While reading the upcoming papers in the journal “Food Research International” I came across this article and thought it definitely worth a mention.
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Milk powder produced in New Zealand by Fonterra, the world’s biggest dairy exporter has been found to be contaminated with botulism causing bacteria. The contamination was confirmed by Fonterra to have come from 3 batches of their whey protein concentrate.
At lunch time today, Dr Mark Post from Maastricht University will cook and eat a burger. Ok, nothing special so far, except that the meat in this burger did not come direct from a cow. It has been grown in his lab from cow muscle stem cells and cost €250,000…
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is asking scientists their opinion on adequate dietary levels of manganese for adults and children.
The European Fruit Juice Association, AIJN, will hold a summit in Brussels in October 2013 entitled The Juice Summit. It is co-organised with SGF International, EQCS and IFU.
Here in Europe, the meat industry is still recovering from the horse meat scandal. But despite finding horse meat in many processed foods, at least the meat appears to have been relatively safe to eat. True, the meat was not tracked as meat fit for human consumption should be and…
Scientists investigating the contents of human milk have discovered a previously unreported indole alkoid called hypaphorine in the milk of some lactating mothers. Hypaphorine was first identified from tropical pea seeds back in 1889, and although over 100 years have passed we still do not have a complete understanding of…
Yep, although not yet seen on our side of the pond, a Coca-cola tv advert aired in the States and Canada back in January advised consumers that if their intake of calories is more than they burn off them they will put on weight.
It really does seem to be the most important meal of the day. In a study that followed nearly 27,000 men for 16 years, participants that skipped breakfast had a 27% higher risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) compared to those that ate one. And that’s not all, men…
In a study published in the August edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers claim that non human primates (NHP) fed a calorie controlled diet but high in fructose showed signs of kidney damage.