Nestlé is considering a sale of its US confectionery business, which includes brands such as Butterfinger, Baby Ruth and Crunch chocolate bars. The food and beverage giant is exploring strategic options, which would pertain to only ...
Nestle is planing to revamp its Maggi brand in the next three years to offer tastier and healthier choices for consumers. The move is part of the new Maggi Simply Good initiative, which includes lowering salt content in the Maggi range, ...
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Northern winters are rough on concrete. Driveways, floors, paths … for months on end, any outdoor concrete surface on your property has been exposed to continual freeze-thaw cycles and possibly salt or other chemical snowmelt ...
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Around 48% of all the pizzas surveyed across the UK were found to exceed the recommended limit for an entire day (6g/day), according to a report by the Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) and World Action on Salt and Health (WASH). ...
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Reduction in salt intake likely cause of lower death rates from heart disease in England The 15 per cent fall in dietary salt intake over the past decade in England is likely to have had a key role in the 40 per cent drop in deaths from ...
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Scientists led by experts at Durham University have discovered a natural mechanism in plants that could stimulate their growth even under stress and potentially lead to better crop yields. Plants naturally slow their growth or even stop ...
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Does it really cost more to stick to a healthy diet? The answer is yes, but not as much as many people think, according to a new study. The research review combined the results of 27 studies from 10 different countries that compared the ...
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Changing the texture of bread to make it less dense could help reduce the salt content without losing saltiness as well as makes bread taste pleasantly salty. In a report in American Chemical Society's (ACS) Journal of Agricultural and ...
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Physicians at U.S. hospital emergency rooms say they are treating more adults and children experiencing stomach ailments after eating bags of spicy snacks. Dr. Martha Rivera, a pediatrician at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles, ...
Nestlé Ireland is set to reformulate its Kit Kat bars range as part of its efforts to slash approximately 200 tons of saturated fats from the Irish national diet, while improving the nutritional profile of the product. The move is ...
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Bürkert, the German fluid technology specialist, has developed an automated system for continuously monitoring reverse osmosis systems for the desalination of seawater. Filtration+Separation reports. Reverse osmosis is the most ...
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About 21 companies in the US have voluntarily lowered salt content in pre-packaged or restaurant foods products, in response to a salt reduction campaign led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. New York launched the National Salt ...
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Any metal that reacts with its environment is likely to corrode over a period of time. This is also the case with underwater metals found on boats and marine vessels. Simply stated, anodes are specially-made metal products that are ...
The George Institute for Global Health and Bupa have developed a new smartphone app, which enables customers to identify the salt levels in a food product, allowing them to make healthier food choices. The app, which is available for ...
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Watersolutions AG has introduced the Watersolutions LTD system,a patented,cost-effective thermal process for seawater desalination based on the principle of low temperature distillation. "Low Temperature ...
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