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六月 29, 2009
New York City Wages War On Sodium
In New York City, it was a straightforward suggestion that left a lingering aftertaste in many people’s mouths: The city’s Department of Health and Hygiene exhorted restaurants and food manufacturers and the marketers serving them to reduce sodium cont...
六月 07, 2009
Plenish™ High Oleic Soybean Oil promises frying stability
The next generation of healthy soybean products from DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred will provide nutritionally enhanced oil with the highest oleic content in soybeans under commercial development: Plenish™ brand high oleic soybean oil
五月 29, 2009
IFT Food Expo and FPSA's PROCESS EXPO to Co-Locate Events in 2010
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) today announced a new agreement to co-locate the IFT Food Expo and FSPA’s Process Expo at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center beginning in July 18-2010.
五月 11, 2009
CSPI takes on salty restaurant meals: 'Heart Attack Entrées with Side Orders of Stroke'
Unsafe levels of sodium chloride, or salt, in chain restaurant meals increase one's chance of developing hypertension, heart attacks, strokes, and kidney disease according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The nonprofit food safety and ... Sponsored Content
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三月 19, 2009
Salt replacements could be deadly, say renal specialists
Renal specialists have called for clear labeling on products that use potassium chloride as a salt replacer because it could pose a hidden risk for dialysis patients. Potassium chloride has been seen as a potential candidate for salt replacement becaus...
三月 11, 2009
Potato Chips vs. Prozac: Salt May Be Natural Antidepressant, Study Finds
Ever wonder why those French fries taste so good when you are depressed?Here’s one theory: Salt is a natural antidepressant, which might explain why we have a tendency to over-ingest it.Kim Johnson, a psychologist from the University of Iowa, discovere...
三月 04, 2009
Bell Flavors and Fragrances introduces ReduxSo: a new sodium reducing flavor technology
Bell Flavors and Fragrances has introduced a new sodium-reducing flavor technology for use in meats, snacks, condiments and soups, which it claims mimics the flavor of salt without its negative health impacts. ReduxSo is a natural flavor system based o...
二月 17, 2009
Consumer Reports Tests confirm fast-food french fries are trans-fat free
Good news about fast-food french fries: Tests show they are free of artery-clogging trans fats. The chains stopped using trans fats to make fries over the past few years, but ShopSmart magazine from Consumer Reports, tested some samples from Burger Ki...
十二月 19, 2008
National Starch sale unlikely in current climate
Hopes for National Starch to be sold by the end of the year have been dashed by the credit crisis and a sale is unlikely in the near future, said owner Akzo Nobel. Akzo made clear its intention to seek a new owner for the specialty starches business af...
十一月 12, 2008
Thermo Scientific Arena Analysers enable routine measurement of Acrylamide precursors, including Asparagine
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces the introduction of a new set of highly automated and easy to use applications for potato snack &french fries producers on it’s Thermo Scientific Arena analyzers.
十一月 05, 2008
ADM Starch and Sweetener Profits Drop Sharply on High Corn and Energy Costs
ADM has revealed its starch and sweetener operations saw profits tumble by more than US$100 million in the first quarter of 2009 – almost the only negative in an otherwise buoyant set of results.The company’s starch and sweeteners sector made US$65 mil...
十月 31, 2008
Salt is set to be the next trans-fat
With so much emphasis on health care during the current presidential campaign, whoever wins next Tuesday’s election will need to make some speedy decisions about the runaway medical costs occasioned by America’s unhealthy eating habits. Salt will lik...
十月 28, 2008
Stratas Foods: ABF and ADM join forces to create a joint venture in US packaged vegetable oil
Associated British Foods (ABF) the international food, ingredients and retail group announces it has reached agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), the global agricultural processor, on the creation of Stratas Foods, a joint venture for the manufacture, marketing and distribution of packaged oil products in the US and Canada.
十月 24, 2008
Steven Brower (Carolina Starches) joins Trident Workforce Investment Board
Steven Brower is an Owner/Partner in Carolina Starches, North America’s leading supplier of specialty potato starch derivatives for the pulp and paper and allied industries. Brower and his two partners purchased the North American Paper Division assets...