Interactive taste campaign targets consumer
A recent survey on taste and nutrition is the key driver behind a new marketing campaign from Fleischmann's to raise sales of its cholesterol-free products.
Archives for August 26, 2003
WTO, winners and losers
As the countdown to the September rendez-vous for WTO global trade negotiations in Cancun in Mexico begins, European agriculture commissioner Franz Fischler shares his views on globalisation and the market economy, and in particular, the role of...
Food industry bears weight of obesity
The time has come for serious action in the food industry, as UK-based international obesity task force echoes previous calls for help in bringing about a 'major transformation in diet and activity' in response to the ever rising numbers of overweight...
Dairy produce is friend, not foe for teenage girls
Adolescent girls who consume a moderate amount of dairy products are not likely to have a higher body mass index or experience an increase in percentage of body fat, concludes a new study.
Womb conditions create 'couch potatoes'
Could your child be preordained to be an overweight couch potato? New Zealand physiologists are proposing that the well-known association between obesity, metabolic syndrome, sedentary behaviour, and overeating might have a common biological cause.
BNF to reveal plant-based foods review
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) is to hold a conference in September for the launch of its publication 'Plants: Diet and Health 2003', providing detailed information on substances in plant-based foods that may have a protective and positive...
Graminex prepares ground for new GMPs
Active ingredients supplier Graminex has received Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) registration from public health and safety company NSF International, preparing the way for imminent GMP regulations from the FDA.