Issue Archive

Toops' Scoops: Grilling more popular than ever
One reason for grilling’s popularity: people trying to eat healthier.

Kraft’s ‘do-over’ for bagels and cream cheese

Kid-friendly mini pasta … and a book

Ingredient Round-Up: Fiber
June's Ingredient Round Up gets to the bulk of healthy eating with Fiber.

What will we do when R-22 is phased out?
Proper planning for the phase-out of R-22

The ‘new’ FMI Show rolls the dice in Vegas
The first show outside of Chicago in 26 years draws few big food companies.

Strawberries, granola hide the fiber

Frito-Lay begins pinching salt

A new wrap on lunch

Chex adds new variety

Lessons from the snack packers
Snack food manufacturers are some of the most innovator packagers. Portion control, convenience and sustainability are driving their changes.

Consumer Taste Test: Double the fiber, double the fun
Pepperidge Farm does its competitors one serving better, delivering a tasty whole-grain bread that might take some getting used to.

Food Biz Kids: A great bagel topper
Combining yogurt and cream cheese is a winning combination

Let’s bring back a grand grocery products show
The rise and fall of the FMI Supermarket Show

The Trends: Another cola war brewing?
Red Bull’s entry heats up the flat category of carbonated soft drinks

June 2008 Equipment Round Up: Metal detection and inspection
June's Equipment Round Up brings metal detection and x-ray machines from manufacturers such as Anritsu Industrial Solutions, Cognex Corp, InspX LLC, S+S Inspection Inc. and Loma Systems

Alcohol and postmenopausal women
According to researchers at the National Cancer Institute, alcohol consumption (regardless of the type of alcohol) is linked to an increased risk of the most common type of breast cancer in postmenopausal women

Rollout: Best New Products of June 2008

Ensuring the safety of ingredients
The supply chain is in the capable hands of processors

Feeding Baby
The growing trends in healthful foods finally spilled over to better foods for babies and toddlers

A pregnant pause
According to researchers at Yale University, indulging in chocolate during pregnancy could help ward off preeclampsia

Vitamin D deficiency and PAD
HealthDay News reports people with low blood levels of vitamin D were found to have a higher incidence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), potentially dangerous blockages in the leg arteries

Togetherness is the key
Does dinner-time television watching lead to poor eating habits? Not so says this survey

Vegetarians by the numbers
Vegetarianism in America study unveils that some 3.2 percent of U.S. adults, or 7.3 million people, follow a vegetarian-based diet. What does that mean for you?

New CEOs mean New Directions
Fourteen of the 15 largest food companies have changed CEOs in the past three years. Here’s a look at how seven of them will change the food industry.

The Lure of lignans
We’ve been putting flax on our cereal as a plant source of highly valuable omega-3 fatty acids, but look for the word lignan to begin popping up on labels of foods with added flax, much as isoflavones became the reason for our expanded appetite for soy products.

Renovating for energy efficiency
Environmental sustainability and its little brother, energy efficiency, drive many current plant renovations.

Probiotic bacteria could help prevent allergies
According to researchers at the University of Helsinki, exposing pregnant mothers and infants to probiotic bacteria could help stimulate the growth of the immune system and play a role in preventing allergies

Can diet affect gender of offspring?
Boy or girl? Sugar or low-cal? Study shows link between conception and food consumption

Plant closings for Tyson and Dean Foods
Closings eliminate nearly 190 jobs

Dr Pepper Snapple Group debuts
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. premiers May 7 with after demerger from Cadbury Schweppes PLC