There has been a great deal of controversy on food additives. There are thousands of man-made chemicals which are added into food. The controversy complains that the food additives are not healthy for humans or animals. Many people are unsure which is healthy for you and which are not. With companies adding these chemicals, it is best to understand which to avoid. The additives that are most likely to cause you unhealthy eating are:
1. Caffeine- This is the most added additive to soda and other foods. This has been told …

For many people, home cooking from scratch is not the way dinner is prepared each night. Rather a more familiar scene is popping a frozen meal into the microwave for a quick heat-and-eat lunch or dinner. Companies that manufacture these foods are not required to list every single ingredient put into the food product; therefore you can never be absolutely sure what it is you are getting. There are a lot of prepackaged meals that claim to be fresh and healthy but the reality is that prepackaged foods typically contain …

In June 2009 Shanghai will host Asia-China’s exhibition dedicated to unlocking potential in the food ingredients industry. With China’s per capita GDP increasing 115% in the last decade, its food ingredients industry provides you unrivalled opportunity for business development.
78% of the visitors are domestic, while 22% are international. This provides you with a global route to market. Fi Asia-China has a single venue for a single show (Shanghai New International Expo Centre) where all international and domestic exhibitors exhibit together under one roof.
The event attracted over 14,000 visitors last year
82% …

As demand for olive oil falls and prices follow suit, the European Commission is considering support that would let beleaguered producers tender for aid so they can store their surplus.
Since the beginning of the 2008/9 marketing year olive oil prices have plummeted. Over the last 12 months prices paid to producers of Jaen and Chania extra virgin olive oil have fallen by 29 per cent to €1.82 and €1.80 per kilo respectively, according to data from the International Olive Council. Costlier Bari extra virgin olive oil fell 25 per cent …

Bioterrorism expert Dr. Margaret Hamburg was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate this week to become the 2nd woman to lead the Food and Drug Administration in the department’s 103 year history. The question remains, however, Drink News if the future of America’s food supply looks safer or not.
Hamburg’s background with bioterrorism might make her just the kind of person needed to handle the out-of-control processed food industry and the woefully negligent rubber stamp of an agency that is supposed to protect the American food supply. The FDA has quietly …

Most people are eating a poison every day without giving it a second thought.  This substance can increase belly fat and consuming even small amounts (2% of total energy intake) is consistently linked to coronary heart disease. The research also says that this stuff can increase visceral fat, contribute to insulin resistance, increase risk of type 2 diabetes, increase bad cholesterol, decrease good cholesterol, trigger systemic inflammation and adversely affect almost every cell in your body.
What substance could be so harmful that it causes all of these health problems and …

WHEN CANADA recently resumed its World Trade Organization challenge of the U.S. Country-Of-Origin Labelling (COOL) laws, we were in effect doing both countries a favour. That’s because COOL in its current form is unfair, uneconomical and unjustified. COOL has more to do with protecting U.S. livestock producers than protecting U.S. consumers.
Signed into law last March, COOL affects certain foods that come from a foreign country but are packaged in the U.S.A. If an American packing plant buys hogs from Canada to make pork chops, U.S. grocery stores selling those chops …

While this isn’t exactly they’re top menu item, we have still been asked to give people the rundown on the ingredients that nutrisystem puts into their food.
Ingredients for Sourdough Pizza with Cheese:
PIZZA CRUST: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SOURDOUGH FLAVOR (WATER, CULTURED ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR), SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CORN GRIT, GLYCEROL, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: SUGAR, MALT EXTRACT, YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID, EMULSIFIER/ENZYME BLEND (DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES, ENZYMES, WHEAT STARCH, CALCIUM CARBONATE …

Every single wine kit that I’ve ever purchased comes with a package of potassium sorbate. The instructions that come with the wine kits tell us to add sorbate at the same time that we are to add potassium metabisulfite. However, many winemakers balk at adding sorbate to their wine and don’t always follow instructions.
Why the balking? Many believe that potassium sorbate adds a bubblegum flavor to wine, or as some call it, “kit wine taste.” So why do so many advise to add this stuff to our wines after the …

From looking at my referrer logs and some of the questions on other website forums and blogs, there seems to be a good deal of interest in the use of potassium sorbate in home winemaking. Some of the answers I’ve seen to the questions show that there is a lack of understanding about what exactly potassium sorbate does, and when it is required.
For example, one “expert” recently responded to a question about potassium sorbate, suggesting it was necessary to add it to all wine to prevent a malolactic fermentation in …