Researchers contend that trans fat -- coveted by cooks for boosting the shelflife and texture of foods -- increases the chance of heart disease. Now it is also giving the restaurant industry higher blood pressure.
Drinking a glass of red wine a day may cut a man's risk of prostate cancer in half, and the protective effect appears to be strongest against the most aggressive forms of the disease.
Wild Oats Markets Inc., a leading national natural and organic foods retailer, announced Andre Halston has joined the company as vice president of Foodservice and corporate executive chef.
Kenneth G. Romanzi has joined Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. as senior vice president and chief operating officer of the cooperative's domestic food and beverage business.
British brewer SABMiller is reportedly mulling an offer for Canada's Molson. Molson Inc. and Adolph Coors Co. insist they are sticking with their plan to merge the two brewers.
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