
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Energy Drink Consumption Linked With Negative Behaviors

According to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior weekly consumption of sports drinks and energy drinks among adolescents is significantly associated with higher consumption of other sugar-sweetened beverages, cigarette smoking, and screen media use.


Weekly...
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Loving Tofu For Its Healthy Qualities

Researchers from Cornell University in their study showed that tofu lovers saw it as a great source of light, inexpensive, energizing protein.


Tofu has long been a favorite among vegetarians and families with eastern ancestry.  But now Tofu is becoming a bigger part of western diets, ...
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New Foods Should Be Designed With Human Health In Mind

New foods should be designed with a focus particularly on healthy gastro-intestinal tract says Professor Vincenzo Fogliano.


New foods should be designed – more than has been the case up to now – with human health in mind, and especially the health of the gastro-intestinal tract. There is a nee...
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Controlling Fish Farms From The Air

Drones and “flying eyes” (cameras attached to remote-controlled helium balloons) are making a major advance into the aquaculture industry, opening the way for new opportunities linked to the documentation and inspection.
 
In this experiment, researchers used the...
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Wine Barrique Character Decoded

Neither the sense of taste nor the sense of smell is responsible for barrique appreciation. RUB researchers decode mechanism for appreciation of the barrique character.


If wine leaves a bitter, cotton-like coating on the tongue, neither the sense of taste nor the sense of smell is responsible....
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EFSA Analyses Difference Between Risk Assessment And Risk Management

The decision to separate the tasks of risk assessment and risk management just over a decade ago has transformed the safety of Europe’s food. And while there is wide recognition that this change has strengthened the safety of the food chain, uncertainty can still exist over the difference in r...
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Economic Option For Winter Production Of Lettuce, Spinach

Researchers have examined economics of high tunnels in southwestern United States as less expensive versions of greenhouses.


Used throughout the world in horticulture and agriculture production, high tunnels are less complex and less expensive versions of greenhouses. The structures’...
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Soy Sauce May Help In Drug Therapy for HIV Patients

MU researcher finds that soy sauce molecule may unlock drug therapy for HIV patients. Compounds can be 70 times more potent than Tenofovir, a first-line HIV regimen.


For HIV patients being treated with anti-AIDS medications, resistance to drug therapy regimens is commonplace. Often, patients...
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