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Tomorrow’s consumers

  • Friday, 16 November 2012
  • research
Puratos Group, the Belgian manufacturer of baking ingredients from Groot-Bijgaarden, has surveyed 6,400 consumers worldwide on consumer behavior and their attitudes to food. The findings: consumers are inconsistent. Healthy and pleasurable, global ye...Read more …

Fast food: Salt content differs from one country to another

  • Wednesday, 6 June 2012
  • research
Researchers (Canadian Medical Association Journal, online) report differences, some considerable, between fast food products with the same name depending on the country in which they are sold. According to this report, Chicken McNuggets at McDonald's...Read more …

Lantmännen survey: Bread trends anno 2011

  • Monday, 19 December 2011
  • research
The Lantmännen Unibake Company from Horsens, Denmark, has investigated international consumer habits and preferences when buying bread. According to this Bread Barometer survey, the trend arrow points especially to whole grain products and on-the-go...Read more …

Fat as a sixth taste?

  • Monday, 5 September 2011
  • research
A further study in search of the sixth taste seems to confirm that fat is perceived through the taste buds on the human tongue. These latest results come from the scientists at the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE). According to researchers ...Read more …

Study: Breakfast including almonds may help to maintain fullness

  • Tuesday, 26 July 2011
  • research
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  A study published in February 2011 in cooperation with Purdue University, West Lafayette, and Indiana University, Indianapolis, both USA, found that the addition of whole almonds to the breakfast meal significantly increased satiety, and decre...Read more …

System finds toxic substances in cereals

  • Thursday, 21 July 2011
  • research
The Research Association of the German Food Industry (Forschungskreis der Ernährungsindustrie, FEI), Bonn, Germany, stated in a press release that there is ongoing research due to the finding of toxic substances in situ in cereals. With this system,...Read more …

Study: French are sweet on snacks

  • Thursday, 26 May 2011
  • research
According to the first results of the French Nutrinet-Santé study, 61% of the participants have admitted that they snack regularly or occasionally. Women are the biggest consumers of cakes, sweets and pastries. For a regular nibbler, the calorie int...Read more …

FAO studies at the SAVE FOOD congress

  • Wednesday, 11 May 2011
  • research
The provisional results of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) research on global food losses and waste are now available. They prove that given the fact that resources are becoming more and more scarce around the world, it is more effective ...Read more …

EFSA criticizes acrylamide levels

  • Friday, 6 May 2011
  • research
A scientific report of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy, says that, on comparing data from 2009 with 2007, a trend towards lower acrylamide levels was detected only in crackers, infant biscuits and gingerbread. Meanwhile, the l...Read more …

Eat as a family, feel like a family

  • Wednesday, 12 January 2011
  • research
As part of its ongoing commitment to bringing families together, Barilla S.p.A. from Parma, a top Italian food company, has joined with Family Circle, which is dedicated to offering moms of teens and tweens helpful advice and delicious recipes, to ex...Read more …