Food Distribution Giant Reveals Nutrition Trends

One of the biggest distributors of organic and natural foods, UNFI or United Natural Foods Inc., released its 3rd quarter roundup of trends, both existing and upcoming. The video below is geared at those that manage or own health food stores. Among the products hot listed are “super seeds,” non-dairy spreads and cooking oils, and [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Jamba Adds Energy Drink, Coconut Water, To Mix

Jamba Juice has expanded its lineup of drinks, including bottled products, to include an energy product and coconut water-based beverage. Dubbed Fruit Refreshers, one new menu item is a coconut water drink made with fruit, sherbet, and ice. Another spring arrival is the launch of Jamba Juice All Natural Energy Drinks, the product of a [...]

Sugar & Corn Syrup: Equally Evil?

On April 13, 2011, Gary Taubes penned an 11-page article for The New York Times called Is Sugar Toxic? The article was the top read piece on the site for at least a few days that week. The focus was sugar and its components and the research of University of California at San Francisco School [...]

FDA Introduces Search Functionality For Recalls

The FDA has rolled out a redesigned website that includes better search functionality that will make it easier for consumers to find out about recalls. The move came in response to the January signing of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The result is a table that organizes information from news releases on recalls dating back [...]

Healthy Lunchbox Additions

The truth about healthy snacks for kids is that they often serve parents too. Parenthood usually leads to less adult time, which generally translates to less “partying,” and hence, food replaces boozes. While it is quite easy to gain weight from drinking too much, snacking too often and consuming high-calorie snacks can also result in [...]

The Modern Nipple

I have no children and yet I cannot help but cover a new baby bottle on the market. Though I have no kids of my own, I have one niece, one nephew, and about 10 cousins that have at one point nursed too much, too little, been overwhelmed by gas and/or milk flow, and had [...]

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