and Danone Nutricia Research have shown the effect of a fermented milk product containing probiotics on the gut microbiota using a novel high resolution bioinformatics tool.
Building on these new technologies teams from INRA and Danone Nutricia Research succeeded in analyzing for the first time with great accuracy the effects of consuming a fermented milk product containing probiotics such as Bifidobacterium lactis on gut bacteria.
The new findings are sophisticated based on inelastic neutron-scattering experiments performed on several samples of barium iron nickel arsenide at the PUMA triple axis spectrometer at TUM's Heinz Maier
General mills funded a broad study on the impact of whole grains on immunity. As part of the study Radford wanted to know
and his collaborators from the Nestle Research Centre Lausanne Switzerland simulated cocoa pulp fermentation in the laboratory.
Our specific motivation is to learn where to best target agricultural efforts to slow global warming said Phil Robertson director of MSU's Kellogg Biological Station Long-term Ecological Research Program and senior
Sunchipsâ Kellogg'sâ popped chips or Kashi'sâ black bean chips are also tasty yet less indulgent snacking options Kizer says.
The porous carbon powder he settled on has massive surface area and turns the neat trick of converting gaseous carbon dioxide into solid polymer chains that nestle in the pores.
and Michal Maimaran of the Kellogg School of management at Northwestern University demonstrate that telling children that food will help them achieve a goal such as growing strong
The Kellogg Company purchased the Pringles brand in 2012. Olestra is a fat that passes through the body
The article based on research conducted over 25 years at the Kellogg Biological Station in southwest Michigan further reports that Midwest farmers especially those with large farms appear willing to change their farming practices to provide these ecosystem services in exchange for payments.
and six coauthors associated with the Kellogg Biological Station which is part of the Long term Ecological Research Network.
when shown Mcdonald's and Burger king children's advertising images depicting that product. Sliced apples in Burger king's ads were identified as apples by only 10 percent of young viewers;
instead most reported they were french fries. Other children admitted being confused by the depiction as with one child who pointed to the product
and said And I see someâ#are those apples slices? The researcher replied I can't tell youâ#you just have to say what you think they are.
In 2010 Mcdonald's and Burger king began to advertise apples and milk in kids meals. Sargent and his colleagues studied fast food television ads aimed at children from July 2010 through June 2011.
Of the four healthy food depictions studied only Mcdonald's presentation of apple slices was recognized as an apple product by a large majority of the target audience regardless of age.
which found that Mcdonald's and Burger king children's advertising emphasized giveaways like toys or box office movie tie-ins to develop children's brand awareness for fast food chains
despite self-imposed guidelines that discourage the practice. While the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal trade commission play important regulatory roles in food labeling
formerly of Apple and Pepsico, who met Vu at a dinner and received an impromptu product demonstration.
The writer offers the example of Unilever, which started collecting sustainability information for peas come 1997.
The article quotes David Pendlinton, Unilever's sustainable agriculture program coordinator: In those early days it was impossible,
Among the big businesses focused on its developments are representatives of Bayer Cropscience, General mills, Pepsico and Walmart.
Just this week, for example, Mcdonald's announced it would automatically include produce or a low-fat dairy option in every Happy Meal that it sells starting in September 2011.
Mcdonald's announcement comes on the heels of the launch of the voluntary Kids Livewell Campaign by 19 national restaurant chains.
Serving on the panel were Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia director Viviane Victorine Kinyaga, Pepsico chief executive Indra Nooyi and Unilever chief executive Paul Polman.
Indra Nooyi Pepsico is a $60 billion company in 200 countries in world. It's one of the largest seed-to-shelf companies in the world (potatoes
Pepsico has improved potato crop yields while decreasing the amount of water needed for irrigation. That's just one of the high-level takeaways shared by Ian Hope-Johnstone, director of agricultural sustainability for Pepsico global operations, with whom
I recently chatted about mobile technology and its agricultural uses. The icrop experiment--highly dependent on various mobile technologies including notebooks,
handhelds and wireless sensors--is being spearheaded by Pepsico and Cambridge university on a pilot basis, as part of the food company's overriding agenda to develop an integrated crop management system that will help the company reduce the carbon emissions
and water consumption associated with its agricultural operations by 50 percent over the next five years.
So-called precision agriculture of the type being embraced by Pepsico could help reduce water usage by up to 50 percent
He cites the example of a baby-food company that messed with the tray and shrink style of its boxes,
The list of companies that have collaborated with d. school on projects include Visa, Motorola, Google and Pepsico. And recruiters at companies such as Google,
Beverage giants offer water footprint insightsin conjunction with last week's worldwide push to champion sustainable water consumption practices, Pepsico and the Coca-cola Company have published extensive
The Pepsico one, entitled Water Stewardship: Good for Business. Good for Society, amplifies the water stewardship goals that the company outlined in April 2010
Another big theme for Pepsico is water balance, that is, the idea that it can use technology
This year Pepsico (and Coca-cola, too, as you'll read in a minute) started working with the Nature Conservancy on initiatives focused on water balance.
