Friday, the 11th of May
#FoodFact: Potatoes have more nutrients, vitamins and minerals than traditional superfoods!
Study: Participants Offered $3500 To Eat Fast Food For 3 Months
This almost sounds like a joke — a study from Washington University in St. Louis is recruiting participants to eat only fast food for three months. They’ll be paid $3,500 for their troubles, and enrolled in a weight loss program when the study finishes. [read more]
How ’30 Rock’ Pitched Kraft on Product Placement
In at least one case, however, the staff of “30 Rock” made a pitch to a sponsor rather than the other way around. [read more]
New Food Books For Spring 2012
The year 2012 has been a good one for culinary-minded readers. We previously rounded up some great new spring cookbooks. Now, we took a look at some great new food books. [read more]
Scientist want to recreate Beer from 1840 Shipwreck
Finnish researchers say they may be able to recreate beer from the 1840s after finding living bacteria in beer from a shipwreck near Aland islands. [read more]
Thursday, the 10th of May
#FoodFact: Blueberries are a good source of Vitamin C and fiber.
McDonald’s ‘healthy’ fizzy drink contains 12 teaspoons of sugar
The new drink, called Fruitizz, is part of the fast food giant’s efforts to improve the health credentials of its children’s meals and follows the introduction of carrot sticks, fruit bags, mineral water and organic semi-skimmed milk to its Happy Meal menu. [read more]
Kraft Ordered To Pay Fine Hot Dogs
The Illinois Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection discovered that between August 2011 and February 2012, 11 packages of Oscar Mayer light beef franks, 12 packages of Oscar Mayer roast beef and one package of Oscar Mayer roasted turkey breast were underweight. [read more]
Study: Kids’ TV time tied to unhealthy food choices
Kids and teens who watch a lot of television are less likely to get their fruits and veggies and more likely to snack on candy or drink soda every day, according to a new survey of close to 13,000 U.S. students. [read more]
Oceana fined R35m for price-fixing
“Oceana has agreed to pay a penalty of R35 750 50 which represents 5% of its turnover derived from its pelagic fish (pilchard, anchovy and red eye) operations in South Africa in 2010,” the commission said in a statement. [read more]
Wednesday, the 9th of May
#FoodFact: The average person consumers 3 Coca Cola products per day
Study: 42% Estimated To Be Obese By 2030 in the US
The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but don’t take in those pants yet. Today, just over a third of U.S. adults are obese. By 2030, 42 percent will be, says a forecast released Monday. [read more]
New Reality Show blends Cooking and Travel
“Around The World In 80 Plates” is a cooking competition meets travel show. Its basic premise is to drop chefs in various cities around the globe, put them through challenges to acquaint themselves with local culture and cuisine and force them to recreate those tastes for the palates of locals who will judge them. [read more]
Food shortages: Zim buys maize from Zambia
Zimbabwe’s northern neighbour Zambia says it has struck a deal to sell 300 000 tons of maize to ease food shortages in Zimbabwe, the region’s former breadbasket. [read more]
Study: Food-packaging chemical could lead to breast cancer
A new study of fetal exposure to BPA, a plastic additive found in some food packaging, shows that the chemical altered the mammary gland development in monkeys. The researchers reported that the changes they observed in the monkeys reinforce concerns that BPA – bisphenol A – could contribute to breast cancer in women. [read more]
Tuesday, the 8th of May
#FoodFact: Coca Cola was first invented by a pharmacist to cure headaches.
Winners of the Beer World Cup
Winners of the World Beer Cup — unofficially dubbed the “Olympics of beer competition” — were announced early Sunday morning at the conclusion the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference, which hosted the event. [read more]
High Prices for Food at Olympic Stadiums
Spectators will have to put up with high prices for food and drink for the Olympic Games in London, according to a report in the Daily Mail. [read more]
Pepsi Formula Developers Heirs Sue Company
The heirs of the man who helped develop the formula for Pepsi are suing the soda company over their right to share with the public documents detailing their father’s invention. [read more]
Counting the world’s hungry is no easy task
Two years ago, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) launched a petition to fight hunger with the slogan: “1 000 000 000 people live in chronic hunger and I’m mad as hell.” [read more]
Monday, the 7th of May
#FoodFact: Almost all lettuce is packed right in the field.
One of World’s best Restaurants releases Cookbook
The cookbook is probably not one in which you will actually re-create a lot of recipes at home, unless you have a a seriously avant-garde kitchen. Instead, it’s a book for both food and art lovers — there are detailed stories about the restaurant alongside some incredible food photography. [read more]
Government should introduce Cookery lessons in Schools
Jamie Oliver has urged the Government to introduce cookery teaching into schools to help fight obesity. [read more]
Shaping of Africa’s green revolution
Unpredictable weather, degraded soils, inefficient markets and poor infrastructure compound the problem, while a history of political instability, conflict and poor governance has made investors reluctant to pump money into agriculture. [read more]
Airline improving Food for busy Summer Season
Airlines are refreshing their menus for the busy summer flying season, wooing first-class and international travelers with fare as ambitious as cramped, low-humidity, low-pressure cabins will permit. [read more]
