Mondelez touts 100% RSPO-certified palm oil - two years ahead of schedule
Mondelez International reached its 2015 goal of sourcing 100% RSPO-certified palm oil for all its purchases last year – two years ahead of schedule, the company has said.
Archives for January 17, 2014
No, wheat does not make people fat and sick: Scientists
The idea that wheat causes obesity or sickness has been rubbished by scientists conducting a review.
Hilmar moves into milk powders market with $75-100m investment in Turlock, CA
California-based cheese, whey and lactose maker Hilmar Cheese Company has unveiled plans to move into the milk powders market with a new processing facility in Turlock, CA - its third manufacturing site.
RiceBran Tech inks deal to take its value-added rice ingredients to Canada
Stabilized rice bran ingredients specialist RiceBran Technologies has struck a multi-year distribution and supply agreement with Hela Spice Canada Inc. to sell its products in Canada.
Beware cheap imitations! Sweet Green Fields launches ‘fully compliant’ organic stevia extracts: ‘It was a Herculean task’
It was a “Herculean task”, but the years spent developing the technology and protocols to comply with USDA organic regulations and produce commercially viable organic stevia crops have paid off, say bosses at Sweet Green Fields (SGF) after launching...
Post unveils non-GMO verified Grape Nuts as Gen Mills says goodbye to GMOs in Original Cheerios
Cereals giant Post Foods has unveiled non-GMO verified Original Grape Nuts, just days after General Mills announced it had reformulated Original Cheerios to remove GMOs.
New test method said to quantify metals absorption capacity of food, supplement ingredients
A new method of measuring the heavy metal absorption capacity of foods and food and dietary supplement ingredients has been developed by researcher Mike Adams of the Natural News Forensic Lab. Adams says the method measures the ability of various food...
The 2015 dietary guidelines: the RD's wish list
This week, a panel of 15 experts convened in Washington, DC to discuss the next round of federal dietary guidelines for Americans. FoodNavigator-USA asked representatives of the nutrition community to weigh in on what they’d like to see addressed in the...