Most shoppers know that cabbage and carrots are smart food choices.
But it might surprise people that Lucky Charms, Froot Loops, Ritz Bits Peanut Butter Chocolatey Blast crackers and Kid Cuisine Magical Cheese Stuffed Crust Cheese Pizza meals are billed as “Smart Choices” too under a new food-rating program.
A logo adopted by food company giants is showing up on groceries in major supermarkets: a green “Smart Choice” check mark, meant to replace the blizzard of health labels with which companies clutter their food packages fronts: “Sensible Solution, “Smart Spot” and more.
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Mexico is a pretty big country, like the United States, and it offers many different kinds of foods. Each area of the country has a different style of food and its own regional specialties. There are dishes which are very popular in some areas of Mexico but relatively unfamiliar in other areas of the country.
In fact, some of the dishes, which people in the US think of as Mexican, are largely unknown in Mexico itself! For example, let us take chimichangas and nachos. Chimichangas were actually invented in the southwestern …

DENVER — Some Colorado shoppers are raising questions about a new food labeling system which is showing up at local supermarkets.
It’s called the “Smart Choices” program which is spearheaded by a Colorado based non-profit, The Keystone Center.
Michael Hughes, the Center’s vice president of science and public policy told 7NEWS that the new food labeling system is designed not only to help people plan their diets, but to help companies reformulate products.
But several parents shopping at the King Soopers on South Broadway in Littleton said the new “Smart Choices” checkmark means …

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.
Food Safety Products in China: Industry Study with Forecasts for 2013 & 2018
http://www.reportlinker.com/p0135785/Food-Safety-Products-in-China-Industry-Study-with-Forecasts-for-2013–2018.html
Abstract:
Growth will be driven by the continuing expansion of processed food and beverage output, and a greater focus on food safety and supply chain security by larger food processing firms.
Executive Summary:
Demand to increase 15% annually through 2013
Demand for food safety products in China is forecast to increase 15 percent per annum through 2013 to ¥13.0 billion. Growth will be driven …

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Kolache Mama announced the opening of its first location today, serving up “fast food for foodies.” Located at 45 East 45th Street outside the Roosevelt Hotel, Kolache Mama is the first store in New York City to exclusively offer these delicious baked goods.
With cult followings in other U.S. regions, kolaches are light and flavorful, fresh-baked goods filled with various sweet or savory ingredients. To bring this popular baked good to NYC, Kolache Mama retained a team of world-class chefs to create an original menu …

Researchers at the University of Manitoba have made bioactive edible films and coatings from the starch of yellow field peas to improve foods’ quality and safety.
Dr. Jung Han of the U of M’s Department of Food Science said in a release this week that his main goal was to make a bioactive material delivery matrix — a neutralm food-grade material — that could contain or incorporate various kinds of bioactive components.
Han’s project was funded by the Western Grains Research Foundation’s Endowment Fund.
“The raw materials I used were ingredients from yellow …

Synthetic softening agents called phthalates are in tens of thousands of products people use every day, and they are helpful, but there is one thing that they should not be in: food. Yet a new study finds that phthalates, which have been linked with serious health problems, are not only in our food but that they are difficult to avoid.
Phthalates are a type of industrial chemical used in the manufacture of plastics. The synthetics industry uses about five million tons of phthalates every year. They are found in products ranging …

The loss from continuing operations of £0.889m represents an improvement from the comparable figure of £1.159m
Real Good Food Company plc, the sugars, ingredients and bakery company, has reported that Total Group sales from continuing operations decreased 2.2% to £101.7m from £104.0m compared to the same period previous year, reflecting the price and volume pressures in the sugar division as a result of regime change.
The company has said that sales improvements at Bakery Ingredients and Bakery divisions improved their operating performance year-on-year, driven by increased margins and lower overheads. This was …

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration told Congress Tuesday that it has limited abilities to keep dietary supplements with steroids from hitting market shelves.
“FDA generally cannot identify violative products before they enter the marketplace,” said Michael Levy, director of the FDA’s division of new drugs and labeling compliance, at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary crime and drugs subcommittee. “After products enter the market, we must undertake a painstaking investigative and analytical process” to show the products violate the law.
Levy said that dietary supplement makers need not prove a …

CLAREMONT, Calif., Sept. 29, 2009 — The Dr. Chao Herbal Drink Line is premiering two all-natural, vegan beverages to enhance sexual health, combat premenstrual symptoms and more. The new “Adult” and “Lady” drinks have no sugar, artificial sweeteners or preservatives, glutens, carbs and caffeine, do not require costly prescriptions and have health benefits derived from the recipes of a 19th-century Chinese herbalist.
According to Ted Chao, president of the Claremont, California-based U.S. People Foods & Beverages Company, “The ‘Adult Drink’ is similar to popular sex enhancement products on the market, but …