Parents in China’s Hunan province have expressed concerns that a study their children participated in served GM rice to the youngster’s without their parent’s knowledge.
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South Australian researchers partner with Italian universities to produce ‘super spaghetti’
Researchers at the university of Adelaide are working in partnership with two Italian universities to try and produce pasta that is better quality and has greater nutritional value for human health.
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Sugar High: How Certain Flavours Act as Antidepressants
Chocolate addicts everywhere have long been aware that the dark stuff increases levels of serotonin, our body’s ‘feel-good’ chemical. But new research has found that certain compounds which help make up the flavour in foods are strikingly similar to chemicals used in mood stabilising drugs.
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Frankenfood or crops of the future? Gaps in the perception of GM food safety
Humans have always faced tricky safety problems with food because we eat plants, which are the most ingenious pesticide chemists on the planet.
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Steggles and Sydney Roosters join forces for children’s charities
Chicken supplier Steggles and NRL team the Sydney Roosters will donate more than $60 000 to and dedicate this Sunday’s match to four children’s charities.
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Four’N Twenty expands product range to combat market pressure
Iconic Aussie pie maker Four’N Twenty is diversifying its product range, as the pressure of the supermarket price wars increases and food manufacturing jobs continue to be lost.
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UK dairy farmers protest price cuts
Dairy farmers in the UK who are facing similar price cut impacts as Australian farmers have vowed to continue protesting about the returns they receive.
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The 5 strangest ways food will be different in future
Food that comes out of a printer, giant skyscraper farms to meet the increased world food demand, drinks made of urine and jelly made out of humans.
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Are people born by caesarean section more likely to be obese?
A study recently published in the British Medical Journal (project Viva) has found that children born by caesarean section have a higher rate of obesity at age three than children born naturally.
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Accessing the market with innovation
“If you combine the over-50’s with the number of people with arthritis or a disability, that means one in two are facing some kind of restriction with opening packages.”
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Robatech, Fallsdell, Proseal & Result Packaging head to AUSPACK PLUS 2013
Robatech, Fallsdell, Proseal Australia and Result Packaging are just some of the companies who will be heading to Sydney for AUSPACK PLUS 2013 and between them they will be showcasing new hot and cold glue technology, MAP in-line tray sealers and new ink jet technology.
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Major food companies targeting low income communities more likely to lead unhealthy lifestyles
A new report has found that major food processors are targeting low and middle income areas with their unhealthy products, armed with the knowledge that consumption of unhealthy foods is higher in amongst those societal groups.
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Edible packaging could reduce waste
A scientist has found a way to reduce packaging waste that creates millions of tonnes of landfill every year: eat the packaging.
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We need plans and education to protect agricultural land: farm group
As the debate over foreign ownership of prime agricultural land and Australia being Asia’s ‘foodbowl’ rages, a new review by a leading farming group has found that the land needs to be preserved.
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Australian food packaging not shelf friendly
More than 70 packaging technologists, engineers and designers came together across three states in one week to look at ways to improve Shelf Friendly Packaging (SFP).
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New invention gets sauces out of bottles as quick as water
A clever scientist in the US has come up with a way to make the process of getting sauces out of their bottles easier and most importantly, quicker.
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Folic acid reduces childhood cancer rates
Folic acid has been proven to reduce the chances of neural tube defects (NTDs) in unborn babies, and now new research has found it could also reduce the most common types of cancers in children.
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Smart label remembers the use-by date you forget
A revolutionary “smart food label” developed by European scientists, which would take the guess work out of use-by labels, could be mass produced by the end of this year, if it gets enough support.
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Federal Government provides $1m funding to improve dairy technology
Dairy Australia has received $1 million from the Federal Government to conduct research to assess energy efficiency on dairy farms nation-wide.
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UNSW, Korea join forces to reduce allergens during food and drink processing
Australian researchers have identified processing techniques which will minimise the adverse effects of allergens in milk and other food products.
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