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Trans Fat Backlash Spurs Farmers to Consider Healthier Soybean
The New York City Board of Health's decision to ban artificial trans fats in restaurant foods has soybean farmers wondering if they should switch to a new variety of soybeans that produces a healthy cooking oil.
Post Date: 12/14/2006
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Food Makers Get on a Health Kick
PepsiCo, Kraft, and others are making strides in reducing trans fats and producing healthier foods to meet consumer demand.
Post Date: 12/14/2006
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Well Noted: Behold the Power

A visit to the "Power of Five" conglomeration of food shows in Chicago last month left the distinct impression that organic foods "are where it’s at" in terms of innovation and sales growth.
Post Date: 06/05/2006
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Fluid Assets: Liquid Meal Replacements

The line has blurred between functional beverages and meals in a can, but both have come a long way toward providing more whole – and wholesome – nutrition.
Post Date: 04/04/2006
Author: Kantha Shelke, Ph.D., Contributing Editor

Small Indulgences

Consider the snack. For some, it’s a means to stave off hunger — anything will do. For others, it’s an extra opportunity to tack on healthful food choices.
Post Date: 03/31/2006
Author: Kitty Broihier, MS, RD

Well Noted: Tell Me What to Eat

Where nutrition educators are struggling, manufacturers may be succeeding.
Post Date: 02/14/2006
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Trans-Fat Transitions

Decades of evidence finally led to federal regulations calling for labeling trans fat content on the Nutrition Facts panel of packaged foods by January 1, 2006.
Post Date: 08/02/2005
Author: Mike Pehanich

Well Noted: Expert Witness

Everybody's an expert -- or so they seem to think -- when it comes to nutrition. This myopic egotism opens the door to misinformation and a swarm of nutrition fads and crazes, says Editor David Feder.
Post Date: 04/05/2005
Author: David Feder, R.D., Editor

Rollout: The best of April's new food products

Haagen-Dazs sees the light; plant sterols pump up Yoplait; Sargento goes for the bold; Kraft delivers a calcium boost; Coke pushes the throttle; Twist [your] Brain around this!
Post Date: 03/24/2005
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Well Noted: Breaking Down Walls

<I>Wellness Foods</I> exists to be of service to our readers. The same holds true for the <I>Food Processing</I> website and our e-newsletters. But is that message getting through? Editor David Feder tells why he sometimes feels like Rodney Dangerfield.
Post Date: 03/01/2005
Author: David Feder, RD, Editor

Toops Scoops: Power of two

Empty Nesters make a growing and fertile market niche. They love to cook and shop for food.
Post Date: 02/01/2005
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Well Noted: WF Snackdown

Editor David Feder, R.D., wrestles with the question of what makes a snack -- and snacking in general -- "good" or "bad."
Post Date: 02/01/2005
Author: David Feder, R.D., Editor

Whole Foods Market looks to double sales in 5 years

Post Date: 01/31/2005
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Snacks Unbound

We once could have defined the four basic food groups of the snack universe as “sugar, salt, fat and fast.” That definition is expanding while the boundaries are disappearing.
Post Date: 01/31/2005
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Rollout: From spa cuisine to wellness beer

Besides healthful entrees and beer, this month's hot new products include gummi guerillas, pouched seafood, juice-milk blends and spicy jerky.
Post Date: 01/25/2005
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Replacing sugar and fat

Those are top priorities for dieters and the new food pyramid, but more than just fat and calories are lost when they are removed.
Post Date: 01/21/2005
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Market View: Obesity: Take the offensive

Who is more at fault for obesity, the advertising for McDonald’s or the unbearable pressure kids feel from school, peers and parents?
Post Date: 01/10/2005
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Rollout: Bitsy bites, hip dips, protein power

January's product debuts show that while low-carb is on the down-trend, protein sources remain popular. Snacks are being packaged with portion control in mind.
Post Date: 12/27/2004
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Toops Scoops: Something to talk about

Word-of-mouth buzz can shift food industry policy; it did so on trans fats.
Post Date: 11/12/2004
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Editor's Plate: Things everybody wants

It seems the entire country is obese, so there's probably no more critical or far-reaching issue right now than healthier foods.
Post Date: 11/12/2004
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