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.
Hello Halal
11 December, 2006 by Janette Woodhouse | Supplied by: http://www.Halalaustralia.com.au/
The Australian 2006 census figures are not out yet but they will undoubtedly reveal significant growth in domestic demand for Halal products similar to the 40% growth experienced between 1996 and 2001
Everyday beliefs about food refuse to give way to scientific evidence
31 August, 2006
Marieke Saher’s recent doctoral dissertation for the Department of Psychology at the University of Helsinki analyses everyday beliefs about food and health. By these beliefs she refers to people’s ideas about whether certain foods are healthy, what might have caused a stomach upset or whether a medicine really works.
Study reveals latex allergens in packaging
09 August, 2006
A recent study by Leatherhead Food International revealed that up to one third of food packaging may be contaminated with latex and the latex can be transferred to food in some cases. In one unnamed chocolate biscuit, the latex was 20 times the level that instigates a reaction. The wrapper contained 85ng/ml of latex.
Mad cow disease shows sharp drop
21 July, 2006
A United Nations agency reported an annual 50% drop worldwide over the past three years in cases of Bovine Spongiform Encepalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, blamed for causing a fatal degenerative illness in humans.
Investigating the molecular structure of foods
06 July, 2006
Under an agreement signed between the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and CSIRO, scientists will seek to determine the molecular structure of the foods we eat.
The death of Australian tin cans
05 July, 2006
BlueScope steel has announced the closure of its tin mill at Port Kembla following a review of the operation that confirmed the business was no longer viable.
We are eating ourselves to death
06 June, 2006 by Roy Con Foo, CEO, Chr. Hansen Pty Ltd | Supplied by: Chr. Hansen
Although the refrigerated display counters at the supermarkets abound in healthy food items, we are eating an increasingly greater amount of unhealthy foods
Assessment of aspartame study and its safety
08 May, 2006
The AFC panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has evaluated a long-term study on the carcinogenicity of aspartame conducted by the European Ramazzini Foundation in Bologna, Italy.
