Childhood allergies may be twice as common as previously suspected – this may lead to a rash of allergen-free products for children. Did you know that allergen advisory labels are voluntary? In a popular backlash, considerably more people said that paleo diets worked for them than the top-rated diets by U.S. News & World Report. [...]
Natural and organic foods are a growing market, while GM is increasingly recognized and avoided. As more products and services have gluten-free options, a gluten-free label which claims to be science-based is now available. Chicago’s public health department is pushing back against consumers bringing their own containers (BYOC) for bulk food. Inclusive packaging for aging [...]
A number of organizations will be offering Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified seafood, including McDonald’s who will serve sustainable seafood across Europe. Health departments step in to stop restaurants from serving foods containing insects. In food safety, the FDA say it’s ok that chickens may contain a small amount of arsenic; sprouts should carry health warnings [...]
May was National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, but it wasn’t until the end of the month that a number or related articles were published. Inner-city children may have a higher food-allergy rate than nationwide, and buckwheat allergy is common is Korea and Japan. The E. coli outbreak in Europe was the worst in recent [...]
In the USA and UK this month, there’s a mixture of low-carb, low-fat, and low-processed food diets at the top of the charts. The positions in the bestselling charts are according to a snapshot from Amazon. The number in brackets next to the top titles is the ranking in all books – i.e. The Dukan [...]
With California considering labeling GM fish, a number of articles in major newspapers this week talked about the movement for the USA to label all genetically modified foods. Two different studies showed that eating dairy products isn’t bad for your heart. Caffeine consumption may make it harder for a woman to get pregnant, and nearly [...]
May is National Celiac Awareness Month, and a number of articles in the past two weeks talk about food manufacturers, restaurants and supermarkets offering gluten-free options. Fructose in the diet has considerably increased in the past decade, and balancing fructose and glucose may help avoid the symptoms of fructose malabsorption. 1 in 50 new products [...]
Food Allergy Awareness Week is May 8-14, and there have been a number of recent articles covering this subject. Gluten-free food was prominent this week, with manufacturers and foodservice working out how to meet demand. A report came out covering the riskiest foods for bacterial contamination. And eating undercooked armadillo may lead to leprosy – [...]
The EU is proposing compulsory food labeling to include country of origin information. USA organics grew by 7.7% in 2010; a recent study showing that babies exposed to high levels of common pesticides in the womb have a lower IQ may boost organic sales more. At the same time as the publication in the USA [...]
Greenpeace’s annual report rating supermarkets on sustainable seafood was issued this week – no supermarket achieved a “good” score, and a number of prominent supermarkets got “fail” scores. Women are more concerned than men about sustainable packaging. With Passover this week, there have been a number of articles on kosher and kosher for Passover food. [...]
