When consumers head out for their everyday shopping needs, are they navigating the store on auto-pilot or are they open to new products and experiences? According to market research organisation Nielsen, the answer is anything but ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Researchers have created products fermented with probiotic bacteria from grains and nuts — known as plant-based or vegetable "milks" — as an alternative to conventional yoghurts. The products, which were created by researchers ...
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Interest in Victorian dairy company Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) has attracted a new potential bidder, according to media reports. There is speculation that Chinese state-owned China Investment Corporation is interested in WCB and ...
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It's that time of the year again when everyone virtuously swears to lose weight, get into shape and eat healthier. It's also the time of the year when the weight-loss industry kicks into high gear with supplements promising ...
Lower corn prices in 2014 will likely keep a lid on Western hay prices, predicted Seth Hoyt, hay market analyst and keynote speaker at last week's Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium in Reno, NV. Supreme alfalfa hay prices, he added, should ...
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Pakistan-based Engro Foods has launched its milk brand Olper's in Ecolean's lightweight packaging. The new packaging places Olper's brand on store shelves in a category dominated by traditional carton packaging. Ecolean's 250 ml Aseptic ...
Tags: liquid food industry, Milk Brand, Lightweight Packaging
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.20 and 1/2, down 1 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.87, down 25 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $423.80, down $13.90 Jan. soybean oil closed at 38.51, ...
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In 2014, we'll hear precious little about food safety from the federal government that will truly be new. For sure the White House has decisions to make on everything from poultry inspections to whom to nominate as the next Under Secretary ...
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At least 15 people in the western U.S. have been sickened with Salmonella in an outbreak linked to pasteurized cashew cheese produced by The Cultured Kitchen, according to the California Department of Public Health. Three patients have ...
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Physicians in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the Maxine Dunitz Children's Health Center launched a pilot study in which mothers' breast milk is analyzed to determine whether premature infants are receiving the correct amounts of ...
Tags: premature infants, mothers'breast milk, personalized medicine
Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted permission to the state government to ban the sale of junk food-items packed in non-biodegradable and plastic material. The new law is expected to come into effect from 26 January 2014. Under ...
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In two separate clinical trials, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that periodic meetings with a lactation consultant encourages women traditionally resistant to breastfeeding to do so, at ...
Cows performed very well in October and I had the expectation that November would be no different. However, as I did my daily check of the bulk tank weights I immediately saw that there was a problem during the first week of the month; ...
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Low levels of vitamin D have been implicated as a potential cause of diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes. Now an extensive review suggests it's really the other way around: Low levels of the "sunshine vitamin" are more likely a ...
Tags: vitamin D, cancer, diabetes, low levels of vitamin D
This project that was instigated by BPIF labels and PRISMM Environmental back in April 2013 is now gathering momentum. ?The project designed to reduce the amount of production waste going to landfill by diverting this waste to energy ...
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