16% of fish sold as cod or haddock in fish shops in the UK is actually a cheaper kind of fish. That was the rather concerning findings found by the consumer watchdog group Which? earlier this month.
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With the continuing EU ban on importing mangos and other fresh fruit from India, Pakistan is trying to fill the new gap in the market.
Cinnamon is a well known spice, used in a lot of Asian cooking and an essential ingredient of many a winter drink here in Europe but did you know that it can also be used to inhibit the growth of E.coil?
We are living in a supplemented world, in the UK at least, our water contains fluoride to reduce our incidence of tooth decay and our flour contains folic acid or Vitamin B9 that has dramatically reduced the incidence of birth defects such as neural tube defects. But are we using…
For many it’s an almost necessary start to the day in the form of coffee, for others it’s pill form keeps them going during study times, for others, it’s something in that winged drink they mix with their vodka. Whichever way you like to take it, chances are you consume…
The latest round of beef testing has been completed and the results are in, of 2,622 samples tested within Europe, only 16 have come back positive for traces of horse meat.
Lovers of chicken McNuggets in Hong Kong will have to wait a bit for their next serving. Sales of the product have been suspended after the supplier of some of their pork and chicken was accused of reprocessing expired meat.
Rice is a staple food of most of Asia and is also present in many of our baby foods here in Europe.
That depends who you ask. Ask the main author of the FSA commissioned report in 2009 or the authors of the 2012 study and they will tell you no. But ask Prof. Leifert and the other authors of a new paper published in the British Journal of Nutrition this month…
Have you ever wondered while sipping on your donkey milk if maybe someone has adulterated it cow milk? Surprising, me neither, but this could be a serious problem for people with allergies to cow milk who have opted for donkey milk instead. Using Isoelectric Focusing and ELISA two Italian scientists…