Pregnant rats fed a diet of junk food produce offspring with a taste for sweet and salty treats and a higher risk of obesity, Australian research shows.

A University of Michigan Health System study provides new clues about the health-damaging molecular changes set in motion by eating high-fat foods.

Advice from the culinary field provides clues on how to craft flavorful, enticing foods with consumer and nutritional goals in mind.

Eating junk food may reduce a man's sperm count, research has shown.

Lycored Ltd.’s unique tomato lycopene formulation is tailored specifically for use as natural colorant in surimi applications, enabling food manufacturers to use a natural, vegetarian colorant. Surimi is a highly popular food product in Asia and the U.S. and is available in many shapes, forms and textures—which are often identical to the meat of lobster, crab or other shellfish.

Due to EU-wide animal welfare legislation that took effect in January, bakery manufacturers face the threat of rising egg prices and even shortages.

According to a study by Pennington Biomedical Research Center, excess calories are the cause of fat gain, and fat gain does not always translate to weight gain.

The amount of trans fats in the blood of white adults in the U.S. dropped a "dramatic" 58% from 2000 to 2009, a government study shows.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) has released new nutritional standards for school meals.

Food and beverage companies with a greater percentage of sales from so-called “better-for-you” products do better, financially, than their peers with less healthful fare, a new report finds.