The annual UN Environment Program Food Waste Index Report is out and the news is even worse than last year. The report claims that 17 percent of the food produced the world over is wasted, which totals more than 900 million metric tonnes, or 1 billion imperial tons…Read More →
Here’s one for you: A new website meant to make cooking from web-based recipes easier was taken down last week just hours after launching following complaints from other sites that it was stealing ad revenues and infringing copyrights. Here’s the story the way we heard it. What do you think?Read More →
I spend a lot of time reading about the results of scientific studies, the objectives of which are supposedly to determine whether a certain food or food component is good or bad for a person. A recent perspective piece from LifeHacker asks some interesting questions about that whole concept…Read More →
We’ve mentioned it before over the past year in this space, but a new study of Snacking In Canada (and the U.S.) confirms it’s been a brutally busy and beautifully profitable time for Snack makers since the majority of North Americans were ordered to stay home and isolate…Read More →
I’ve been following the Peanut Allergy controversy for several years, now, and am pleased to (finally) report that new Guidelines formulated in 2016 are being applied to kids by their parents – and the level of Childhood Peanut Allergy in the general population is reported to be dropping significantly…Read More →
Lots of Snack news this week, along with St. Patrick’s Day and Easter special announcements… How about St. Paddy’s cereal that turns your milk green? A Taco that looks like a Sandwich turned on its side? An Ice Cream bar that looks like a Fried Chicken leg? All this and more, right now…Read More →
I can see why some might reason that putting together two legendary food faves might result in an innovation even more fabulous than the simple sum of the two parts. But, then again, this one might just be the result of someone’s fevered pandemic lock down dream. The combo just doesn’t work for me…Read More →
In my daily monitoring of food issues news services, I see just as many stories about the Mediterranean Diet as I do about the Obesity Crisis – and that’s a lot! Now, some more good news from the folks who recently brought you word of a potential Magic Bullet for Obesity… Lab Scientists!Read More →