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January 13, 2010
Nueva York ordena reducir un 25% la sal de los alimentos
El alcalde de Nueva York, Michael Bloomberg, sigue con su cruzada por la vida sana. Primero, prohibió fumar en bares y restaurantes de la ciudad. Después, obligó a retirar las grasas trans y a especificar las calorías en los menús. Y ahora lanza una ca...
January 13, 2010
New Jersey readies menu labeling law
New Jersey lawmakers passed Wednesday a measure requiring restaurant chains with 20 or more outlets around the country to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards in their locations throughout the state.The state Assembly passed the bill by a margi...January 11, 2010
New York City Health Department Announces Targets for Voluntary Salt Reduction in Packaged & Restaurant Foods
The National Salt Reduction Initiative, a New York City-led partnership of cities, states and national health organizations, today unveiled its proposed targets to guide a voluntary reduction of salt levels in packaged and restaurant foods.Americans co...
January 11, 2010
Responses to NYC led National Salt Reduction Initiative
Today the NYC Health Department announced the details of its National Salt Reduction Initiative. The program will ask food producers to voluntarily cut their sodium output 20 to 25 percent by 2014. Some big-name companies have signed on (PepsiCo plans ...January 11, 2010
CDC supports efforts to reduce the sodium content of manufactured and restaurant foods
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports efforts to reduce the sodium content of manufactured and restaurant foods. Most American adults should consume no more than 1,500 mg. of sodium – the equivalent of about two-thirds of a t...
January 10, 2010
Kettle Brand® Baked Potato Chips invites 'real resolutions'
Kettle Foods, maker of Kettle Brand® Baked Potato Chips, is kicking off the New Year by inviting fans to share their “Real Resolutions” for healthy eating and living. Kettle Brand® Baked Potato Chips, the only baked chip made from whole slices of re... Sponsored Content
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January 06, 2010
Obesity overtakes smoking as health burden in US
The morbidity-mortality curves for smoking and obesity in the US have crossed as the latter appears to have become the greater health threat, at least as measured by quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) lost, suggests an analysis published online Januar...
January 06, 2010
Popcorn: Diacetyl substitutes might be harmful for workers as well
Two years ago, Orville Redenbacher soared from the graveyard and announced in weeks of TV ads that his popcorn was now free of diacetyl. That's the chemical in artificial butter flavoring that has been blamed for sickening hundreds of workers, killing ...January 02, 2010
A partir de enero, cero trans en California
Hoy sí, a partir del 1 de enero los restaurantes y comederos del estado no podrán utilizar las grasas saturadas o trans, un componente culinario asociado a las enfermedades cardiovasculares, en la preparación de alimentos. La ley que así lo dispone f...December 28, 2009
California Restaurants can't cook in trans fat after January 1
California will bar restaurants from cooking with trans fat beginning New Year's Day, becoming the first state to crack down on the substance tied to clogged arteries, strokes and coronary heart disease. The ban is hailed by supporters as a way to pr...December 22, 2009
Impact of Menu Labeling: People Eat Less When They Know More
The restaurant industry has lobbied hard against mandatory menu labeling in restaurants, highlighting the importance of a new study from the Rudd Center measuring the impact of menu-labeling regulations. The researchers found that calorie labels result... Sponsored Content 
December 09, 2009
PepsiCo Opens New Haven Research Lab To Develop Healthier Products
PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, today announced it will open a long-term research laboratory in New Haven with a focus on the development of healthier food and beverage products. The company also will fund a...
November 25, 2009
Frozen Potato Institute behind acrylamide comment period extension
The Frozen Potato Institute [AFFI] whose members supply fast food chains with the raw material for french fries, succeeded in persuading FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to extend its comment period on scientific data and information ...November 13, 2009
Acrilamida no está asociada con cánceres de tiroides y cabeza
La sustancia química acrilamida, que es un agente potencialmente cancerígeno, no eleva el riesgo de desarrollar cáncer de boca, garganta, cuerdas vocales o tiroides, con una sola excepción. Más allá de una posible asociación con el cáncer de boca en m...November 11, 2009
Sodium lawsuit against Denny's dismissed
A New Jersey Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Denny's Corp. of perpetrating fraud by not disclosing the amount of sodium in its food. The lawsuit, the first sodium-related case against a restaurant company, was filed this summe...
November 06, 2009
Results in nutrition research to be featured at Washington-Oregon Potato Conference
Potatoes have long been an important and economical source of energy, nutrition and satiety in the American diet. As one of the top three vegetable carbohydrates consumed by humans on the planet, chances are potatoes will continue to fill that role in ...
October 30, 2009
Alexia Foods issues product recall of Alexia Olive Oil, Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Pesto Oven Reds frozen potatoes
Today, Alexia Foods, Inc, Kennewick, WA, in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is voluntarily recalling packages of its Alexia – Olive Oil, Sun-Dried Tomatoes &Pesto Oven Reds (frozen seasoned potato wedges) for an undecla...