Survey reveals wide-spread confusion over US food labels
20 February 2019 | By New Food
Thirty one percent of food may be wasted at the retail and consumer levels.
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Italian olive oil shortage could be balanced by good year for Spain
14 February 2019 | By New Food
Shortages in olive oil production currently seen in Italy could be overcome by the positive production in Spain over the last few months.
Recall roundup: undeclared eggs and bacterial contamination
8 February 2019 | By New Food
Recalls from the UK and North America included mislabelled products, undisclosed egg and contamination with bacteria.
Corn yield predicted using the weather at key growth stages
31 January 2019 | By New Food
Researchers are now predicting corn yields based on the weather at key times throughout three critical growth periods of the plant...
Farmland conservation transformed using prairie strips
31 January 2019 | By New Food
Researchers have identified that prairie strips could transform farmland by reducing the loss of two key nutrients, and reducing soil loss.
Canada rethinks its healthy eating advice with revised Food Guide
24 January 2019 | By New Food
New Guide emphasises plants over meat and plays down role of dairy in a healthy diet.
This week’s recall roundup: undeclared nuts and Listeria shakes
11 January 2019 | By New Food
This week’s recall roundup from the UK and North America includes incorrectly labelled food and contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.
Survey suggests 19 percent of US adults believe they may have a food allergy
8 January 2019 | By New Food
Only 48 percent, however, said they had received an actual medical diagnosis while just a quarter said they had received a prescription for adrenaline.
Seafood fraud ‘rampant’ across New York state, supermarket survey finds
8 January 2019 | By New Food
Over a quarter of supermarket seafood surveyed had been mislabelled.
Quality Assured
3 January 2019 | By Fabien Robert
The Nestlé Quality Assurance Center in Dublin, Ohio, USA, is regarded as setting industry standards when it comes to state-of-the-art facilities and sophistication. Here, Zone AMS NQAC head, Robert Fabien, tells New Food about the centre’s work and plans for the future
Looking beyond traditional applications for probiotics
2 January 2019 | By John Quilter
With more consumers turning to functional foods and beverages for digestive health benefits, product manufacturers have a massive opportunity to create probiotic products that go beyond traditional applications. John Quilter explores the potential.
Eight per cent of US children have a food allergy, survey suggests
17 December 2018 | By New Food
Childhood FA may be more prevalent and severe than previously acknowledged, say researchers
New packaging institute for Nestlé
6 December 2018 | By New Food
Move seen as a step by company towards seeing 100 per cent of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025
Could irrigation water be to blame for romaine lettuce pathogen outbreaks?
3 December 2018 | By New Food
Dirty irrigation water is a prime suspect in the outbreak of illness via consumption of romaine lettuce harvested from California.
This week’s recall roundup: Walkers crisps and SlimFast shakes
23 November 2018 | By New Food
This week's recall roundup from North America and the UK includes protein shakes, the presence of listeria and mislabelled foods.
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