COLES brand food and drinks will no longer contain artificial colours or MSG from today, so kids can rest easy.

COLES brand food and drinks will no longer contain artificial colours or MSG from today, so kids can rest easy.

Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): Excessive consumption of phosphate is damaging to health due to which food products containing its additives should be labelled, researchers have recommended.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Compound Feed Market & Feed Additives Market- Global Market Size, Share, ...

Excessive consumption of phosphate is damaging to health. Therefore, food that contains phosphate additives should be labeled, researchers recommend.

Pink slime - a mix of meat trimmings washed in ammonium hydroxide and used in fast food burger patties - churned consumer's stomachs so much; McDonald's banned the slop, according to news reports.

Fiber-fortified products are all over the supermarket. But are these foods actually making you healthier? This question turns out to be one of those places where scientists know a lot less than you may think they do.

Drinking the bubbly zero calorie daily may increase your risk of heart attack and stroke by 44 percent, according to new research of 2,600 older adults over a 10-year span.

Over the past year, I've learned that my calorie-free drink of choice, may be doing more harm than I thought. And so I drank my last diet soda on New Year's Eve 2011

Opinions about artificial sweeteners are as varied as the options. Depending on the source, substituting artificial sweeteners for sugar can be a sweet alternative for a healthier diet. For others, artificial sweeteners literally leave a bad taste in their mouths.

How can you steer your kids toward more healthful beverage choices? Here are some tips.

Gather actually gave me a point today. A WHOLE point! Should I celebrate by... 1) Runing through the house yelling "whoopie!" 2) Going out and gorging myself with Kentucky . . .

In a competitive sucralose market, Tate & Lyle should price the sweetener keenly to ensure significant market share in the future, claims an analyst as the group releases reassuringly dull Q3 results today.

In an ideal world, kids would drink only water and milk in the quantities recommended by dietary guidelines: 16 ounces of nonfat or low-fat dairy for children ages 2 or 3; 20 ounces for children ages 4 to 8; and 24 ounces for anyone 9 and older.

MDG 2010 has provided two key recommendations for this key message. Within each of the following key recommendations, the MDG has provided several tips on how to achieve these recommendations.

Instant ramen noodles are the go-to meal for college students and budget-conscious people everywhere. Theres a certain comfort that comes from a 49-cent bowl of ramen noodles that took a grand total of 4 minutes to make.

Nearly 30 million Americans suffer from the excruciating and often debilitating pain of migraine headaches. For many, the pain lasts for several days and is disruptive enough to interfere with daily activities.

Slip off your shoes and step inside the Arai household, where the kitchen smells of savory katsuobushi and simmering miso broths.

Reducing salt intake will lead to a decrease in blood pressure and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

As Americans are finally accepting en masse that umami really is the fifth specific taste, alongside sweet, salty, sour, and bitter, there has been a push to find ways to introduce that taste as simply as sprinkling in sugar, salt, or lemon juice.

The humble spring roll is found throughout Vietnam but the ingredients, and even its name, differ from region to region

Health researchers found the the levels trans-fatty acids in some Americans' blood decreased by 58 percent between 2000 and 2009. They say it's a sign that the campaigns to ban food products with trans fats have been working.

Few readers liked the idea of regulating sugar, a food that some health officials recently said should be regulated because of its deleterious effects on human health.

ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Blood levels of trans-fatty acids (TFAs) in white adults in the U.S. population decreased by 58 percent from 2000 to 2009 according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published in the Feb. 8 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. This is the first time CDC researchers have been able to measure trans fats in ...

At some point in your life, you may have been told not to judge a book by its cover.

Rejoice, those who love fried foods: eating them may not put you at higher risk for coronary heart disease--if you're frying those foods in olive or sunflower oils.

Eating food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease or premature death, a study has found. Here is the BMJ's editorial on the findings:

A study published this week in the British Medical Journal analyzed data on 40,757 Spanish adults age 29 to 69 who were followed for an average 11 years. Free of coronary heart disease at the beginning of the study, they were asked what they ate and what cooking methods they used, then were tracked to see who developed coronary heart disease and who died.

The amount of trans fat in the American bloodstream fell by more than half after the Food and Drug Administration required food manufacturers to label how much of the unhealthful ingredient is in their products, according to a new study . Read full article >>

The amount of trans fat in the American bloodstream fell by more than half after the Food and Drug Administration required food manufacturers to label how much of the unhealthful ingredient is in their products, according to a new study.

