News on Health and Nutrition from the Americas

Common food additives like calcium chloride and l-cysteine could reduce the formation of acrylamide in potato chips by about 85 per cent, according to a new study."This research presents a technology to inhibit acrylamide formation in fried potat...

Las personas que optan por comer en un restaurante "saludable"suelen consumir más calorías de las que ingerirían si concurren a un lugar de comida rápida sin proclamas de salud, indicó un estudio. Investigadores hallaron que las personas sub...

Bob Goldin, executive vice president and food industry analyst at Technomic says he can "only applaud"Burger King's healthy kids food initiative, but says it is "long over due"with its healthy kids food initiative. He tells Steve P...

In an attempt to assuage public concern about the obesity problem, major snack brands like Kraft, Kellogs and Frito-lay are responding with 100-calorie packs of their most popular varieties.   According to Tom Vierhile, director of Productscan Online, ...

Last night the California Assembly passed a bill requiring calories on fast-food menu boards and additional nutrition information on chain-restaurants’ printed menus. Later today, the state’s Senate will consider separate legislation that would requir...

A 20-year-old McDonald's employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges after a police officer complained that the burger she prepared with too much salt made him sick. Kendra Bull was charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and arre...

Americans love their spuds, consuming 130 pounds per person annually. Now that culinary love affair could grow even more passionate with Agricultural Research Service (ARS) findings that some potato varieties are packed with health-promoting compounds...

The U.S.'s largest microwave popcorn maker, ConAgra Foods Inc. (CAG), said it will change the recipe for its Orville Redenbacher and Act II brands over the next year to remove diacetyl, a flavoring chemical linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant wor...

The world’s largest producer of French fries, McCain Foods works to convince the public and food preparers that its trans fat free products are even better than ever.   When McCain Foods made the decision to go totally transfat free by the end of this...

The Washington Post had 16 snacks judged for suitability as a school snack by twenty-nine 3rd and 4th graders. The taste test included 16 snacks that contained about 100 calories per serving -- an amount that nutrition experts say is appropriate for ...

Though New York City now requires restaurants to use trans-fat-free frying oils, Burger King and Wendy’s are still serving New Yorkers French fries with more trans fat than is safe to consume in an entire day, according to new test results. McDonald’s...

Consumer Reports purchased large servings of fries from three Wendy's restaurants in Westchester County, N.Y., in early September. We sent the fries to an independent lab for fatty-acid analysis. We were surprised to find that the lab tests showed the...

In a move that significantly reduces trans fatty acids (TFAs) on its menu, Wendy's® is making the switch to non- hydrogenated cooking oil for its French fries and breaded chicken items. The oil has zero grams of trans fat per serving.