Tyson Foods announces new leadership team
Tyson Foods has announced a new enterprise leadership team to propel the company forward and accelerate growth. IFT Daily News
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Tate & Lyle completes energy efficiency project in Tennessee
Tate & Lyle, a global provider of specialty food ingredients and solutions, has opened its new co-generation plant at its corn wet milling facility in Loudon, Tenn. IFT Daily News
Raising dietary potassium to sodium ratio may reduce heart, kidney disease
A study published in the American Journal of Physiology—Endocrinology and Metabolism shows that increasing dietary potassium may be as important to improving the risk factors for cardiovascular and kidney disease … Continue Reading →
Mediterranean diet may decrease pain associated with obesity
A study published in the journal Pain shows that eating a Mediterranean diet may decrease the chances that an overweight person will experience regular pain. IFT Daily News
Maple Leaf Foods to acquire Lightlife Foods for $140 million
Maple Leaf Foods has signed a definitive agreement with Brynwood Partners VI L.P. to acquire Lightlife Foods, a manufacturer and brand of refrigerated plant-based protein foods in the United States, … Continue Reading →
Gluten-free diet may increase arsenic, mercury levels
A study published in Epidemiology suggests that a gluten-free diet may increase blood levels of arsenic and mercury. IFT Daily News
CRISPR patent battle continues
According to an article published in Nature, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hasruled that the Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, … Continue Reading →
Bugeater Foods wins USDA grant to develop cricket pasta
According to the Omaha World-Herald, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) awarded start-up Bugeater Foods, operating out of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Food Innovation Center, $ 100,000 to find new … Continue Reading →
The GMO debate: Science vs. consumer perceptions
At a Chicago Section IFT dinner meeting that took place February 13 in Des Plaines, Ill., two food industry professionals faced off in a debate focused on the controversial issue … Continue Reading →
Rutgers’ IFNH, ProDigest collaborate on digestive health
The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) and ProDigest, a company that develops laboratory models of the complete gastrointestinal (GI) tract of humans and animals in Belgium, … Continue Reading →