Property value linked to obesity rates
06 September, 2007
Neighbourhood property values predict local obesity rates better than education or incomes, according to a study published online this week by the journal Social Science and Medicine. For each additional $100,000 in the median price of homes, US researchers found obesity rates in a given ZIP code dropped by 2 %.
Link between aspartame and formaldehyde scaremongering by Soil & Health spokesperson
22 August, 2007
Unsubstantiated scaremongering claims by Soil & Health spokesperson Steffan Browning could cause some people real harm says the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.
Designing superior foods
13 August, 2007
A UK food and material science expert has been awarded a Visiting Fellowship with the Food Futures Flagship, to help design healthier and tastier foods.
Australians getting fatter on healthier food
10 August, 2007 by Keiran Jones
The Australian and New Zealand nutraceuticals market is booming, according to a report by international market research company, Frost and Sullivan
Restaurants salting us to death
02 August, 2007
The Australian Division of World Action on Salt and Health (AWASH) is calling for a major reduction in the salt content of processed and restaurant foods, following a recent report from the American Medical Association (AMA).
Risk-based safety assessment needed for ingredient in NZ baby formula
17 July, 2007
The acting chief executive, Director-General of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) for purpose of section 37 of the Food Act 1981, is advising parents and caregivers that Nutricia Karicare Gold Plus Infant Formula and Follow-On Formula both contain added substances called fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS).
Gluten-free pasta wins AIFST award
25 June, 2007
A process developed by Victorian-based Roma Foods Pty Ltd to make rice and maize gluten-free pasta spirals to export to Italy has won the coveted Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) Incorporated, Food Industry Innovation Award.
Healthy food - a healthy habit
19 June, 2007
Two recent research projects have shed light on how infants develop tastes for particular foods and to what extent older people lose their ability to smell, taste and perceive different foods, spiciness and texture.
Fish oil capsules now in food
13 June, 2007
Microencapsulation technology is being utilised to store healthy omega-3 oils in processed foods, under an agreement between Food Science Australia (FSA) and the Clover Corporation.
Beer as a natural energy resource
11 May, 2007
A joint project between the University of Queensland (UQ) and Foster's to produce electricity from beer wastewater has won $140,000 from the Queensland Government's Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund.
Australian children undertake physical activity survey
21 February, 2007
One of the most important surveys of children ever to be undertaken in Australia is occurring nationally with thousands of phone calls to families across Australia inviting them to participate.
IADSA keeps up the fight for key additives in food supplements
13 February, 2007
The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) has pledged to continue fighting to retain key additives used in food supplements in the Codex ‘General Standard for Food Additives’ list this year.
Marinade and stir-fry sauces
12 February, 2007 | Supplied by: Kikkoman Australia Pty Ltd
Three marinade and stir-fry sauces have been released by Kikkoman.
Fiddling with functional food
09 February, 2007 by Janette Woodhouse
In Third World countries, the value of the market for nutritional supplements is just under double that for functional foods. However, in the affluent First World, the functional food market is greater than the supplement market
Nutrition studies' conclusions tied to funding source
10 January, 2007
A systematic analysis of the medical literature shows that nutrition studies'' conclusions correlate with who funds them – much like the bias found for pharmaceutical studies, but with potentially greater public health implications.
