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Berlin food
fromTasting Table
12 hours ago

Aldi's Plan To Cut More Ingredients Has Some Shoppers Skeptical - Tasting Table

Aldi is removing 44 ingredients from its products to enhance transparency and respond to customer demand for clean ingredients.
Silicon Valley food
fromTasting Table
5 days ago

Have Your Favorite Foods Gotten Worse? Some Shoppers Are Suspicious Of Secret Tweaks From Major Brands - Tasting Table

Many classic foods have changed recipes, leading to altered tastes that consumers have noticed and discussed online.
SF food
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

Attention, Vegans: This Red-Flag Ingredient Might Be Hiding In Your Favorite Chewing Gum - Tasting Table

Lanolin, derived from sheep, is often an undisclosed ingredient in chewing gum, posing concerns for vegans.
SF food
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

The Food Label That Often Misleads Even Savvy Shoppers - Tasting Table

'Multigrain' labels can be misleading, often containing little to no whole grains, while 'x-free' labels do not necessarily indicate harmful ingredients.
fromRealagriculture
3 weeks ago

Cattle sector seeks workable path forward on traceability

"Quite simply, we didn't think that the regulations hit the mark in really addressing the risk with a reasonable cost or burden," says Fulton, noting concerns about duplication with existing provincial systems, such as livestock inspection in Western Canada.
Canada news
Public health
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 weeks ago

Dietary supplement makers push the FDA to allow peptides and other new ingredients

Dietary supplement makers seek FDA expansion of ingredient types to include peptides and probiotics, potentially increasing marketing opportunities.
Agriculture
fromRealagriculture
1 month ago

CFIA delays new labelling requirements for bulk fertilizer until 2027

CFIA delays new labelling requirements for bulk fertilizer to July 31, 2027, allowing more time for industry discussions.
Exercise
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

All Kinds of Drinks Have a Strange New Number on Their Label. Here's What It Means-and Why You Should Take It Seriously.

Protein-enhanced beverages are rapidly expanding across all drink categories, from coffee and smoothies to alcoholic beverages, targeting health-conscious consumers seeking convenient nutrition.
Agriculture
fromEarth911
1 month ago

What Is Fair Trade Worth?

Fair Trade certification ensures smallholder farmers producing nearly half the world's food receive premium prices and improved livelihoods through ethical supply chain practices.
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Half of Top-Selling Supplements Don't Contain What's on the Label. This Company Has a Solution.

When you purchase the top-selling creatine gummies on Amazon, you expect to get what you pay for. But a recent study found that four out of six popular brands contained virtually no creatine at all. In the case of the worst offender, customers would need to consume 2,000 gummies to get the advertised 5-gram dose. Still, combined these products sell over 50,000 units monthly and boast 4.4+ star ratings.
Public health
Everyday cooking
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

Why You'll Probably Want To Avoid This Popular Type Of Meat At The Grocery Store - Tasting Table

Pre-marinated packaged meats compromise texture and contain excessive sodium and phosphates, making homemade marinades a healthier alternative despite requiring more time.
fromMedium
1 month ago

Folding in Traceability

In enterprise commerce, totals don't drift because someone forgot algebra. They drift because reality changes: promos expire, eligibility changes when an address arrives, catalog data updates, substitutions happen, and returns unwind prior discounts. When someone asks "why did the total change?" you need more than narration. You need evidence - a trail of facts you can replay and a pure computation that deterministically produces the same result.
Scala
Food & drink
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Why food fraud persists, even with improving tech

Counterfeit honey is widespread, difficult to detect, economically damaging to beekeepers, and often indistinguishable from genuine honey using current testing methods.
fromDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
2 months ago

Report: Sustainability Must Be Embedded Into Core Buying Practices to Drive Change

"Ironically, many if not most of these 'sustainability' projects remain disassociated from companies' core procurement strategies, meaning the coffee produced from these projects is not necessarily bought by the companies involved, or only in minimal quantities," the paper states. "And for the coffee that is purchased, prices do not factor into the project design, despite the fact that price is the single variable impacting farmer income that is in the direct control of companies."
Coffee
Environment
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Tide spent 10 years turning laundry detergent into a tile. Please don't eat it

Tide developed Tide evo, a pre-dosed, fabric-like detergent tile that's a 100% concentrated, fiber-based formula that dissolves in water and reduces packaging emissions.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

This Subtle Food Packaging Red Flag Is Easy To Overlook - Tasting Table

Many food marketing terms are vague, unregulated, and can mislead consumers; trust ingredient and nutrition panels over comparative or subjective marketing claims.
Public health
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Companies can now claim 'no artificial colors' if they add plant-based color to food

FDA permits "no artificial colors" claims for products free of petroleum-based dyes even if they contain naturally derived color additives.
Food & drink
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Infant formula batch recall over toxin discovery

A specific Aptamil First Infant Formula 800g pack (EXP 31-10-2026) is recalled in the UK due to cereulide toxin that can cause vomiting.
#food-safety
Public health
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

Food Safety Changes You Can Expect In 2026 - Tasting Table

The FDA plans significant food safety reforms in 2026, including stricter regulations on artificial colors, additives, and chemicals to align U.S. standards more closely with international practices.
Food & drink
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Expert Analysis

Ultra-processed foods are widely accessible, shelf-stable products facing increasing regulatory, legal, and reputational scrutiny as authorities move to define and regulate UPFs.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

More baby formula products recalled over toxin fears

Getty Images Another recall notice has been issued in the UK for baby formula over potential contamination, with food safety experts asking parents to check batches they have at home.
Public health
Food & drink
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Target will remove cereals with synthetic colors by end of May

Target will eliminate synthetic colors from all cereals by end of May, with 85% of cereal sales already synthetic-color-free, requiring reformulation from major brands like General Mills and WK Kellogg.
Food & drink
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Food firms urge Europe not to ban calling non-meat products sausages'

Food companies urge EU not to ban terms like 'sausage' and 'burger' for plant-based products, saying labels inform consumers and a ban harms producers.
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