Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye today announced research has been commissioned to assess New Zealand consumer understanding and the impact of nutrition labelling on food. "I have asked the Ministry for Primary Industries to commission ...
Tags: Food Labeling
Oklahoma State University today announced a new on-campus food nutrition labeling system to help students make healthier eating choices. The program provides nutritional information forgrab-and-go foods that are prepared fresh each day in ...
Tags: Prepared Foods, Label Program
Food companies including Mars, Nestle, PepsiCo, and Premier Foods have signed up to the new consistent front-of-pack nutritional label scheme introduced by the UK Government. The new labeling scheme has been launched on food products to ...
Tags: PepsiCo, Food Label Scheme
On May 28, 2013, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) issued a ruling (Ruling 2013-2) that allows alcohol beverage industry members to provide consumers with nutritional information about their products and provides guidelines ...
Google is trying to make it easier to find nutrition information online for a wide range of foods with a new search feature whose aim is to address the "cumbersome and daunting process" of making smart eating choices. Say you want to know ...
Tags: Google, Nutrition Information, Food
Ruby Fresh's innovative new Salad Jewels combine fresh pomegranate arils with savory ingredients that turn any ordinary green salad into the crowning jewel of the meal. The Salad Jewels come in a 7-oz package with a manufacturer's ...
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Worldwide shipments of computerized smart glasses are expected to hit nearly 10 million units by 2016, largely driven Google's Glass project, a research firm said. That's an impressive number considering that Google's Glass eyewear, the ...
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In 2011, China revealed plans to put in place a “complete and advanced” recycling infrastructure that will recycle 70% of its major waste products by 2015.It also said it will adhere to a European standard of quality of paper, ...
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US-based pet food producer Dogswell has announced the launch of new packaging for its complete line of Jerky Bars. According to the company, the new packaging design simplifies nutritional information and presents imagery that is vivid ...
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Officially launching after three years in development, GS1 GoScan is Australia's first whole-of-industry endorsed iPhone application that enables consumers to know if a food product suits their special dietary needs with the simple scan of ...
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Green calorie labels increase the perceived healthfulness of foods, and lead to people to see low-nutrition food in a healthier light, according to a new study. The study was conducted by Jonathon Schuldt, the director of Cornell ...
Tags: Green calorie labels, healthfulness of foods, low-nutrition food
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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It's the time of the year when we look back at the 12 months just past to see what was getting you clicking on just-food. The ten most-read news stories of 2012 include UK grocers signing a code of conduct on promos and Tesco announcing it ...
A new app from the NRDC connects technology with fresh, organic produce. As explained The Huffington Post in a recent article, the iPhone app, titled "NRDC Eat Local" allows shoppers to find out what produce is in season and where they can ...
Tags: NRDC, iPhone app, technology, free download app
Leading fresh produce packaging supplier Emerald Packaging is providing consumers with more information on the origins of their food after installing new digital ink jet printing equipment from Domino USA, which marks an industry first for ...