News on Health and Nutrition

The expanding waistlines of U.S. consumers have created a flurry of governmental and restaurant industry actions aimed at getting Americans to eat more healthfully.

French fries and potatoes are not evil but they have been demonized. What will it take to get the buying consumer to realize that a potato is a very simple, healthy and wholesome food and not the primary culprit in rampant obesity?

At Snackex Europe 2011, Emsland Group - Germany's largest producer of potato starch - will present their new product developments for the snack and nut coating industry.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled the federal government’s new food icon, MyPlate, to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices.

Los investigadores continuaban tratando de encontrar hoy la forma en que la bacteria E.coli infectó a miles de personas y ya dejó 19 muertos en Europa, 18 de los cuales en Alemania, y que provocó enormes pérdidas en el sector agrícola. Frente a la fal...

A plant worker won an $814,500 judgment in Baltimore County Circuit Court after claiming he contracted a rare lung disease known as "popcorn lung"from breathing diacetyl, a chemical used to make food taste buttery.

The Obama administration is about to ditch the food pyramid, that symbol of healthy eating for the last two decades. In its place officials are dishing up a simple, plate-shaped symbol, sliced into wedges for the basic food groups and half-filled with...

The Colorado Potato Administrative Committee (CPAC) is marketing Colorado Potatoes in Denver with banner ads on KOA 850 AM

By now you’ve seen, heard or crunched on the new snack craze that’s popped its way into store aisles.

Omega-9 Oils from Dow AgroSciences have helped remove over 1 billion pounds of saturated and trans fats from the North American diet with beneficial economic and nutritional impact on the food industry.

Un equipo de investigadores españoles ha patentado un producto de origen natural que reduce en hasta un 98% la presencia de dos compuestos potencialmente cancerígenos en los alimentos. De aplicación sencilla -solo hace falta un vaporizador-, es la prim...

Maine—Around here, you can find "Maine Potato Candy"—mashed potatoes rolled in coconut and dipped in chocolate—and potato donuts. A popular county fair offers wrestling matches in a vat of potatoes. In a state where spuds are the top agricult...

From spicy new flavorings to premium ingredients, potato chips are cashing in on a whole new image these days.

McCain Foods Australia and New Zealand has announced a new “overarching global company philosophy”, pledging to “spread the goodness” with reformulation of products to eliminate additives or preservatives, emphasise its School Veggie Patches campaigns...

Los ministerios de Salud y de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca de la Nación presentaron ayer la campaña “Argentina 2014 libre de grasas trans”.

Solanic, a 100% subsidiary of Dutch AVEBE, has developed a pure protein extract from potatoes, PRO GO. This potato protein contains a very high amount of the so-called branched chain amino acids. This makes PRO GO perfect for new sports nutrition concepts.