Breaking News

RSS

Manufacturers can now get a consistent viscosity and flavor in chocolate milk beverages, despite seasonal variations in fluid milk.

Food processors looking to jump into the fast-growing snack food market can hone their skills at a workshop at Texas A&M University.

As a reminder for quick information on labeling trans fats: The FDA's regulation, which has been years in coming, requires food producers to list the item on a separate line immediately after the listing for saturated fat.

Subway (Milford, Conn.) has announced an agreement that will put Coca-Cola (Atlanta) products in more than 20,000 Subway restaurants around the world.

Danisco USA Inc. (New Century, Kan.) has teamed with Prepared Foods and Dairy Foods magazines to announce the 2004 Knowledge Awards.

One of the most important aspects to losing weight is portion control.

Referring to a point made in a August 2003 article on vegetarian foods (page 23), which touched on conversion rates of grain to meat, Joe Regenstein, a professor of food science at Cornell University, notes that cattle are not moved to a feedlot until their weight hits more than 600lbs.

While the majority of Americans (54%) have maintained their bread consumption habits over the past year, the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets has taken its toll on the industry.

Studies abound touting the positive effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA) in improving brain and visual development in babies.

The vilified carbohydrate continues to come under attack.