ADHD has been a hot topic in the media for a few years due to raising diagnoses, medication concerns, and debates to whether it is even a real health condition. New research has found that a few food additives can cause the symptoms that can lead to a diagnosis of ADHD. Once we establish the symptoms of ADHD, we can correlate them with the symptoms produced in the study by specific ingredients that we can then identify and eliminate from our families’ diets.
What is ADHD?
It is a common group of …

Papua New Guinea August 21 the Ministry of Health issued a circular said, “food hygiene regulations” will be officially implemented. Importers, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of imported food, the label must meet the following requirements:
 
 1, English labeling; 2, there is the name or description of food; 3, nutrition notes; 4, composition description; 5, food additives; 6, the manufacturer or manufacturer’s full address; 7, country of origin; 8, production date, or at the latest dates; 9, net weight; 10, batch number; 11, storage requirements; 12, the percentage of labeling; 13, compliance …

Researchers, nutritionists, and agronomists from across the globe met in Madison, Wisconsin from July 27-29 to discuss the most recent research efforts concerning many silage topics. This article will recap the topics most likely to impact farmers in near future.
Session 1: Silage and the Environment
A number of large dairies in California have been recently sued for emitting volatile organic compounds (VOC) from their farms and alleging reducing air quality. When VOC react with nitrous oxides (NOx) they form ozone, which contributes to smog. NOx come from combustion engines. However it …

StarKist Sandwich-Ready Tuna Salad. Chunk Light, and Albacore. $1.37 to $1.99 per 3-ounce pouch.
Bonnie: StarKist is taking another stab at selling flavored tuna in a pouch. We reviewed some of its Creations six years ago. This new “deli-inspired sandwich-ready” tuna is tuna mixed with crunchy water chestnuts, celery and myriad unappealing additives. Those include xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, artificial flavors, titanium dioxide and more.
Each pouch contains 90 to 100 calories, 2.5 to 3.5 grams of total fat, 370 to 460 milligrams of sodium and 11 to 13 grams of protein, …

CAROL STREAM, Ill.— Premium Ingredients International is expanding its presence in Canada, establishing PII Food Ingredients as a division of Bulk Pharmaceuticals Corp., Scarborough, Ontario. Bulk Pharmaceuticals has been in business for more than 15 years serving the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and veterinary industries, and was acquired by Premium Ingredients in May 2008.
PII Food Ingredients will concentrate on offering a targeted portfolio of core ingredients, including vitamins, acidulants, preservatives and flavors, to the food industry in Canada. Don Thorp, president of Premium Ingredients, said, “The establishment of PII Food Ingredients will …

St. Petersburg, FL – Scientists announced today to a group of 12,300 food industry executives attending the Global Food Additives Convention that a new sweetener is expected to be approved by the FDA and hence given world-wide acceptance.
It is expected that the new sweetener, called santonexame, will rapidly displace aspartame. santonexame is 200 times sweeter than aspartame. Although it is 100 times as expensive, food industry executives will be essentially obliged to use it thanks to their fiduciary responsibilities to stock holders.
In trials on Chinese prisoners, no adverse effects were …

Brussels – European food watchdog EFSA has worked out guidelines to assure that the often genetically engineered food enzymes are safe. In a brand new guidance document, the food regulators specify the information that industry must provide and is required for the obligatory safety assessments.
The enzymes, which carry out chemical transformations, are added to food to perform a technological function in manufacturing, processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transport or storage. Food enzymes can be used in certain cases as alternatives to food additives in order to improve the texture, appearance or …

LUDHIANA: Food security has always been of concern in developing countries but off late a new concept of healthy food has slowly crept into the 
minds of economically well off and health conscious people.
A further improvisation of organic foods- few industrialists and entrepreneurs who afford the means have started cultivating food items for their dining tables under their own strict vigil.
With a whole new market of organic foods items emerging in city, seriously conscious people feel that people engaged in commercial production of organics may sometimes ignore quality owing to their …

ONCO-Z Corious Versicolor Extract, which is produced by Hong Kong manufacturer PuraPharm International, recently became the first traditional Chinese medicine ingredient to become “USP Verified.”
This indicates that the ingredient has passed the rigorous requirements of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention’s Dietary Ingredient Verification Program. USP is a scientific nonprofit organization that sets standards for the quality of medicines, dietary supplements and food ingredients, which are used in more than 130 countries. Through its voluntary ingredient verification programs, USP also assesses the quality of dietary supplement and pharmaceutical ingredients.
Through the Dietary Ingredient …

BEIJING – Germans introduced Tsingtao (Qingdao) Beer to China in 1903, a brand that continues to thrive. Fast forward a century later and Identity Fruit, or “iF Juice,” is bringing fresh squeezed juice to Beijing. Founded in 2007 by two Germans, iF Juice prides itself on providing juices and smoothies made with no additives, preservatives, sugar or water. iF Juice has locations in the Central Business District, Sanlitun, and Chaoyang District. Co-owner Hans Au answered our questions about his business and doing business in the Middle Kingdom.
How did you get …