Which do you think has the most chemicals in it: your garage or your child’s Easter basket? The answer may surprise you, because brightly colored Easter candies are often full of synthetic food dyes and artificial flavorings.
Although these foods are colorful and fun, “parents and teachers alike attribute excessive motor activity and other disruptive behaviors to candy consumption,” cautions Anju Sharma, a pediatric dietitian with Medical City Children’s Hospital in Dallas. And, she adds, “There have been problems concerning the safety of some of these chemicals [additives and colorings], including …

Few college students have been privileged to taste the creaminess of non-homogenous milk. As a matter of fact, the current generation of college students has grown up eating supermarket industrialized foods and has rarely had the pleasure of tasting homegrown produce or locally pasteurized dairy.
The majority of the food in supermarkets is full of preservatives, and the consumer does not know where the food was produced, what chemicals were used, who has handled the goods or where or how the food has been transported. When it comes to quality and …

The Center for Food Safety of Hong Kong announced Monday that it tested 4,600 food samples in January and found 51 to be unsatisfactory.
Apart from the four unsatisfactory samples of Lunar New Year food earlier, a pickled plum and a red date sample were found to contain preservative sulphur dioxide exceeding the legal limit, the center said in a statement.
Apart from the unsatisfactory samples of 20 fresh beef and one preserved Chinese sausage earlier, 15 fresh beef samples were found to contain sulphur dioxide. Two samples of smoked pork sausage …

Recently, through the sampling inspection for 62 batches of alcoholic beverage, Guangdong related departments found that nearly one third of foreign wines were unqualified. The unqualified wines existed overdose utilization of preservative and sweetening agent.
Similarly, in 2007, Jianxing and Wenzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau seized batches of unqualified wines and requested transporting the unqualified wines back to the regional places. 7308 bottles of them were French wines. And last year, Zhuhai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau captured a batch of unqualified imported dry red wine which existed overdose of lead.
The …

This recent NY Times article brings to light the potential danger of passing food fears along to our children.
In this age of nutritional enlightenment, it’s easy for parents to become hypervigilant about what their children ingest. From salt, to sugar, to food dyes and other artificial ingredients, children are more aware about what they put in their mouths and how it affects them than ever before.
This in turn, if not monitored, can lead children to avoid foods entirely and harbor irrational fears about eating “bad” foods. This is a far …

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, MO – Health magazine recently named Panera Bread the healthiest restaurant in the fast food restaurant category in the country. In the March issue, Panera was praised for offering customers the choice of apples or baked chips as a side item, Panera’s You Pick Two® half-size soups, salads and sandwiches, and antibiotic- and hormone-free chicken options. The expert judging panel also recognized Panera’s children’s items including squeezable organic yogurt, PB&J (with all-natural peanut butter) and grilled organic cheese on white whole-grain bread.
“It is truly an honor to be …

The following information was provided by the Buffalo County Extension Office:
Trends can be regional, cultural and socio-economical. Areas most affected by the economic turndown will create trends based on food costs and supply.
One trend is back to basic home cooking. Recipes using six or less ingredients, with detailed information on how to prepare the ingredients using basic cooking techniques. How to store food properly so less is thrown out.
Interest in nutritional ingredients like antioxidant potent spices – cumin, cinnamon and turmeric. Foods fortified with pre- and pro-biotics and omega-3 rich foods like …

The food safety issues that have made headlines in recent months will be among the hot topics addressed by researchers during the Executive and Technical Series of the 2009 World Tea Expo at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, May 2-4.
Launched at last year’s Expo, the Executive and Technical Series (or ETS) is a high-level conference with content for top executives, research scientists, ingredient managers and product formulators of large companies. It runs concurrently with the Expo but features exclusive sessions, meals and networking for ETS attendees only. Responding …

natural and organic food
Organic food has been around for many generations. The term organic, however, did not come about until the mid 1960’s. Organic food is basically when no additives, preservatives, or pesticides are used in the food during growth or production. The older generations grew organic food when they had large gardens that fed the big families. In today’s society, however, growing a garden has become almost extinct. Organic food has seen a revolution that has put fresh food back on the plates of people.
Fresh organic food is now …

Last year overturned out to be the poorest in history for pet food recalls. While there is no way to be 100% destined that a pet food is not rotten or will be recalled, there are whatever red flags to countenance for when selecting your dog’s or cat’s food. Avoiding these ordinary pet food ingredients can greatly meliorate your ratio in purchase a healthy, innocuous pet food.
Judging the country or the nutritional continuance of a pet food starts by ignoring the advertising, the price of the pet food, and ignoring …