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Recall roundup: salad, blackberries and cheese nips
Food and beverage products are recalled due to reasons ranging from contamination to incorrect labelling, and here is New Food’s roundup of the most recent cases.
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Study confirms young Americans are consuming less sugary drinks
A new study has revealed that even though there has been a decline in American children and teenagers consuming sugar-sweetened beverages, 61 percent of children still consume them on a typical day.
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Harmful practices of the confectionery industry
With over 20 years experience in the food and confectionery industry, entrepreneur Sameer Vaswani reflects on his experiences and looks at the detrimental effects refined sugar can have.
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Clay as a dairy cattle feed supplement has multiple benefits, says study
Alongside the existing known benefits such as reducing aflatoxin toxicity and working as a pH buffer, a new study from the University of Illinois has shown that clay can also improve the degradability of feedstuffs.
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Recall roundup: chicken sausages, cottage cheese and soup
Food and beverage products are recalled due to reasons ranging from contamination to incorrect labelling, and here is New Food’s roundup of the most recent cases.
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Probiotic fruit juices: the new age beverage?
Dr Loveleen Kaur Sarao and Dr Maninder Arora from the Punjab Agricultural University explore how probiotics and prebiotics have become key parts of the modern day health care system, with many incorporating them into fruit juices.
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Study investigates access to food in sub-Saharan households
A study, led by Wageningen University, has revealed that over a third of sub-Saharan households experience severely unreliable access to food, and almost half lack diversity in their diet.
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Report reveals major retailers are making chemical safety advances
The study by Safer Chemicals Healthy Families’ found improvement in retailer chemical action between 2016 to 2019, with the average grade moving from D+ to B- (for the 11 retailers evaluated since 2016).
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BNF annual lecture calls for greater focus on vitamin D deficiency
Research from the University of Surrey has analysed the effects of vitamin D status on athletic performance in university-level athletes, and revealed that insufficient vitamin D can negatively impact aerobic fitness.
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Global consortium launch International Whole Grain Day
A global consortium, known as ‘the Whole Grain initiative’ has launched International Whole Grain Day to raise awareness of whole grain and increase whole grain intake worldwide.
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Artificial HMOs mimic mothers’ secret formula
HMO’s are special sugars that play a crucial role in baby’s development. With biotechnological processes they can be produced on industrial scale.
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Recall roundup: beef products, yellowfin tuna and fruit cake
Food and beverage products are recalled due to reasons ranging from contamination to incorrect labelling, and here is New Food's roundup of the most recent cases.
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Study shows that saffron extract can reduce depression in adults
Pharmactive Biotech Products' saffron extract, Affron, is said to be the only saffron extract clinically studied to lower anxiety and reduce stress in adolescents.
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Mondelez UK recalls Cadbury product because of undeclared allergen
Mondelez UK is recalling Cadbury Dairy Milk Little Robins from consumers, because some packets allegedly contain the allergen almonds, which are not indicated on the label.
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Teenagers needing allergy-related hospital treatment up 65% in UK
In the past five years, the number of teenagers requiring allergy-related hospital treatment has more than doubled, and schools are calling for more refined details of best practices to prevent future cases.
