As news of the spreading swine flu makes its way across the country today, restaurant operators are no doubt crossing their fingers that this doesn’t turn into the mess they just survived with peanuts and pistachios. Good news is that according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “swine influenza viruses are not […]
A new report released today shows that the beverage industry continues to significantly cut calories in schools two years into a three-year implementation period of the national School Beverage Guidelines. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association, worked with representatives of The […]
The natural and organic food and beverage market is reshaping the way America shops. With products available in every retail outlet, increasingly health-savvy consumers can now easily purchase natural alternatives to processed foods and other mainstream offerings. In the second edition of its report, Natural and Organic Food and Beverage Trends in the U.S., Packaged […]
A study published online today in the International Journal of Obesity shows that eating two eggs for breakfast, as part of a reduced-calorie diet, helps overweight adults lose more weight and feel more energetic than those who eat a bagel breakfast of equal calories. This study supports previous research, published in the Journal of the […]
Eating “better for you” foods rather than dieting appears to be the weapon of choice against the battle of the bulge, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research firm. NPD reports that the percentage of adults on a diet has decreased by 10 percentage points since 1990, while the percentage of Americans eating […]
The debate over menu labeling at the restaurant level is gaining volume as the public at large seems to be pleading for help in the fight against obesity which remains an epidemic nationwide and has aggressively moved into the offspring of America’s baby boomer generation. Obesity rates among children and teenagers have tripled over the […]
INNOVA's new proprietary salt reduction technology has been created to stimulate taste receptors on the tongue to create the perception of salt without the need for high sodium addition. The new product, SaltSavor is effective in a variety of applications that require 25-50% salt reduction. The company claims the product can be used in gravies, […]
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