Pepsi has taken the plunge into pre-biotic-enhanced products, rushing to get on the bandwagon… What’s the Big Deal with pre-biotics? Why should we all be so excited about them? Are pre-biotics really a major nutrition trend, or just another fad?Read More →
It’s spring specal-day and holiday deals time. And we’ve got a great selection of Mains offer-ings to celebrate with. And let’s not forget the extended-time Lenten-season seafood and fish deals emerging, many good through the middle or end of April!Read More →
If you thought ‘functional’ recreational bever-ages were just a fad, think again! Pepsi, for one, is thinking big, betting $2 billion that its new deal to purchase Poppi prebiotic soda will help it rebound from its recent soda hier-archy demotion…Read More →
We’ve been focusing pretty narrowly on the soaring prices of coffee and chocolate in the past year or so. But they’re not the only everyday foods that are pricing themselves out of reach. Orange juice prices have also been increasing, slowly but steadily…Read More →
There’s a cracking-good debate raging in the kitchens of the land – the whole Western World, really. The vexed question of whether we should refrigerate fresh eggs has been answered. But there are other considerations involved…Read More →
Consumer Reports (CR) has made the news a few times over recent months blowing the whistle on toxins in certain mass-produced foods. Now, the watchdog is spotlighting warnings about toxins in commercially-prepared baby foods…Read More →
It’s about time! As faithful readers will know, I’ve been ranting about so-called ‘American’ Cheese for years. How it’s not ‘real’ cheese. Now, dairy behemoth Sargento is claiming a breakthrough making American Cheese ‘with-out any additives’!Read More →
What could be simpler? Or easier? Or tastier? Or more versatile? KFC Mashed Potato Pop-pers are just the thing to banish French Fry Fatigue! Inspired by an Aussie classic, they’ve just been added to the menu at KFC outlets across the US…Read More →