BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug. 6 (UPI) — Food additives used to enhance product shelf life or add color are worth watching out for — especially if a child has allergies — a U.S. food advocate says.
“Studies are starting to show that some of these additives can be harmful — even increasing cancer risk — so as parents and consumers we really need to understand what is in the foods we choose,” Gloria Tsang of HealthCastle.com says in a statement.
Her list of “worst additive offenders” followed by her additive-free replacement suggestions include:
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FDA Issues Pharmaceutical Industry Guidance on Preventing Melamine Contamination
In a guidance issued today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that certain pharmaceutical ingredients used in the manufacture or preparation of drug products should be tested for melamine.
Melamine is a synthetic chemical with a variety of industrial uses including the production of resins and foams, cleaning products, fertilizers and pesticides. If ingested in sufficient amounts, melamine can result in kidney failure and death.
Although the FDA has no reason to believe that the U.S. …

IFIC, The International Food Information Council, is a trade group representing the interests of food, beverage, and agricultural industries mostly in the US. Recently IFIC published a report entitled “2009 Food & Health Survey – Consumer Attitudes toward Food, Nutrition & Health”. The consumer survey was conducted earlier this year and a summary presentation may be downloaded here [PDF].
There are many interesting statistics, but we’d like to first discuss the findings regarding the nutrition fact panel:
According to IFIC, these are the top 3 “challenges” consumers face with the nutrition panel:
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Food Ingredients (FI) India 2008, a two day international exhibition and conference on food ingredients, has been shortlisted for the Association of Event Organisers (AEO) Best Trade Show Under 2,000 m2 Award. Being shortlisted among some strong exhibitions is an honour in itself, said UBM India, the organiser of the event.
Held in Mumbai, in October last year, Fi India 2008 grew by 106 per cent over 2007. It brought together 3,625 attendees with over 100 exhibitors. This year also the event is all set to grow at a similar pace. …

– Collaboration focused on enhancers of sucrose (table sugar), fructose, and Rebaudioside (stevia)
– Firmenich granted rights to commercialize novel Sweet Enhancers for use in all food product fields not currently partnered by Senomyx
      SAN DIEGO, CA AND GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, August 3, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Senomyx, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNMX), a leading company focused on using proprietary technologies to discover and develop novel flavor ingredients for the food, beverage, and ingredient supply industries, and Firmenich SA, the world’s largest privately-owned fragrance and flavor company, announced today that they have entered into a …