Some of the nation’s largest food companies have cut daily calorie counts by an average of 78 per person.
January 15, 2014
The study sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that between 2007 and 2012, the estimated the total cut in food product calories to be about 6.4 trillion.
The American Butter Institute announced that U.S. butter consumption is at its highest level in 40 years.
January 15, 2014
The increase is attributed, at least in part, to a shift in consumer preferences away from highly processed foods, artificial ingredients and trans fats
Le Groupe Lactalis has bought out Hyderabad-based Tirumala Milk Products for $275 million.
January 10, 2014
The French dairy group has bought the 74% stake held by Tirumala Milk's founders and the rest 26% from private equity investor Carlyle Growth Capital Fund.
Consumption of tree nuts is associated with lower cases of obesity and metabolic syndrome.
January 9, 2014
Consumption of tree nuts is associated with lower cases of obesity and metabolic syndrome, suggests a new study from Loma Linda University Health published in the peer-reviewed online science and medicine journal, PLOS ONE.