Hygiene - 38 News

Butter and its alternatives

TÜV SÜD explains

27-Oct-2023 - Where there used to be butter and margarine in the grocery store, consumers today find the most diverse variations. From vegan butter substitutes to so-called blended spreads. In the run-up to the advent baking season, TÜV SÜD provides information on the properties of butter and butter ...

For people with diabetes, healthy eating is not enough if their diet is rich in ultra-processed foods

31-Jul-2023 - An Italian research by the I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed shows that the consumption of highly processedfoods, often industrially manufactured, increases the risk of death for people with type 2 diabetes, regardless of the nutritional quality of their diet. The very first rule for people diagnosed ...

Food safety: plasma instead of chemicals

A new method for cleaning conveyor belts in food production can replace the widely used disinfection chemicals

13-Jun-2023 - Microbial contamination can occur along the entire food processing chain. In order to minimize health risks for consumers, all production processes must be carried out safely. It is therefore common practice to clean conveyor belts with disinfectants, for example in vegetable or meat processing. ...

Sugary Drinks Tax: An Investment in the Health of Our Children

30-Jan-2023 - The introduction of the soft drinks industry levy – the ‘sugary drinks tax’ – in England was followed by a drop in the number of cases of obesity among older primary school children, according to Cambridge researchers. Taking into account current trends in obesity, their estimates suggest that ...

150 years of Melitta Bentz

15-Dec-2022 - On January 31, 2023, Melitta Bentz, the inventor of the coffee filter, would have turned 150. To this day, she remains a role model and driving force for the company she founded: the Melitta Group. Her love of coffee made Melitta Bentz world famous: In 1908, she invented the coffee filter - using ...

Hamburg: Almost two-thirds of wines fail port samples

17-Aug-2022 - More than two thirds of the wines imported into the EU via the port of Hamburg fail food inspections. Thus, 71 percent of 208 controls initiated by the customs and the authority for consumer protection last year were objected to, Petra Grauer, wine expert of the Institute for Hygiene and ...

Transport for London’s junk food advertising restrictions linked to reductions in high fat, salt and sugar product purchases

Policy estimated to have contributed to a 1,000 calorie decrease in energy from unhealthy purchases in consumers' weekly shopping.

21-Feb-2022 - Restricting the outdoor advertising of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods and drinks across the Transport for London (TfL) network is estimated to have significantly decreased the average amount of calories purchased by households every week from these products, according to new research in ...

Wildlife business is a time bomb

New virus outbreak possible

20-Dec-2021 - Two years after the start of the Corona pandemic, the danger of a new virus outbreak continues to lurk in the handling of wild animals in China and Southeast Asia. The risk lies in overcrowded markets, lack of hygiene even during transport, in breeding farms or during slaughter. "It's only a ...

Food monitoring: "Something urgently needs to move"

01-Nov-2021 - The number of food controls in Europe is decreasing. The Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) therefore urgently demands consequences - also against the background of the current sausage scandal. Germs in sausage and meat products, toxic cleaning agents in eggs or untenable hygiene ...

Clean-Label Foods – A New Demand for Processed Food Labeling

Consumers are becoming increasingly health-conscious, leading them to favor ‘natural’ foods over artificial alternatives.

15-Sep-2021 - This poses a significant challenge for the food processing sector. To successfully adapt, it must develop clean-label products – promoting foodstuffs with a simple composition that’s based on natural ingredients. If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that our health is the most ...