A New, Super-Nutritious Puffed Rice For Breakfast Cereals And Snacks

A new process for blowing up grains of rice produces a super-nutritious form of puffed rice, with three times more protein and a rich endowment of other nutrients that make it ideal for breakfast cereals, snack foods and nutrient bars for school lunch programs, scientists are reporting. Their study appears in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Doctors Say Meatless Meals Crucial To School Lunch Reform

As Congress finalizes child nutrition reauthorization legislation, doctors with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) are urging lawmakers and President Obama to find additional ways to reduce fat and cholesterol in school lunches and give every child access to healthy vegetarian meals. Meatless school lunch options were supported in H.R…