Much has already been written about the recent study from Stanford University claiming that organic foods are no more nutritious or healthy than non-organic foods.
What is a life stage and why are they important to food manufacturers? There are the obvious ‘stages’ like pregnant women, infants, children and seniors. But what about millennials? Teens? Tweens? Foetuses? Menopausal women? Super seniors?
Consumption of higher levels of choline throughout early pregnancy may help to lower infant's vulnerability to stress-related illnesses in addition to protecting against chronic conditions later in life, say researchers.
Compounds in purple corn may protect against the development of the kidney condition diabetic nephropathy, one of the most serious complications related to diabetes, suggests new research.
The success of sorghum grain products could be dependent on emphasizing health benefits, local sourcing, and the sensory profiles, suggests new data from Kansas State University.
Increased intakes of cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and kale may reduce the risk of breast cancer by about 15%, suggests a new meta-analysis from China.
Texture-modified foods for the elderly are likely to become an important area for R&D in the coming years as the population ages – but there are many challenges to producing foods that provide all the nutrition elderly people need that are still palatable
New research suggests that securing a sustainable supply of nutritious food to feed the world’s fast-growing population is as big an issue as fighting wars, preventing disease and saving the environment.
A new research project by an Australian university is investigating whether the global increase in popularity of omega-3 can be delinked from damage to fish stocks.
Leading Chinese infant formula manufacturer Synutra l has entered into a commercial partnership agreement with French dairy giant Sodiaal and its subsidiary, Euroserum – a deal the Chinese firm hopes will “further increase consumer confidence” in its prod
Inositol supplementation helps prevent adverse outcomes including death, bleeding in the brain, and eye problems in preterm infants, according to a study in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Eating too much processed meat, particularly SPAM, but not unprocessed red meat may increase risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
