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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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USDA issues new Dietary Guidelines

The new USDA/FDA Dietary Guidelines are out, and while many food industry organizations have lauded them, they have provoked some controversy as well. <I>Food Processing's</I> managing editor, David Feder, R.D., provides an analysis.
Post Date: 01/12/2005
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Well Noted: In Praise of Smoothies

<I>Wellness Foods</I> Editor David Feder, R.D., tells tales out of school and the merging of smoothies with meal replacement beverages.
Post Date: 01/04/2005
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Eye on the Pie

Pizza. Americans can’t get enough of it. It’s estimated that three billion pizzas are sold annually in the U.S. That’s 23 pounds per man, woman and child.
Post Date: 01/04/2005
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A Passage to India

Poised to become the next big ethnic trend in North America, the flavors of India are about to make the big leap from restaurants to your supermarket shelves.
Post Date: 12/20/2004
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New Dietary Guidelines Identify Vitamin Shortfalls

As all manner of nutrition and health professionals have scrutinized proposals for the new Dietary Guidelines, it has become clear<FONT size=2>—</FONT>or has it?<FONT size=2>—</FONT>that many Americans aren't getting adequate amounts of certain vitamins.
Post Date: 12/05/2004
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Health Squeeze: We've Got the Juice!

Juices and juice beverages are not what you think. True, they’re delicious, refreshing and thirst-quenching. But Americans are enjoying juices in ways unimagined even a few short years ago.
Post Date: 12/03/2004
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Berries: An Ounce of Prevention

A feast for the eyes as well as the palate, berries have moved beyond their traditional summertime slot to year-round availability, both fresh and frozen.
Post Date: 12/02/2004
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Creation Trends: In setting taste trends, U.S. regions are greater than the sum of their parts

Contributing Editor Marc Halperin guides us toward an appreciation of regional U.S. cuisines "from the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters"
Post Date: 10/15/2004
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Regulatory Issues: What do Europe’s GM regs require?

A conscientious manufacturer will be at a disadvantage against unscrupulous competitors operating anywhere on the planet.
Post Date: 09/22/2004
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Product Spotlight: A vegetarian feast – in your hand

Busy Gen Yers or the flavor affluent will find Forkless Gourmet bun meals interesting and worth another purchase.
Post Date: 09/18/2004
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Pest management with proof

Fruit Growers Supply makes perfect AIB scores with a high-tech pest management system
Post Date: 08/10/2004
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Say nuts to illness, excess carbs

With their year-old health claim, tree nuts are helping to take carbohydrates out of foods and performing other key roles in formulating
Post Date: 08/09/2004
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Editor's Plate: Fear and opportunity in vending machines

Who is better suited to help Americans, especially children, solve the obesity epidemic than the food industry?
Post Date: 08/09/2004
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Rollout: June 2004

New products from Mott's, Kellogg, Fiscalini Farms, Dannon, Kraft/Nabisco and Rosa's Horchata
Post Date: 07/12/2004
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Small companies, big impressions

How Jones Soda, Wawa Dairy and Hirzel Canning outmaneuver the giants in their categories
Post Date: 05/18/2004
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Product Spotlight: Taking peaches upscale

The glass jar brings freshness, nostalgia and cachet to Del Monte Orchard Select Sliced Cling Peaches
Post Date: 05/14/2004
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Regulatory Issues: E.U. issues new GMO regulations

The new rules may represent a step forward -- and the most that any proponent of genetically modified foods can realistically hope for
Post Date: 12/15/2003
Author: David Joy, Contributing Editor

Rollout: December 2003

New products from Fresh Express, Kellogg's, Walkers, Heinz, Betty Crocker and General Mills
Post Date: 12/15/2003
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Regulatory Issues: COOL reception for country-of-origin labeling

Retailers may ask suppliers to guarantee the information is correct and/or indemnify the retailer in the event of an enforcement action
Post Date: 11/15/2003
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