Tetra Pak, a Switzerland-based provider of food processing and packaging solutions, has introduced a latest version of Tetra Therm Aseptic Flex. The Tetra Therm Aseptic Flex is an aseptic processing unit for indirect UHT treatment of ...
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Myer performed strongly in retail during the holiday season despite a week-long website outage and heavy competition, including competitive online-only offers from David Jones, new research from Pocketbook shows. An analysis of anonymous ...
The traditional microwave meal was always associated with TV dinners that could easily and conveniently be whipped up in two minutes. Just as our palates have improved with exposure to fancy dinners on TV programs, so too have microwaves ...
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ARC Capital Holdings, an investment firm, has signed a definitive agreement with Prospect Link for the sale of its entire stake in Ningxia Xiajin Dairy for $30m. Ningxia Xiajin Dairy, which is a China-based establishment, produces milk ...
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MONDAY Jan. 20, 2014, 2014 -- Delaying the morning school bell might help teens avoid sleep deprivation, according to a new study. Later school start times appear to improve teens' sleep and reduce their daytime sleepiness. For the study, ...
Following a large media campaign in the lead up to last year’s Super Bowl in the United States, SodaStream is once again making a big marketing push with new global brand ambassador and a new ad campaign. Scarlett Johannson, star of ...
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Anytime a product recall is quickly associated with illnesses it's never good. But for Fonterra, the world's largest dairy processor, the need in the last week to recall 8,700 bottles of cream for E. coli contamination could not have come ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Milk, Milk Powder
In November 2013 compared with October 2013, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade rose by 1.4% in the euro area (EA17) and by 1.2% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In ...
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) today released a 150-page summary of the two-day workshop held in August 2013 to examine the potential health impacts from consuming caffeine in dietary supplements and foods. Presenters included experts from ...
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A single question may help doctors determine whether a patient has a drug or alcohol problem and the level of abuse, a new study suggests. Keep it simple is the message from the study of nearly 300 people recruited from the Boston Medical ...
Overweight adults often turn to diet beverages to help them slim down, but this tactic might backfire, new research suggests. Compared to people who drink sweetened beverages, heavy people with a diet-soda habit actually consume more ...
Getting ready to exercise? First get the go-ahead from your doctor, then make sure you take some precautions before you get going. The Harvard Medical School suggests: Warm up before and cool down after exercise for five to 10 ...
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The new Slendier "high dietary fibre" drink Australian health food manufacturer D'lite Food Pacific has launched a new range of drinks called Slendier Drinks in Australia, which it says are "high in dietary fibre" and designed to "keep ...
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The Australian brand Organic Stevia Plant-derived sweetener stevia has been quietly gaining traction with consumers and usurping the traditional pecking order of more established sweeteners, according to a new report from market research ...
Tags: Organic Stevia, sweetener stevia, intense sweeteners, Food Research
A couple of years ago, after reports surfaced about deaths that might be attributable to popular energy drinks, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) demanded that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigate the potentially dangerous ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Energy drinks