Waste no Food. Want no Food. Whom can we blame for food waste?

On LinkedIn, Nick Budden opened the floodgates asking how we can prevent food waste. He started out with three premises: We waste more than one-third of our food in the U.S. The largest portion of that waste happens at home. And more than one-third of our food waste is produce. Then the comments started pouring in with one commenter questioning Nick’s premises, others proclaiming that … Continue reading Waste no Food. Want no Food. Whom can we blame for food waste?

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Lessons in Food Chemistry: Chemical Smells

The distance between food science and the food media seems to be growing daily. Food scientists study foods, not just processed foods, but all types of foods. Food chemists describe the composition of food, what happens to raw food during handling, processing, and cooking in a manufacturing plant, restaurant, or home. Food toxicologists and microbiologists investigate the safety of foods from its chemical composition, the … Continue reading Lessons in Food Chemistry: Chemical Smells

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Whom do we want making decisions about the health and safety of our foods?

Has politics so invaded our lives that no topic remains uncontaminated? Even college football is not immune. So, I ask this provocative question— How much should politics or our court system be involved in setting specific food policy? It came up last year in the fight in Congress to reintroduce whole-fat milk into the school lunch program. State legislatures are banning specific food additives or … Continue reading Whom do we want making decisions about the health and safety of our foods?

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Aspartame and other chemicals in my food

More Lessons in [food] chemistry Chemicals! What a nasty word! What horrors that conjures up in our minds! Molecules! A much more pleasant connotation! We certainly don’t want chemicals in our foods! Now molecules, that’s a different story! Particularly those miracle molecules that will improve our health and prolong our lives! In this blogpost I will focus on chemicals that end up in our food—with … Continue reading Aspartame and other chemicals in my food

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What food labels don’t tell us about food by Linn Steward

The Nutrition Facts Label hit the shelves the same year I went back to school to study nutrition. The year was 1994 and I can still remember holding a package of corn chips in my hand with the newly minted label printed in bold black type and thinking to myself – it’s not going to work. As it turns out I was right. The original … Continue reading What food labels don’t tell us about food by Linn Steward

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What can we learn from a food label?

What does the FDA require on a food label? What are the FDA’s goals in setting the requirements? How effective are FDA’s efforts? The answers to these questions are not as simple as they may seem. And the answers keep changing as the FDA tries to keep up with its critics and a changing society. For a food company, a product label seeks to grab … Continue reading What can we learn from a food label?

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Looking back and looking ahead: a food year in review

The concept of ultra-processed foods invaded the minds of almost all Americans during 2023. We have learned that we can now absolve ourselves of all guilt for dietary indiscretions. It is not our fault! It is Big Food forcing us to eat what we know is bad for us! An avalanche of articles on the net and a very popular book revealed the demon that … Continue reading Looking back and looking ahead: a food year in review

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In Defense of Processed Food

It's Not Nearly as Bad as You Think

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