It also distributes other coffee products including Starbucks and Mcdonald's. The project will use a mostly renewable
Elmore is helping food companies and communities reclaim those losses, while also helping give rise to new industries, from compost haulers to app makers.
Atlanta food companies are managing to save thousands of dollars a month in hauling and disposal fees
Food companies understand, and we make this our primary pitch to them, that this is not just about the environment,
Dole food Company donating salad bars to schools Fenugreen Freshpaper keeps produce fresh for longer Ripeness sensor developed to monitor produce
Folks like Coca-cola, Pepsico, Inbev, Nestle, Heineken. But they're also folks like GE. We've set a goal of 25 percent reduction across our company.
If a big company like Conagra were to make the switch, the impact would be felt across the economy.
My goal had been to work for a food company and develop food products for them, which is did what I for about 16 years.
In India, Mcdonald's to open first ever veggie outlets in sacred spotsdelhi--Fast food giant, Mcdonalds Corp,
These will be Mcdonald s first vegetarian joints in the world. The fast food giant has been operating in India since 1996.
 Srivastava, who works at a nonprofit organization in Delhi, finds going to Mcdonald s always a bit of fun.
has made its way to KFC, Subway, Dominoes and Pizza hut. These chains have grown as more Indians can afford to eat out.
But Mcdonald s 270 outlets in India are a small fraction of its 33,000 outlets worldwide.
Mcdonald s non-vegetarian menu in India excludes beef and pork. Hindus, who consider the cow sacred
The New york times calculates Mcdonald s accounts for 3 percent of beef consumption in the United states, which works out to 1. 37 million cows per year killed for Mcdonald s in the United states alone.
Which is perhaps why some right-wing Hindu groups are creating a fuss about Mcdonald s setting-up shop near religious sites.
Å It s an attempt not only to make money but also deliberately humiliate Hindus, Â S. Gurumurthy,
Srivastava, however, doesn t see how a Mcdonald s opening up near Vaishno Devi Šhumiliates  Hindus.
ŠSo it s okay to eat at Mcdonald s in Delhi but not in Vaishno Devi  doesn t make sense to me.
 ŠI don t think most people who eat in Mcdonald s are even aware about killing cows in America or wherever,  continued Arora,
Since Mcdonald s fare is regarded widely as unhealthy, critics see it as a misfit in the healthier vegetarian food club as well as a poor challenge to tradition Indian fast-food.
Mcdonald's is the global emancipator. May its benevolence spread far and wide, Â he writes to Rao s argument.
Ritesh Kumar, owner of Ritesh Chat Bhandar, a shop selling Indian fast food in Delhi, doesn t see Mcdonald s as a challenge to his business.
Conagra Foods for example, was the first North american company to incorporate post-consumer recycled plastic into its frozen meal trays.
Veolia offer twist on smart water management The philosophy behind Molson Coors beerprint Tech giant LG extends into water treatment Pepsico,
management tips from Intel Pepsico grant supports clean water in rural China Many businesses blind to water risks
Companies like Tyson foods, Smithfield foods and Archer daniels midland have grown fat on our current system of subsidies. So have our fast food chains.
No, it's Mcdonald's. The video above, a 20-year old Happy Meal commercial, is from happier times.
a growing public backlash against Mcdonald's, driven in part by health advocates, and culminating last week in the Center for Science in the Public interest threatening to sue the company over its Happy Meals.
But regular readers of this blog know the issue goes beyond Mcdonald's, to the idea of cartoons being used to sell unhealthy choices,
Mcdonald's tried to dodge all this by making apple slices an option, next to french fries, in its meals.
It lies with Mcdonald's taking up the carrot being offeredâ in Santa clara and seizing an opportunity.
Mcdonald's might make up for any loss by adding premiums (for teens or adults) to larger meals geared to bigger bodies.
Mcdonald's actually has tried to be a good corporate citizen in the past. It added salads to its menu.
Mcdonald's will take that up. The pressure will remain, but this is not going to turn into a war between fast food and health.
Mcdonald's puts more money into research than any company in its industry. I think they can do it
New york University nutrition professor Marion Nestle shows how a lack of regulation could ripple through the food chain:
Nestle also questioned the ability for regulators to prevent pollen from GM CROPS to contaminate organic crops nearby.
beverage giant Pepsico has developed a green bottle that is designed to be recyclable AND that is made from plant-sourced materials including switch grass, orange peels and potato peels.
and Pepsico. The new bottle will use the bio-based materials to reproduce the molecular structure that is used in petroleum-based polyethylene terephthalate (aka PET),
This isn't the first innovative thing that Pepsico has done with packaging. Several of its product lines, including Aquafina
The real target of the new Pepsico bottle, of course, is the Coca-cola Plantbottle, which was licensed recently by Heinz to replace its classic ketchup bottle.
After Pepsico gets the bottle on shelves with its own products, I wouldn't be surprise to see it move to license the technology to other consumer products companies.
