Coffee compound could inhibit prostate cancer
18 March 2019 | By New Food
Compounds in coffee have been found to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells in mouse models and in cell culture.
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Recall roundup: Graze crunchers and malted barley flour
15 March 2019 | By New Food
This week's recall roundup consists of contamination with salmonella, listeria and clostridium, and food ingredients labelled in different languages.
FAO and GAIN team up to work towards more nutritious food for all
12 March 2019 | By New Food
Alliance aims to enable inclusive, efficient systems, focusing on new approaches that engage SMEs to promote market-based solutions.
Singapore to ban PHOs
6 March 2019 | By New Food
Minister says ban should not have an adverse effect on Singaporeans’ food options and cost of food.
Social media not good for children’s food intake
4 March 2019 | By New Food
Social media has been shown to influence the food intake of children, with a recent study showing that it has a largely negative influence.
Big data to analyse international food trade
1 March 2019 | By New Food
Trade plays an important role in distributing food more equitably across the planet, and Big Data could help to build this network efficiently and effectively.
Food Fraud 2019: NGS for food authenticity, traceability and safety
1 March 2019 | By New Food
Mário Gadanho of SGS Molecular explains how next-generation sequencing could be a vital method of automatically detecting food fraud.
Food industry holds key to sustainable future, says Compass CEO
27 February 2019 | By New Food
The City Food Lecture 2019 looked at what it will take to secure a thriving food environment for tomorrow's generation.
FDA strategy to advance food safety and modernise the overseeing of imported food announced
26 February 2019 | By New Food
The FDA has issued a statement outlining steps it looks to take in order to advance food safety and the implementation of the FSMA.
Boiled peanut oral immunotherapy continues to continues to show promise as allergy treatment
26 February 2019 | By New Food
Research from an Imperial College, UK, clinical trial finds a new oral immunotherapy option provides sustained unresponsiveness one year after treatment.
Epigenetics: how the ‘dark matter of biology’ can fight plant diseases
25 February 2019 | By New Food
Researchers have identified how DNA methylation controls heritable disease resistance in plants, which could prove beneficial in agriculture.
Recall roundup: sharp metal and bacterial contamination
22 February 2019 | By New Food
Bacterial contamination, sharp metal objects in soup and many mislabelled products have caused problems recently.
Gut bacteria influences our health from birth onwards
20 February 2019 | By Jennewein Biotechnologie
How the microbiome develops during childhood has repercussions for the rest of our lives. It influences our risk of developing allergies, intestinal illnesses and becoming overweight. Nutrition plays an important role from the outset. Polysaccharides in breast milk – human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) – can promote a healthy intestinal flora.
US citrus fruit could be genetically modified in future
15 February 2019 | By New Food
A study has reported that the future of US citrus could be genetically modified, because of the threat of the Asian citrus psyllid bacterium.
Are processed foods linked to an increased risk of mortality?
15 February 2019 | By New Food
A team of researchers have investigated whether the consumption of ultraprocessed foods could potentially lead to a higher risk of mortality.
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