SHANGHAI, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ — After the unprecedented success of the 2008 show, Food Ingredients (Fi) Asia-China will once again run alongside Health ingredients (Hi) and Natural ingredients (Ni), as well as CPhI, P-MEC and ICSE, on 23-25 June, 2009 in Shanghai, China.
 
The success of the 2008 show underscores an increasing interest in health and natural ingredients. By running all three ingredient shows simultaneously under one roof, organiser United Business Media (UBM) says exhibitors will benefit from unrivalled visitor numbers, while visitors will have access to an exhibitor base that …

Danish food ingredients and sweeteners producer Danisco A/S (OMX Copenhagen:DCO) announced on Friday (20 February) that it has agreed to complete its previously announced sale of its subsidiary Danisco Sugar to Nordzucker.
The deal was given the green-light earlier this week by the German competition authority Bundeskartellamt, on condition that Danisco’s sugar and bioethanol plant in Anklam, Germany is sold to the Dutch company Cosun.
Due to the change in the original deal, Nordzucker wanted to renegotiate the price.
Danisco’s initial reaction was that it did not find a renegotiation to be “supported …

Hi everyone!
Sorry I haven’t posted much lately. I’ve been in a short stretch of time in which other things besides blogging have had to take precedence in my schedule. At any rate, let’s move along in our course.
For those of you who are sewing the apron with us, the next step is to pin the bodice to the skirt. Place the right sides together. Sew a hem along the very, very top, being sure to catch all the layers of fabric. You can baste this hem if you like. When …

Most women shy away from being called ‘too sensitive.’ But when the subject is kin, they’re all too willing to wear the scarlet S. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, at least 40% of women believe they have sensitive skin, although most dermatologists report that only a fraction really do. Sensitivity defined as skin that’s prone to irritation from products, weather, or stress is a real (albeit misunderstood) condition. It’s not the same as an allergy. It means you have a lower tolerance for irritating ingredients, such as fragrances …

I first became aware of the relationship between phosphate consumption and kidney failure a few years ago when I read the study that linked the consumption of brown cola drinks containing phosporic acid–both diet and regular–to the likelihood of developing end stage renal disease. (Diabetes Update: Coke Adds Death).
Now there is more evidence accumulating that phosphates present elsewhere in the food supply might also be posing a threat to kidney health.
Science Daily: Hidden Phosphorus Food Additives Dangerous To Kidney Disease Patients
The researchers cited in the article above point out that …

If a person is not getting adequate magnesium, they may go into a marginal state, which can be taken to a depleted state with a certain trauma or excessive physical, emotional, or mental stress.
Nutritional supplement with Omega 3 fatty acids helps people with rheumatoid and other inflammatory forms of arthritis and joint pain. Nutritional supplement with Bromelain, a substance derived from pineapple, has natural pain relieving properties, and reduces pain more effectively with fewer side effects.
Nutritional supplements made of avocado and soybean extracts have found to reduce pain and level …

Maybe you have noticed organic food in the supermarket and wondered what was so special about it. Organic health food is more expensive than conventional food but why is this? Does it taste different and is it better for you?
A Guide to Organic Health Food
Organic produce is grown and processed differently. It will not have been exposed to conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers, food additives, industrial waste, human waste, or ionizing radiation.
Organic livestock is reared without being given antibiotics or growth hormones. It is given a healthy diet. Organic livestock, such …

We all have different criteria for what we consider risky. However, numerous studies have suggested that we tend to perceive familiar products and activities as being less risky and hazardous than unfamiliar ones. If something is familiar, the thinking goes, it is comfortable and safe. But how do we know if something is familiar? We often rely on a simple shortcut: If it is easy to perceive, remember or pronounce, we have probably seen it before. If so, will a product’s name and how easy it is to pronounce, affect …

GUANGZHOU Health Bureau confirmed 46 residents had been taken ill after eating meat from pigs which had been given the illegal food additive ractopamine.
The bureau received reports of food poisoning involving 46 people yesterday and tests on the food showed it contained ractopamine. Three of the victims are still in hospital.
Guangzhou authorities are hunting for the source of the ractopamine.

I just purchased a fantastically fun, easy read from Powell’s books yesterday. The cover caught my attention, “DON’T EAT THIS BOOK, Fast Food and the Supersizing of America,” by Morgan Spurlock who brought us the outsanding documentary, “Super-Size Me.”
In quickly scanning the first chapter, I knew that I would buy the book when I read this paragraph at the end of chapter one:
“Like this book, the epidemic of overconsumption that’s plaguing the nation begins with the things we put in our mouths. Since the 1960’s, everyone has known that smoking …