Food Politics

JULY 28, 2023

Increasingly and more urgently concerned about the effects on children of unrestricted marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages, UNICEF and WHO have produced an invaluable manual on why and how governments must act to curb such marketing. We know that food marketing harms children. WHO and UNICEF are on a roll!

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Herber tells Food Tank there is a willingness among farmers to go organic, for the sake of the land, their families. Farmers face a mountain of challenges in transitioning to organic or regenerative practices, from figuring out certification to covering costs, Barkley tells Food Tank. According to the U.S.

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Food Politics

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Late in September, the British government ussued guidance about reducing intake of foods high in fat, salt, and sugar, collectively HFSS. The guidance is based on the provisions of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations of 2021. But this is not always a vote winner with customers.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 22, 2024

While I’m on the topic of AI—a hot issue in the food business—here are a few items I’ve collected recently. AI watch: The latest on artificial intelligence in food: While some fear artificial intelligence spells the end of humanity, others back its potential for positive disruption. How’s this playing out in food and drink?

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Last fall, Ava Taesali opened Kava Queen , Oahus only brick-and-mortar kava bar, after three years of building a loyal following for this traditional beverage at farmers markets in Honolulu. This designation helps sustain Native culture, reassure public health, and encourage state food sovereignty. Despite these findings, the U.S.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Examination , a brand-new news outlet, and the Washington Post jointly published a jaw-dropping article last week about dietitians paid by food and supplement companies to defend and promote their products on Instagram and TikTok. Why jaw-dropping? These and other posts were paid for by the Canadian Sugar Institute. No such luck.

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Food Politics

APRIL 23, 2024

Bernie Sanders (I-VT): NEWS: Sanders and Booker Take on Food and Beverage Industry with New Legislation to Address Childhood Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics. That means banning junk food ads targeted to kids and putting strong warning labels on food and beverages with unacceptably high levels of sugar, salt, and saturated fat.”

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Food Politics

JULY 13, 2023

The World Health Organization has just come out with a new report on protecting children from the harms of marketing unhealthy food to kids. Reductions in the power of food marketing were more often found with: mandatory policies; and policies designed to restrict food marketing to children, including those older than 12 years.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

While PepsiCo’s Doritos chips are popular with gamers, the loud crunch they make has long been a source of frustration.The beverage and snacking giant estimated that 85% percent of U.S. The post Food Science triumph of the week: silencing Doritos appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. Here’s the explanation.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

“Specialty crops” is USDA-speak for fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains—the food plants everyone, including the USDA, recommends for health. The USDA co-sponsored Dietary Guidelines say: A healthy dietary pattern consists of nutrient-dense forms of foods and beverages across all food groups, in recommended amounts, and within calorie limits.

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Food Politics

MARCH 14, 2024

I’m constantly being asked what food will look like in the future, so I’ve been collecting items about new-and-unusual foods headed our way. Do these bode well for the future of food? New Foods New nutritional substitute? The post Foods of the future: Yum? appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle.

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Food Politics

JUNE 15, 2023

I am indebted to the daily newsletter, Food Navigator Europe, for keeping me up to date on the latest developments in European food marketing. Ultraprocessed foods created by AI. The post Innovations in food product development: now we have to deal with AI? appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle.

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Food Politics

JANUARY 22, 2025

The reaction to this from a group of National Agriculture, Beverage and Hospitality Associations is pretty tough. 237 , we propose to require Alcohol Facts label disclosures for alcohol beverages subject to TTBs regulatory authority under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act. The Alcohol industrys reaction to the ICCPUD report.

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Agric4profits

APRIL 3, 2025

Plantain can be eaten raw when ripe, processed into flour to make elubo, a local meal consumed in Nigeria and other parts of the world with soup, and also serves as industrial raw material in firms producing sanitary pads, fabrics and also for the food and beverage industry for making baby foods, biscuits, bread and… Read More » The Various (..)

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Food Politics

APRIL 18, 2024

The USDA has made some changes to food packages for participants in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). What are the WIC food packages? WIC participants receive a monthly benefit from one of seven science-based food packages, according to their life stage nutritional needs.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

NASDA is seeking an Export Readiness Coach to support exhibitors in our A Taste of the States pavilions at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago and the Americas Food & Beverage Show in Miami. This role will help prepare U.S.

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Food Politics

MARCH 27, 2025

Heres a short collection of recent items on the plant-based food market. Plant-based watch: Whats the latest on plant-based in food and beverages :The plant-based industry has faced some serious difficulties in recent years. So, whats next for animal-free foods and beverages.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I’m always surprised when the nutrition community opposes evidence for the association of ultra-processed foods with poor health outcomes. Aldi Stores Ltd [link] Associated British Foods www.abf.co.uk Nomad Foods Europe www.iglo.com PepsiCo UK Ltd www.pepsico.co.uk national dietary guidelines). Front group anyone?

