Consumers Are Interested In Reduced Sugar And Salt Food Products

Consumers are interested in products with reduced levels of salt and sugar more than low- and no-fat attributes.


More than 50 percent of consumers are interested in products with reduced levels of salt and sugar, and yet new products in the United States are more likely to tout low- or no-fat...
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Are Caffeine-Containing Energy Drinks Safe?

Caffeine, which was extensively researched for possible links to birth defects in animals and cardiovascular disease in humans over 30 years ago and then exonerated, has become the focus of renewed concerns as caffeine-containing energy drinks have surged in popularity.


Caffeine, which was...
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Cocoa Extract May Influence Alzheimer’s Disease Mechanisms

A new study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows mechanisms behind cocoa’s benefit which may lead to new treatments or dietary regimens.


A specific preparation of cocoa-extract called Lavado may reduce damage to nerve pathways seen in Alzheimer’s disease patients’ brai...
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Landscape, A Window To The Past

Climate change, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions change natural resources—water, biodiversity, mineral resources, etc.—and influence human activities. Retracing these various stresses, which have left their imprint over the ages, makes it possible to reconstitute the evolution of a lan...
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Calorie Free Sweetener From Straw

Researchers from the Vienna University of Technology have developed a new cheap method to produce erythritol, a calorie free sweetener, from straw with the help of mould fungi.
 
Various Trichoderma strains

The calorie free sweetener erythritol is widely used in Asia; it is also gaining...
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EFSA Assesses The Risk From Salmonella And Norovirus In Berries

EFSA has recommended that producers use good agricultural, hygiene and manufacturing practices to reduce contamination. Because of a lack of relevant information, EFSA could not assess the suitability of microbiological criteria at primary production or during processing of berries.


EFSA’s P...
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Novel Technologies Will Improve Spice Safety

Novel and improved food production technologies are helping to limit spice contamination.


New and improved manufacturing technologies, as well as a greater focus on the individual steps of the production process, are helping to enhance spice safety in the U.S. and throughout the world,...
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Study Finds Association Between Maternal Exposure To Agricultural Pesticides

Researchers from the UC Davis MIND Institute found pregnant women experienced a two-thirds increased risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental delay when living close proximity to fields and farms where chemical pesticides were.


Pregnant women who lived in...
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Sharpening A Test For Tracing Food-Borne Illness To Source

Research from the University of Melbourne, Australia, could make it easier for public health investigators to determine if a case of food poisoning is an isolated incident or part of a larger outbreak. The findings are published ahead of print in the Journal of Bacteriology.


The study focuses ...
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Tomato Varieties Evaluated Under Organic Guidelines

Researchers completed a variety evaluation in which they compared fresh market modern F1 tomato varieties with open-pollinated varieties under organic production practices.


The recent surge in organic farming has created a need for enhanced research efforts to inform the agricultural sector. ...
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LED Treatments Found More Effective For Greenhouse Tomatoes

Light-emitting diode treatments have been found more effective than high-pressure sodium lighting for greenhouse tomatoes


In Canada, where outdoor growing seasons are limited, sales from greenhouse fruit and vegetable production operations still surpass $1.1 billion annually. Finding more...
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What Are Consumers' Pecan Preferences? A New Survey Reveals

The researchers designed the survey in order to get a better picture of the “demand” side of the U.S. pecan market. Report contains recommendations for US domestic pecan marketing strategies


High-profile marketing campaigns for nuts such as pistachios and almonds have become...
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Experts Discuss Innovative Solutions to Food Waste Crisis

The latest interviews from FutureFood 2050 share creative strategies for controlling food waste that can help offset the challenges of feeding a hungry, growing planet


Reducing the world’s 1.3 billion tons of wasted food every year may hold the key to sustainably feeding 9 billion people by 2...
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Innovative Technologies In Rural Areas Improve Agriculture, Health Care

The latest issue of ‘Technology and Innovation’ also explores the benefits of tech transfer to universities.


The current special issue of Technology and Innovation is devoted to articles on both innovations in rural regions and general articles on technology and innovation, i...
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A Bacterial Ballistic System

Researchers have determined the structure of a crucial part of pathogenic bacteria special secretion systems, which are possible targets for novel antibiotics. The systems deliver toxic proteins into host cells.
 
In the structural model of the Type VI secretion system in its extended...
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Historically Low Number Of Danes Infected With Salmonella

A new research from the Technical University of Denmark shows that the number of Danes infected with salmonella reached a historic low level in 2013.


The number of Danes who contracted a salmonella infection reached a historic low level in 2013. More than half of those infected became ill...
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Con Genómica, Científica Mexicana Busca En Bélgica La Supervivencia De Especies Alimentarias

Analiza mecanismos de muerte celular en vegetales para desarrollar técnicas que protejan a cultivos de trigo, arroz o frijol.


Una científica mexicana, quién actualmente realiza una estancia posdoctoral en el Instituto de Biotecnología de Flandes, en Bélgica, estudia el desarrollo reproductivo d...
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RASFF Food Alerts, Week 25

Here is the summary of food alerts issued by Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) last week.
On 20/06/2014, aflatoxins (B1 = 40 µg/kg – ppb) were detected in pistachio nuts from the United States, via Germany. The product was distributed to Netherlands. RASFF reference No.: ...
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Kids To Be Less Overweight When Consuming Mediterranean Food

A new study shows that children consuming a diet more in line with the rules of the Mediterranean one are 15% less likely to be overweight or obese than those children who do not.


A study of 8 European countries presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO)in Sofia, Bulgaria, s...
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Model May Help Growers Mitigate Costly Droughts

A University of Florida-created model may help growers plant at optimal times and avoid crop-destroying drought, which can cost millions of dollars in a given year, according to one of the tool’s creators.
If growers know when their crops need the most water, they can plant accordingly, said K...
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