Scientists grow industrial quantities of red wine compound using tomatoes

Scientists have used a protein to cause tomatoes to grow large amounts of the nutrients resveratrol and genistein. The technique could be scaled up for industrial production.

IOM Report: Food Nutrition Labels Should Be Simple, On Front

The food industry should provide simple, clearly-worded nutrition information on the front of food packages, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The information “should focus on the nutrients most responsible for obesity and chronic diseases: calories, saturated fat, trans fat and sodium,” The New York Times reports…