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Super Bowl Prompts Chicken Wing Madness
As the Super Bowl nears, what’s happened to the chicken wing market, and how do we make sure everyone satisfies their hunger for hot wings?
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FSMA Strikes Back
To implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), FDA released two new proposed food-safety rules aimed at preventing foodborne illness that are a must-read for the industry.
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Mineral Nutrition: A Question of Balance
For decades dietary recommendations mainly focused on single nutrients to address health issues, such as the reduction of hypertension by lowering sodium intake. But the nutrient relationships do not...
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The Microbiology of Beer Explained
A new report reminds me why I love food science: the microbiology behind beer
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Cutting the GRAS List: Sugar and Salt
Like an earlier proposal that wanted to remove salt from the GRAS list, the CSPI has asked FDA to take away “added sugar’s" GRAS status.
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When PETA or Other Activists Attack
An activist group has targeted your company or one of your brands for some perceived breach of behavior. What’s the right response?
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Healthy School Lunch Gets an F
Suburban school district nixes healthy menu items after kids refuse to buy them.
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The Inconvenient Truth About Processed Foods
From “Fast Food Nation" to “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us," the food industry is being portrayed as the villain. But how true is that portayal?
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The Growth of Gluten Free
NPD Group says that its data shows “about a third of U.S. adults say they want to cut down or be free of gluten in their diets," but is it cause to ramp up product development?
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Pop Goes the Soda Market
Makers of sodas are having a rough time of it lately. After seeing decades of robust growth, a series of events are taking the fizz out of sales.
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St. Patrick’s Day: A Celebration of Sodium
As you hoist a green beer and tuck into that plate of corned beef and cabbage, don’t forget the traditional toast: sláinte! Because looking at the sodium load, your health might need the help.
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The Importance of Ag: Farm to Fork
March 19th is National Ag Day, celebrating all things agriculture. After all, it's easy to take agriculture for granted in America: Our food is readily accessible and safe.
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Healthy Diet Mediterranean Style Isn’t Too Expensive
One of the excuses people often offer up to healthy eating is “It’s too expensive." Except it’s not, according to new research.
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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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