The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unveiled the Nutrition Facts Label tool, which can be found on all packaged foods and beverages. The Nutrition Facts Label helps to track various nutrients that are available from the foods ...
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TOMI OTEE and The First Tee of Metropolitan New York are excited to announce their partnership in bringing sustainable practices to the golf industry. As the premier eco-friendly golf apparel brand, TOMI OTEE is a pioneer and leader in ...
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The UK Government has sent a warning shot across the bows of the food industry by launching an advertising campaign to highlight hidden levels of salt, sugar and fat in products. The government's Change4Life scheme, which includes many ...
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Cal-Maine Foods has booked a 39% drop in second-quarter earnings, as revenue growth failed to offset higher costs. The company said earnings dipped to US$14.3m in the quarter to 1 December, down from $23.3m in the comparable period of ...
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Cal-Maine Foods, a US-based egg producer, has reported that its net sales increased by 13.26% to $328.8m for the second quarter of 2013, compared to $290.3m for the same period in the previous year. For the period ended 1 December 2012, ...
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Pop into your local supermarket and pick up a packet of own label chocolate digestive biscuits. Now carefully inspect the packaging. Across the front and back of the pack you’ll find a raft of information that goes beyond brand ...
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Male manufacturing workers are the most likely of all Victorian workers to have a high risk of type 2 diabetes, a Monash University study of half a million WorkHealth checks has found. According to the health snapshot, more than one third ...
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McDonald's is set to provide its customers in Southern California access to calorie information through drive-thru menu board labeling at over 620 restaurants across the Southland. The fast food giant will begin listing calorie ...
Diabetes UK has called for a front-of-pack traffic-light labeling system for food products, in an effort to help tackle the rising tide of Type 2 diabetes. The focus was also on the importance of including carbohydrate content on all ...
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USA / UK - Everyone knows someone who's had cancer, and while no one can predict where or who it will strike, most people agree that encouraging healthy choices and receiving regular medical checkups are key to avoiding and treating the ...
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Wonder Bread,the American bread brand owned by Hostess Brands,has introduced new wheat breads in three varieties-Whole Wheat,Honey Wheat and Wheat Sandwich. According to the company,the new wheat bread varieties are baked with no ...
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UK-based retailer Tesco has announced its support for a hybrid labeling system that combines its existing Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) with the ‘traffic light’ color coding system, following new customer research. The ...
Tesco has announced plans to add traffic-light labels to the nutritional information it puts on products. The decision, revealed today (22 August), is a major change in strategy from Tesco, which has favoured labels that show guideline ...
In March 2010, Michelle Obama stood on a stage in Washington and leveled a challenge at the food industry's biggest players. "We need you all to step it up," she told a meeting of the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Just a month earlier, ...
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