Packaging definitely is a big deal for the major consumer products companies, but there is still much to be done along the lines of consumer education.
Pepsico goes off the water gridthe potato is about 80 percent water. The potato chip? Well, by the time the potato becomes a crispy chip,
That's what Pepsico hopes to do in four of its Walkers'Crisp factories in the United kingdom. Walkers boasts that all of its potatoes come from The british countryside,
The Guardian quotes Walter Todd, Pepsico's vice president of sustainability in Europe: Water is still an emerging issue.
orange juice for our Tropicana brand and oats for Quaker oats. There has been a risk assessment at a high level
According to Pepsico, Walkers'biggest factory cut its water usage by 42 percent between 2001 and 2007.
Pepsico says it will also experiment with different types of potato that require less water to grow.
Pepsico and Flickr/Debs Koritsas Via:
Pepsico invests in growing healthy snacks segment in Mexicomexico CITY--Pepsico has chosen one of the world's fattest nations-Mexico-as a home base for the development of its global healthy snacks initiative.
The food and beverages company is pumping $30 million annually into its Mexican subsidiary in an effort to bolster the health profile of its products
and marketers of healthier snacks are hoping to piggyback on the promotion from the public sector. Pepsico's new $20 million Global Center for Innovation in Baking
and the creation of innovative options that meet changing consumer preferences both in Mexico and globally, said Pepsico Mexico spokeswoman Monica Bauer in an emailed response to questions.
The center is part of Pepsico's commitment announced in 2009, to invest $3 billion in Mexico over five years.
Pepsico Mexico, which operates as Sabritas SRL de CV, produces the top five selling brands in the Mexican sweet and savory snacks category;
But Pepsico says its Doritos and Ruffles snack brands have 30 percent to 35 percent less fat than traditional varieties.
Pepsico's leadership has come under fire recently for training its focus on nutritious products at what critics say has been at the expense of its core soda business.
who took the helm of Pepsico in 2006, has set a goal of more than doubling revenue from healthier snacks to $30 billion by 2020.
Pepsico has reduced spending on the marketing of its soda brands, and soda sales have flagged. The company is undergoing a strategic review of its businesses;
Pepsico's investment in Mexico, however, points to the potential growth market that Latin america represents in the nutritious snacks category.
Pepsico rolls out intelligent crop management tech to farmerspepsico on Tuesday announced that it would deploy its new intelligent crop management technology to its farmers around the world.
said Pepsico U k. and Ireland president  Richard Evans in a statement. The American food and beverage giant--Quaker
That's important because of Pepsico's largesse in the agriculture space. In the U k. alone, it's the largest purchaser of domestic potatoes and a top buyer of local oats and apples.
help food companies spot check and confirm the origins of the ingredients more cost-effectively. In effect, Picarro's technology can be used to double-check that what the label
Picarro expects food companies to use its technology to prove the authenticity of food origins, and the company is already working with a number of the larger ones.
Danone, the manufacturer of Aptamil and Cow And gate baby milk powder, said most supermarkets were introducing a restriction of two cans per customer.
"Retailers were also capping sales of Nestle's SMA milk, despite the company saying there were no stock shortages.
Danone said in a statement:""We understand that the increased demand is being fuelled by unofficial exports to China to satisfy the needs of parents who want Western brands for their babies."
Danone said it was taking action to respond to the shortfall in the UK, including increasing production of milk,
Boosting production Danone is also increasing production and supplies of its brands that are already available in China,
However, Nestle insisted there were no shortages of its formula milk available to retailers. The company said:"
Contrary to reports, Nestle UK has requested never that retailers limit the supply of SMA powdered infant milks sold to consumers
Archer daniels midland, Syngenta, Dupont, and Monsanto, carefully avoid addressing the root causes of the food crisis. The"solutions"they prescribe are rooted in the same policies
And Nestle Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe also cited rising production of biofuel and the high subsidies it receives as the direct cause of rising food prices. oethe only difference is that with the food market you need 2,
In many cases, the biggest food companies themselves do not know how they perform on these issues,
General mills was at the bottom of the ranking. Commentsview/Create comment on this paragraphin addition to this lack of transparency,
Oxfam report identifies several deficiencies common to all of the Big 10 food companies. They are not providing small-scale farmers with an equal opportunity to sell into their supply chains,
Unilever has committed itself to sourcing more raw materials from small-scale farmers and has pledged 100%sustainable sourcing for all of its main commodities by 2020.
This policy gave Unilever the highest score on openness to small farmers, with a rating of oefair.
Danone, General mills, and Kellogg were at the bottom, with a rating of oevery poor. Commentsview/Create comment on this paragraphfor many years,
Nestlã was criticized for marketing infant formula in developing countries, where breast-feeding was available and much healthier than bottle-feeding.
along with Unilever and Coca-cola, scored oefair on workers rights. None of the Big 10 did better.
Kellogg received the lowest score in this category. Commentsview/Create comment on this paragraphagriculture is a major source of greenhouse-gas emissions,
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