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Food Politics

MAY 1, 2024

I’m having a had time keeping up with all the things the New York City food policy office is doing to improve the city’s food system, so I asked for, and got, an impressive list. The post New York City’s food initiatives appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. Impressive, indeed. Impressive, indeed.

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Food Politics

JANUARY 25, 2024

I learned about this one from Beverage Daily: Unexpected and bold: The iconic nacho cheese taste of Doritos imbued into a first-of-its-kind spirit The Frito-Lay brand has collaborated with Danish flavour innovator Empirical to launch Doritos Nacho Cheese Spirit – a limited edition, multi-sensorial experience that really tastes like nacho cheese….

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Food Politics

APRIL 7, 2025

Thanks again to Jim Krieger of Healthy Food America for sending this one. The conflict-of-interest statement gives the authors affiliations and the lead author, John Sievenpiper, provides another notable disclosure statement of this work for hire (see one of my previous posts on his alliances with food companies).

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Food Politics

JUNE 26, 2023

For this gem I am indebted to an item I read in NutraIngredients-Europe: Oxygen nanobubble drink found to enhance athletic performance, study suggests A new study finds the consumption of an oxygen nanobubble beverage significantly improves the time-to-completion of maximal and submaximal exercises performed by male cyclists….

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NASDA

MARCH 3, 2025

Letter Dear Secretary Rollins: The undersigned participants in the Food Industry Codex Coalition (FICC)1 congratulate you on your recent confirmation as Secretary of Agriculture. Mission in Rome to influence positions on Codex issues at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization or with other countries at bilateral levels.

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Food Politics

JULY 21, 2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. released its annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report last week. The economic recovery from the pandemic has contributed to this, but there is no doubt that the modest progress has been undermined by rising food and energy prices magnified by the war inUkraine.

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Food Tank

MARCH 21, 2025

The next N4G will be in Paris on March 26-28, 2025, and it marks an important occasion to recognize the impact current food systems have on health and amplify the need for the sustainable transformation of agriculture systems. Current food systems struggle to provide healthy diets while sustaining ecosystems.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As public health officials clamor to remove added sugars from food and beverage products, a new study published by the Georgetown University Business for Impact Center signals that there is much heavy lifing ahead (full disclosure: I served as an author of the paper). This will go a long way in helping to clear up consumer confusion.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

. – The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) are celebrating 40 years of working together to support small-to-medium sized food and beverage businesses and increasing exports of U.S. food and agriculture to the world.” food and beverage products.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Perhaps it is an oversight but it omits any mention of biases introduced by funding by food companies. PepsiCo wants dietitians to trust PepsiCo and avoid advising clients to cut back on sugary beverages or salty snacks. The handout gives standard information about how to interpret scientific studies, and useful for that purpose.

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Food Politics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Taste of Water: Sensory Perception and the Making of an Industrial Beverage. Food Studies scholar Christy Spackman proves that, yes, an entire book—-and a riveting one at that—-can be devoted to how water tastes, thereby explaining how it can be turned into a bland commodity with its non-taste sold at exorbitant cost. Just less so.

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Food Politics

APRIL 11, 2024

TOXIC METALS: Toxic metals and essential elements contents in commercially available fruit juices and other non-alcoholic beverages from the United States. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis , Volume 119 , June 2023, 105230. Role of the food source in physiological responses to sugars with an emphasis on fruit and fruit juice.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Try this one: Coca-Cola launches beverage created with the help of artificial intelligence. Similar to other beverages released under the Creations platform , the latest beverage doesn’t promote or reveal a flavor profile, such as cola, cherry or vanilla, but rather a mood or experience.

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NASDA

JANUARY 31, 2024

“A year ago when I began my time at NASDA, I was thrilled to be joining an organization that was tackling both the most exciting opportunities and most difficult challenges , facing the food and agriculture sector today,” Josie said. “As food and beverage companies reach new global markets.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, government agencies are, at long last, taking action on food issues. The letter to American Beverage (formerly the American Beverage Association) gives the “or else.” The post Some good news (for a change) appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. Two examples: I.

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Jayson Lusk

MAY 10, 2023

The latest edition of our monthly Consumer Food Insights survey is now out. The most commonly bout organic food items were organic vegetables and organic fruits, but even for this just over 30% said they often or always bought organic. Virtually no change in food insecurity. Here are some of the main findings.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), as part of its IFAD Research Series, released a report, Overweight and obesity in LMICs in rural development and food systems , along with a literature review. The report finds obesity rates across developing countries to be approaching levels found in high-income countries.

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NASDA

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Letter Dear Mr. President: Our members represent a broad collection of the agricultural and food supply chains that faced severe shipping disruptions due to the East and Gulf Coast port strike that lasted from October 1 through October 3, 2024. While the strike duration was only 3 days, the impact was felt for a much longer period.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

MARCH 24, 2025

GEA has introduced its new patented technology the GEA Direct Sprayer DS 25 for industrial tank cleaning in the food and beverage industry The patented spray technology effectively removes residues from the undersides of agitators, pipes, and flow breakers.

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