Gezondheid en voeding

november 26, 2008

El futuro de los snacks

Álvaro Sánchez aplica lo que predica. Nunca se priva de alimentos que muchos consideran “chatarra”. Y no lo hace por amor a la bandera sino por convicción, porque, en realidad, se declara atraído por las papas fritas, los Doritos y los Cheetos. Claro q...

november 24, 2008

Some food products giving the boot to excess salt

Even as artery-clogging trans fats continue their fast fade from the nation's food supply, there are early signs that 2009's nutrition "bad guy"will be salt. Salt is being siphoned from soups, banished from breads, channeled out of chips, e...

november 24, 2008

Agrico's Almera suitable for diabetics and requires less water

A new, healthier variety of potato is set to take the Australian market by storm. Unlike most spuds, Almera is suitable for people who are diabetic or striving to maintain a healthy weight. Graham Liney, who lives about two hours from Canberra, in La...

november 20, 2008

Major restaurant chains in UK commit to healthier foods

Six leading high street restaurant chains – Burger King, KFC, McDonald's, Nando's, Subway and Wimpy – have today announced a commitment to make changes in their restaurants, which support Agency activity to help people eat more healthily outside the ...

november 17, 2008

Obesity 'programmed before birth'

Eating a high-fat diet in pregnancy may cause changes in the foetal brain that lead to over-eating and obesity early in life, research suggests.Tests on rats showed those born to mothers fed a high-fat diet had many more brain cells specialised to prod...

Arena auto-analyzer measures D-fructose and asparagine

november 12, 2008

Thermo Scientific Arena Analysers enable routine measurement of Acrylamide precursors, including Asparagine

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces the introduction of a new set of highly automated and easy to use applications for potato snack &french fries producers on it’s Thermo Scientific Arena analyzers.

november 07, 2008

Dow Chemical Company launches Satisfit, an ingredient to reduce fat absorption

At Health Ingredients Europe, the Dow Chemical Company introduced Satisfit, a new weight management ingredient this week, which it claims has been shown to block the absorption of saturated and trans-fats in pre-clinical trials.

november 01, 2008

Vending machines in Wales hospitals have to switch to baked crisps

Hospitals in Wales must empty their vending machines of crisps, sweets and fizzy drinks today. The ban will see junk food make way for healthier options, such as fruit and sugar-free drinks. Machines will instead have to contain food that is healthy,...

oktober 31, 2008

Salt is set to be the next trans-fat

With so much emphasis on health care during the current presidential campaign, whoever wins next Tuesday’s election will need to make some speedy decisions about the runaway medical costs occasioned by America’s unhealthy eating habits. Salt will lik...

oktober 28, 2008

Food Companies Implement Smart Choices Program to Improve Public Health

In an attempt to improve public health, a group of scientists, dieticians, food makers and retailers have created a nutrition labelling system called the Smart Choices Program (TM). The labels, featuring the symbol of the program and other information ...

oktober 27, 2008

GMA: Food Industry offering more low sodium foods

The average American consumes between 6,000 and 18,000 milligrams of salt daily. The body only needs about 200 milligrams.

oktober 21, 2008

McDonald's French Fries: MacFries or McFries?

So here it is, a PotatoPro Newsletter on 'McDonald's World Famous Fries' or MacFries as I will keep calling them in short. Yes, as far as I could figure out they were called MacFries, not McFries, even though Google gives more than twice as much hits on McFries than MacFries.

oktober 21, 2008

Verantwoorde frites van Aviko

Om in de toekomst de marktpositie te behouden, zullen bedrijven zich moeten bezighouden met Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen. Steeds meer wordt duidelijk dat bedrijven een maatschappelijke rol hebben. Maar hoe ga je daarmee om? Is dat vanuit ide...

oktober 21, 2008

“Western” diet increases heart attack risk globally

The typical Western diet — fried foods, salty snacks and meat — accounts for about 30 percent of heart attack risk across the world, according to a study of dietary patterns in 52 countries reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Associ...

oktober 16, 2008

Aardappel van de toekomst moet nog gezonder

Het zou goed zijn als de wetenschap daar in de komende jaren energie in steekt, zegt Cees van Arendonk, voorzitter van de Nederlandse Aardappelorganisatie.Van Arendonk sprak vandaag tijdens een minisymposium over het blootleggen van de genetische code ...

oktober 13, 2008

New York City Restaurants violating Calorie Posting Rule

New York City has issued nearly 700 citations to restaurant chains for not complying with new calorie posting rules. McDonald’s had most violations.The city has issued 682 violations to restaurant chains since a new law took effect five months ago requ...

oktober 09, 2008

Crisps blamed for choking death

A 35-year-old man choked to death while eating crisps in a van on the A12 in Essex, an inquest has heard.Iain Ward, of Ilford, a map reader for a Chinese food wholesaler, was a passenger in the delivery van when the incident happened at Marks Tey, Esse...

oktober 08, 2008

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc recalls potato croquettes due to potential contamination with pieces blue plastic

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has recalled its own brand Frozen Family Favourites Potato Croquettes due to potential contamination with pieces of soft blue plastic. Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has removed the affected products from sale. Product recal...