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What’s Brewing with Tea?
As people search for healthier beverages, it looks like tea may be at the top of the list as the market is booming and science is discovering tea's (mostly) beneficial effects.
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In Terms of Protein
As our diets undergo increased scrutiny, it’s difficult to decide which ingredients to add to a product formulation. But protein rarely poses a problem.
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Soda Bans and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Does restricting the sale of large sugary sodas reduce the amount of soda calories consumed? Maybe not, says new research.
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Can We Solve the Dietary Sodium Conundrum?
Sodium reduction is challenging from both a flavor/acceptability and a functionality perspective. U.S. dietary patterns might increase that challenge.
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USDA: Food and Beverage Health Claims on the Rise
An increasing number of new and reformulated food and beverage products are carrying health and nutrient-content claims, and they might be driving increased sales.
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Dangerous Food Research
Processed meat is good. No.. wait, it’s bad! Does food and health research raise more questions than it answers?
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Forget GMOs, Ban GM
Amid all the worry about Frankenfoods and superweeds generated by GMO food crops, there’s a clear and present GM danger lurking in our own backyards: garlic mustard.
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Sodium Reduction: It’s Complicated
Recently there’s been a spate of sodium stories in the news, too. But rather than clarifying the issue of sodium reduction in foods, it’s made it more complicated.
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What’s Bleach Doing in My Fruit?
It’s not uncommon to find stories in the popular media that frighten people away from processed food by pointing out some scary sounding chemicals used in food production. How do these “dangerous...
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A Snapshot of Today’s U.S. Consumer
The IFIC “2013 Food & Health Survey" gives insight on what consumers are thinking about dietary issues and food and beverage products, with some surprising results.
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Cold Facts: The Science of Brain Freezes
Answering one of life’s perplexing questions, a neuroscientist has explained the phenomena experienced after gulping down ice cold foods and beverages commonly referred to as “brain freeze."
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Get Ready for the 2015 Dietary Guidelines
Get ready: The process of determining the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2015 will begin in earnest as the first meeting of the new Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee will convene next month.
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Winning Product-Development Strategies
Looking at the most popular new food and beverage introductions, helps get a read on the elements of a successful new product launch.
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Move Over Cupcakes: Invasion of the Doughnuts—and Cronuts
Are doughnuts and cronuts stealing cupcakes’ food-trend crown?
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Consumers to Brands: We’re Just Not That Into You
Brand-name consumer goods, especially those in the food and beverage sector, have been under fire for some time now. Now for more bad news: Consumers probably don’t care about your brand.
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Obesity as a Disease: Food Industry Repercussions?
If obesity is a disease according to the AMA, given the contribution of food and beverage calories to weight gain, what does it mean to the food industry?
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The Dark Side Of Artificial Sweetener Studies
The latest scientific “study " making the media rounds from NPR to WebMD says to beware of artificial sweeteners if you want to maintain a healthy weight. What does the research say?
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Fast Food Nation
Despite the current trend for healthy, local and fresh, the United States is still very much a fast-food nation according to a new Gallup poll.
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Successful Product Development Taco Bell Style
In the food and beverage industry, it may all start with an innovative new idea, but it’s the execution that fosters a successful new-product introduction. Guest blogger Hunter Thurman, founder of...
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Relax: Cherries Might Help Sleep issues
Problems getting a good nights’ sleep? Research may indicate that relief is just a couple of glasses of cherry juice away.
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