By Emanueli Backes What awaits us The world’s population is predicted to reach 9.1 billion people by 2050 – which is 1.3 billion people more than today – according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
BY: MARTA ALBIOL TAPIA The 2019 edition of the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index ranked Spain as the world’s healthiest country, followed by Italy, Iceland, Japan and Switzerland. To come up with these rankings, Bloomberg researchers use data from the...
BY: PRAVEENA THIRUNATHAN CH-CH-CH-CH-CHIA! If that tagline sounds familiar to you, that’s probably because you were alive during the 80s and 90s, when this lovely infomercial was playing on the nonstop on the TV. Dubbed “Chia Pets”, the creepy...
Name: Beth Pletsch Job title: PhD Student/Research assistant University: Purdue University, Department of Food Science IFT Division(s) to which you belong: Nutrition Division, Carbohydrates Division How did you go about finding your current job? When applying for graduate programs,...
By: Ty Wagoner Move over, kale. See you later, açai. Turmeric is the new super food in town. In classic “old is new” fashion, food manufacturers (and the growing nutraceutical market) are turning to the foods of yesteryear as...
Name: Jessica Gavin, CFS Job title: Senior Research Scientist, Nutrition Formulation, CFS, CCS Company: Nutrilite, a Division of Amway IFT Division(s) to which you belong: Nutrition Highest Level of Education/Degree: M.S. Agriculture, Dairy Products Technology What are your favorite...
By: John Gleeson Food colorings are a common additive used in the production of foods and beverages. Additionally, they can be found in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. What are these colorants and why are they being used? And what about...