Archives for September 26, 2011

Industry steams ahead with FOP labeling scheme days before IOM report is due

Food manufacturers have unveiled plans to pump $50m into promoting the Nutrition Keys front-of-pack (FOP) labeling scheme just days before the release of an independent report on the merits of a range of FOP schemes from the Institute of Medicine (IOM).

‘Flavour tripping’ protein shows novelty sweetener potential – or does it?

New research unravelling the mechanisms behind the ‘flavour tripping’ effects of a rare fruit protein could help to develop novelty sweeteners, but experts are split on its long term applications.

Dispatches from the ADA Conference 2011

Potassium and sodium targets are incompatible, warns academic

Further evidence that government healthy eating guidelines would benefit from a reality check was unveiled at the American Dietetic Association (ADA) annual conference in San Diego this week, where delegates were told that targets for potassium and...

Dispatches from ADA Conference 2011

Are we eating too much sodium? Who cares, say 59% of Americans

Surprising numbers of Americans feel satisfied that they are already doing everything they can to eat a healthy diet, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, according to the results of two consumer surveys unveiled at the American Dietetic...

Sugar prices kept artificially high, say US bakers and confectioners on reform path

Last week, hundreds of confectioners and bakers gathered on Capitol Hill, the meeting place of the US congress, to call for an end to the sugar price support programme, which they claim is keeping sugar prices artificially high and forcing food companies...