A2 milk: What you need to know

What is A2 milk?

How sweet can you get?

A sweeter version of a widely used plant-derived sweetener is on the way. Researchers have found a way to make thaumatin — one of the sweetest natural sugar substitutes on the market — even…

Potential for better-tasting reduced-fat desserts, dressings, sauces

Adjusting the calcium level and acidity could be the key to developing new better-tasting, more eye-appealing and creamier reduced-fat sauces, desserts and salad dressings that could be on the market soon, researchers report..

New Wrigley Gum Offers Caffeine Boost

Wrigley is launching a new chewing gum called Alert Energy Caffeine Gum which offers a boost of caffeine. The new product is aimed at consumers between the ages of 25 and 49 who may have quit their habit of chewing gum when they were younger, while tapping into the market of energy products – a rapid-growth market…

Heart Healthier Oat Variety Developed

Plant breeders of the Wisconsin-Madison University have developed a new oat variety called BetaGene, which is 2% higher in beta glucan and therefore even more cardio-friendly than other oat varieties on the market…

FDA: Consumers Should Not Eat Sally Jackson Cheese Due To Risk Of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Fast Facts – Sally Jackson Cheese of Oroville, Wash., has agreed to voluntarily recall all of its cheeses. – All Sally Jackson cheeses on the market should be avoided because the products were processed under conditions that create a significant risk of contamination, and because Sally Jackson cheeses have been identified as one possible source of several cases of Escherichia coli (E…

SMi’s Nutraceuticals And Functional Foods, Monday 25th And Tuesday 26th October 2010, Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK

Join SMi at their 11th annual Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods conference.

Nutrition Vs. Diet: are You Getting the Nutrients Your Body Needs?

Today we hear the word diet much more than we hear the word nutrition . There are so many diets on the market that it’s easy to get lost in the fad and forget what nutrition truly is. There is the Atkins Diet , the Zone Diet , …