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USDA Issues Final Rule on School Lunches

USDA issues final rule on nutrition standards for school meals. ...read more

Foodservice Trends Report - 2012

The American restaurant landscape features its share of mainstay, widely accepted favorites. But it's the rare menu item that forever remains static. Most periodically evolve, catalyzed by prevailing—and emerging—food ...read more

Top 10 Innovations at IFT 2011

Slide Show: Health Benefits of Apples

The U.S. Apple Association shares recent research on the health benefits of apples. ...read more

The Artisan Pizza Revolution

The artisan sensibility isn’t about making pizza fancier or edgier, it’s about making pizza better, and its practitioners believe the best way to do so is by revisiting pizza’s roots. ...read more

Upping the Antioxidant Ante

Mind Your Bee's and Z's

A flurry of new research on natural ingredients has been released which could soon find their way into formulations targeted at the anti-aging market. This could be good news for the global anti-aging segment for the boomer ...read more

Latest Headlines

IDFA Voices Concern About Milk Restrictions in Schools

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) commended the USDA for highlighting the nutritional role that dairy products play in the final regulations governing the reimbursable school meal program released Jan. 25; however, it expressed concern that restrictions on ...More
January 27, 2012
Posted in News
Obesity Linked to Higher Amounts of Pain

Obese individuals experience significantly higher amounts of pain compared to their normal-weight counterparts, according to a new study published in the journal Obesity. ...More
January 27, 2012
Posted in News
Consortium Developing Global Standard for Health Claims

A consortium led by TNO is in the process of developing a global standard for substantiating health claims of food, which will provide manufacturers greater insight into the effects and allow them to develop new health-promoting food as well as provide better scientific ...More
January 27, 2012
Posted in News, Bakery / Cereal
51% of Food Inspections Fail in China

Food safety has been China’s Achilles heel for the past few years, and new data that reveals 51% of food inspections conducted in Mainland China during 2011 failed only adds to country’s food-safety woes. ...More
January 27, 2012
Posted in News
Fancy Food Product Trivial Pursuit

I just attended my 18th Fancy Food Show. Back in 1994 it cost $25 and there was lots of chocolate, cheese and olive oil. This year, it cost $45, and there was STILL lots of chocolate, cheese and olive oil, but there were also lots of banana jams, healthy indulgence items ...More
January 27, 2012
Posted in Blog, Flavor, Sauces / Gravies / Soup
Consumption of Animal Fat Linked to Gestational Diabetes

NIH study shows link between animal fat consumption and gestational diabetes. ...More
January 26, 2012
Posted in News
Three Brands Join PepsiCo's Billion-Dollar Club

Three more PepsiCo beverage brands hit the billion-dollar mark. ...More
January 26, 2012
Posted in News
Use of Floral Flavors is Blooming

The quest for healthy, natural foods and beverages has boosted demand for floral-based ingredients and flavors. ...More
January 26, 2012
Posted in News, Flavor
Nothing Says 'Love' Like a Chocolate Roach

Give the gift of cockroaches this Valentine's Day. ...More
January 25, 2012
Posted in News
USDA Issues Final Rule on Nutrition Standards for School Lunches

USDA issues final rule on nutrition standards for school meals. ...More
January 25, 2012
Posted in News