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Food safety crises at smaller restaurant chains can hurt giants
When it comes to a food safety crisis like an E.coli outbreak, little restaurant brands have an outsized influence.
21-Oct-2021
A recent study published in the International Journal of Hospitality Management found that a theoretical crisis at one restaurant made people hesitant to eat at other restaurants even though they were not directly involved in the event. The negative spillover effect was also greater from the ...
Spotlight on the future of food
21-Oct-2021
Personalised Nutrition is the central tool for preventing diet-related diseases, and this was very much in evidence at the third Innovation Summit for Personalised Nutrition, NEWTRITION X. at Anuga in Cologne on 12 October. Invited by the industry network foodRegio e.V., speakers from the world ...
Exploring the global environmental impacts of China's growing demand for food
20-Oct-2021
Ensuring China’s future food security will have huge environmental impacts, both domestically and globally. A study by IIASA researchers and Chinese colleagues shows that carefully designed policies across the whole of China’s food system, including international trade, are crucial to ensuring ...
The rise of permissible indulgence and frozen snacking
19-Oct-2021
Historically, products that tout diet-specific benefits (low calorie, fat, sugar, carbs etc.) yet sacrifice taste, were the standard, in order to live a so-called “healthy lifestyle.” According to Mintel research, 78% of consumers believe snacking can be a part of a healthy diet and 69% want ...
Ranking healthfulness of foods from first to worst
New nutrient profiling system, most comprehensive and science-based to date, clears up confusion to benefit consumers, policymakers
18-Oct-2021
A scientific team at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts has developed a new tool to help consumers, food companies, restaurants, and cafeterias choose and produce healthier foods and officials to make sound public nutrition policy. Food Compass is a new nutrient ...
Americans are eating more ultra-processed foods
18-year study measures increase in industrially manufactured foods that may be contributing to obesity and other diseases
18-Oct-2021
Consumption of ultra-processed foods has increased over the past two decades across nearly all segments of the U.S. population, according to a new study by researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health. “The overall composition of the average U.S. diet has shifted towards a more processed ...
Not even one in two consciously eats a balanced and healthy diet
World Food Day 2021 Study
13-Oct-2021
Healthy eating habits not only make a lasting contribution to general well-being, but also reduce the likelihood of chronic diseases. Accordingly, it should be the goal of all Germans to integrate healthy and balanced meals into their everyday lives. However, a population-representative study by ...
The evolution of the workplace and changing employee attitudes to the 9-5
Hybrid workers embrace anytime working
13-Oct-2021
Poly released a new report outlining the evolution of the workplace and changing employee attitudes to the 9-5. The Poly Evolution of the Workplace reportprovides analysis on the findings of a survey of 7,261 hybrid workers from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Poland and the United Arab ...
Solve food fraud efficiently and cost-effectively
12-Oct-2021
Counterfeit food, in particular false information about geographical origin, causes billions of dollars in economic damage every year. Botanists at the University of Basel have now developed a model that can be used to determine the origin of food efficiently and cost-effectively. Strawberries ...
Microplastics are not a packaging problem
08-Oct-2021
Microplastics have been on everyone's lips for a few years now and - as always - packaging is one of the main culprits for tendentious media and the uninformed public. The Swiss Packaging Institute SVI briefly summarises the known facts here: They show that microplastics are not a packaging ...