Americans have less trans fat floating around in their blood today than they did 10 years ago, a new study finds.

Americans have less trans fat floating around in their blood today than they did 10 years ago, a new study finds. The average level oftrans fatty acidsin the blood has dropped 58 percent

The nation's leanest state is taking aim at junk food in school cafeterias as it considers the nation's toughest school trans-fat ban.A Colorado House committee was scheduled to hear a bill Thursday to ...

The amount of trans fat in the American bloodstream fell by more than half after the Food and Drug Administration required food manufacturers to label how much of the unhealthful ingredient is in their products, according to a new study. Blood levels of trans fat declined 58 percent from 2000 to 2008. FDA began requiring trans-fat labeling in 2003.

Ban would apply to all food served in Colorado schools, including vending machines and bake sales

To the Editor : Levels of trans -fatty acids (TFAs) in blood come from natural sources, such as milk, and industrial sources, such as partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. Dietary intake of TFAs increases low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and has other adverse metabolic effects.

Tuesday could be celebrated as Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Pancake Day or Paczki Day.

How are they formed? And what's so bad about them? Get the stats on the new fat on the block.

The nation's leanest state is taking its sweet time as it considers a proposal aimed at getting junk food out of schools.

Few readers liked the idea of regulating sugar, a food that some health officials recently said should be regulated because of its deleterious effects on human health.

A new report shows that since 2000, levels of trans fats in Americans' bloodstreams have plummeted nearly 60 percent.

A new report shows that since 2000, levels of trans fats in Americans' bloodstreams have plummeted nearly 60 percent.

High-fructose corn syrup -- the most ubiquitous sweetener in the American diet -- has shared a lot of the blame for the obesity epidemic. Some nutritionists have called for a return to table sugar to sweeten sugar sodas, ketchup, and baked goods after a few studies suggested that the processed corn syrup fostered weight gain more readily than other sweeteners.

Discovered:Fructose doesn't deserve its association with obesity, a new type of Super Earth, a case for extending the smoking ban, and movies make kids want to drink. Fructose does not deserve its association with obesity. This does not mean all those propaganda ads telling us that high fructose corn syrup is"simply a kind of corn sugar" and "natural" were justified. This is just regular ...

Corn syrup, fructose, and other additives can be easily identified in the ingredients section of most nutrition labels. The battle rages on between two sweet contenders: high-fructose corn syrup and sugar.

MONDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The common food and beverage sweetener fructose often gets a bad rap when it comes to causing weight gain, but a new study suggests that it may not be any worse for putting on pounds than other sugars.

Last week's findings of arsenic in organic brown rice syrup may be even more frightening to parents than last year's discovery of arsenic in apple juice. That's because organic brown rice syrup is ubiquitous in natural products -- it's used as a substitute for high fructose corn syrup.

The debate over whether high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is really worse for you than sugar is always popular and heated. A recently-published study suggests for the first time that there is a (slight) difference in the way the body processes HFCS and sugar.

High fructose corn syrup? Dont make me scoff.

A Northern California woman is suing PepsiCo. Inc., Tropicanas parent company, asking a jury to decide whether adding flavoring and aroma makes the companys 100 percent natural claims for its Pure Premium brand deceptive and misleading.

Just in time for its tenth anniversary, SaltWorks Inc. opened a 100,000-square-foot headquarters in Woodinville, Wash. SaltWorks' new facility allows for natural salt flavoring, smoking, cleaning, sizing and packaging.

Industrial ecology is the idea that technical systems exist within the biosphere and not outside of it. That means we, and our activities, are part of nature. We can observe that natural systems reuse materials and have a closed loop nutrient cycle. By extending that principle to industrial activities, we can reduce their environmental impact ? and often save money.

Blue Pacific Flavors, a leading developer and manufacturer of natural and organic-compliant fruit flavors, announces a strategic capital investment by Asia's leading agribusiness group, Wilmar International Limited. Blue Pacific Flavors joins Wilmar International Limited's group of associated companies

People with symptoms of Diabetes can now enjoy a chocolate treat without a negative impact to blood sugar levels in the form of The Doctors Chocolate, offered exclusively by True Healthy Products.(PRWEB) February 07, 2012 Diabetics, dieters or people that are otherwise closely monitoring their blood sugar can now enjoy a carefully formulated ready made treat in the form of The Doctors ...

Tropicana orange juice is heavily processed and made with additives that change the essential nature of the juice, a lawsuit claims.

Watch out for the debatable nutritional claims on these products