Harvard Researchers Study Can-BPA Consumption Link

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health released findings that consumption of canned suit led to higher levels of BPA in urine, according to a Nov. 22 news release. Scientists conducted a study with 75 volunteers and gave subjects soup from a can. After eating one 12-ounce serving of vegetarian canned soup five days [...]

Gluten-Free Beer: A Health-Social Enterprise Mashup

Is the latest health food drink a trend in both the social enterprise and alcohol sectors? European beer giant SABMiller just announced that it has launched a new beer called Impala, which is based primarily on the root vegetable, cassava. Cassava is often grown in tropical countries and in some nations is called yucca. SABMiller’s Mozambique-based subsidiary Cervejas [...]

Starbucks Makes Wellness Push With Acquisition – Retail & Raw in One Buy?

Starbucks Coffee Company recently announced it acquired Evolution Fresh as part of a continued push to bank off of “healthier menu options.” Starbucks’ press releases cites statistics including that of a “$1.6 billion super-premium juice” sector and “a $50 billion health and wellness sector,” both of which it aims to take a bigger bite from. [...]

McDonald’s Announces Sustainabilty Goal

McDonald’s Corporation revealed a new sustainability aim last month after it joined the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Membership means the fast food giant is committed to its goal to source palm oil only from RSPO member companies by the end of 2011, and to use only RSPO-certified palm oil in restaurants and pre-cooked [...]

For Women, Does Weight Loss Trump Romance?

Food or sex? Most of us would like both but according to a recent study from Atkins, many women think about food more than sex. The diet company conducted a survey of 1,290 women in the United Kingdom and 54% responded saying they think about food more than they think about sex. Additionally, 37% of [...]

Denmark Introduces Fat Tax

Denmark has introduced a fat tax that will make food items such as hamburger meat and butter more expensive, in an effort to discourage excessive consumption of saturated fat(s). According to a Christian Science Monitor article, the move is aimed at increasing the average life expectancy, which currently sits at 79. That said, one has [...]

Researchers Use Banana Peels To Clean Water

Scientists in Brazil published a paper in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research noting the potential to use banana peels as part of a water purification apparatus. Gustavo Castro and his colleagues explained that mining processes, runoff from farms, and industrial wastes can all deposit heavy metals, such as lead and copper, into water. But, existing methods of cleaning [...]

Studies Evaluate Cancer Fighting Potential of Blueberries

A recent study funded by the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the National Institutes of Health studied the impact, if any, of adding blueberry powder to the diets of mice with breast cancer cells. The research, which was conducted by Dr. Lynn Adams in the lab of Dr. Shiuan Chen at the Beckman Research [...]

Uniqlo: The New Gap?

Years ago when New Yorkers heard a little known Japanese store called Uniqlo was coming to Broadway in SoHo, we heard it described as “the Gap of Japan.” Fast forward five years and Fast Retailing, Uniqlo’s parent company, is gearing up for the much anticipated launch of two huge new U.S. stores, both located in [...]

Snack Co. Blends Common, Alt Grains

Usually corn and quinoa are consumed by two different demographics. Corn is in almost everything, whether we realize it or not. Most animals are fed corn or soy, as food engineering allows farmers to produce crops faster. Quinoa, a cult food among the alternative crowd seeking gluten-free grains, is popular thanks to its many benefits [...]

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