US-based food brand Amy’s Kitchen will establish a new organic food manufacturing plant in Goshen, Orange County, New York with an investment of $100m, a move which will create about 700 jobs. Work on the 500,000ft2 plant, which is ...
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Shaped like a lopsided headband, Google Glass is an unassuming piece of technology when you're holding it in your hands. You feel as if you can almost break it, testing its flexibility. Putting it on, though, is another story. Once you ...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has begun public consultation on its draft guidelines on sugar intake, which recommends that sugars should be less than 10 per cent of total energy intake per day, but that reduction to below 5 per cent ...
Nigerian crude values for April are beginning to rise steadily on higher refining margins and healthy demand from Europe, trading sources said Friday. Spot trade in Nigerian cargoes has increased this week, with some high offers and deals ...
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Nigerian crudes for March loading have sold well with less than 10 cargoes unsold from the March program, because of healthy demand from Europe and India, although the remaining grades were struggling to sell, sources said Wednesday. More ...
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Robotics address the need for speed for product placement into packaging. Bosch Packaging TechnologyEnergy and raw materials are becoming more expensive, and consumers want to do more for the environment. This is forcing manufacturers of ...
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Your mother probably told you not to discuss politics, sex or religion. Now a psychologist suggests adding people's weight to the list of conversational no-no's during the holidays. Although you might be concerned that a loved one's ...
The holidays are a potentially dangerous time for children with diabetes, an expert warns, and parents need to take steps to keep them safe. "It's extremely important for parents to communicate with their child during the holidays to ...
On the surface Santa Claus may seem an overweight workaholic with an affinity for sweets, but a U.S. geriatrician says Santa may be healthier than he appears. "Because Santa is probably more than 550 years old, a lot of people would say ...
The nutritional value of food and drinks advertised on children's television programs is worse than food shown in ads during general air time, according to University of Illinois at Chicago researchers. The study is published in the ...
Hershey India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hershey, is set to introduce Jolly Rancher, a North American sweets brand, in India. The launch is part of Hershey's global growth vision to achieve $10bn in annual revenue by 2017. With this ...
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When used properly, the power of essential oils lies in their ability to deliver the beneficial healing properties of certain plants in a direct and highly concentrated form. Recognized long ago for their therapeutic properties, ancient ...
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US-based Wild Flavors has bought Alfrebro, a manufacturer of natural extracts and aroma chemicals, advanced proprietary technologies, and expanded processing capabilities. With this deal, the company will expand into the production of ...
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For years I have gone into food stores and read labels only to not know what half the ingredients were. I got to thinking, that maybe I'm not alone when it comes to knowing what the rest of them are. So, I've put together what might be a ...
A new poll released today shows a large gap between parents’ perceptions of their children’s weight and expert definitions. According to their parents, 15% of children are a little or very overweight, while national data suggest ...
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