Original broadcast date: September 3, 2021. Food is one of life's greatest pleasures, yet many of our food systems are flawed. This hour, TED speakers look to the past to reconnect with what we eat, and the present to reimagine our food future. Guests include forager Alexis Nikole Nelson, chef Sean Sherman, social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe, and environmental journalist Amanda Little.

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Toronto, ON – Researchers at the University of Toronto have investigated the amount of free sugar in Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages. The results suggest that new guidelines and better food labeling is needed to help consumers make better choices. Free sugar, commonly referred to as added sugar, is considered a “hidden” source of calories, as […]

In this hour, fasting, feasting, and traveling salmon; stories about foods that nourish the body as well as the soul. This episode is hosted by Sarah Austin Jenness.

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Ritija Gupta follows her grandmother's recommended all-yellow diet in the name of love.

Mercy Lung'aho leads an experiment with beans, designed to combat anemia.

Dihan Hossain dreams of tasting New York City pizza.

Joan Juliet Buck's uncle loses a suitcase of smoked salmon -- and a family member.

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Many end users, as well as refrigeration engineers and contractors, attended Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI’s) 2018 Energy & Store Development Conference in Atlanta, looking for advice on how to respond to these trends.

Store owners and managers are always looking for ways to lower operating expenses, and their refrigeration systems can be a good place to start.

By splitting the absorption process into two steps, lithium bromide solution concentrations are lower in the system, enabling lower hot water temperatures within the generator, lower hot water flow rates, and the elimination of crystallization risk within the chiller.

The Copeland-Enersponse collaboration offers a chance for food retailers to improve energy conservation efforts through involvement in demand-response initiatives that assist in stabilizing the power grid during times of high electricity consumption.

Trees and edible plants are being planted at churches, schools, street corners, and empty lots across the country to provide free shade and food to all.

In rural Argentina, Hacienda Camino offers parents a suite of skills and resources to help raise healthy children.

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7 July marks World Chocolate Day, but it seems there's one viral chocolate that's on everyone's lips

New Lesson Plans Entry: 'Countable and uncountable foods happy families card game' has just been added to the Lesson Plans area of UsingEnglish.com.

Students are invited to submit an original campaign on a food issue they feel strongly about, for the chance of winning great prizes for the whole school.

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FPSA, IDFA, and NurenbergMesse announced that this year’s largest US food and beverage packaging and processing event - PROCESS EXPO, the International Dairy Show and Interbev - has exceeded 300,000 square feet for the show in September.

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) today announced the details of two sessions scheduled to make their debut at PROCESS EXPO 2015.

This year, we compiled an overall, more robust top food and beverage packaging companies list. The list may look different all in one, but there are the same placements near the top.

New York-based Pet Plate has raised $9 million in a Series A round co-led by 301 Inc., the venture capital arm of Golden Valley-based General Mills. Other investors included DFE Capital Management, Marco Polo and Fernbrook Capital Management, along with existing investors, The Yard Ventures and Castor Ventures. 

The novel coronavirus pandemic has seen various food and beverage trends change drastically from pre-COVID. Consumers didn’t take to it well in March, but mid-summer they have seemed to settle into the “next normal.” Here are some of the most notable trends from this year, along with the Top 100 List on the following pages.

2020 was a year like no other. Yet despite the challenges brought on by the pandemic, most top food and beverage brands remained stable. In fact, the food and beverage industry is one of the only consumer product sectors to grow in the year.

Despite the challenges, the combined revenue of the food and beverage market this year was $435.3 billion and is expected to grow to a staggering $857B by 2025.*

Many food and beverage companies have dialed in to consumer preferences, and incorporated healthier options, as well as sustainable products.

The guidance is aimed at ensuring recycled plastic packaging meets and exceeds U.S. regulatory compliance.

From filling to sterilizing, flexible packaging must be handled differently than rigid containers.

The new TamperFlag rigid containers, made by Novolex brand Waddington North America (WNA), feature a tamper-evident “flag” that pops up and stays raised once opened. The feature alerts consumers that the container has been unsealed.

Against the backdrop of a lack of skilled labor, the food and beverage sector continues to invest in automated, efficient and stable processes. 

In this year’s research by Industrial Physics, 47% of packaging professionals surveyed shared that they’ve had to delay innovation while they search for an external packaging and material testing expert. 

The acquisition will reportedly complement PepsiCo's portfolio with the addition of an authentic, Mexican-American brand, while also growing its better-for-you food offerings.

Despite the nation’s economic turmoil and the ongoing food recalls and contamination problems, the world of high-pressure processing (HPP) has remained robust.

Two special events—SAVE FOOD and DEFEAT HUNGER—will take once again at PROCESS EXPO 2015, scheduled for September 15-18 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

Time keeps slipping away, but its passage allows us a glimpse at patterns that may influence the months and years ahead.

Cookies, chips, snack cakes, crackers and so on no longer dominate snack time. Consumers are branching out into healthier snack, snacks as meal replacements and eating single servings of just about any food.

Packaging machinery sales in the U.S. grew 4.8 percent in 2016, reaching a total of $9.8 billion, according to the “2017 State of the Industry – US Packaging Machinery” report, produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing.

Do you know how to prepare your packaging for the grocery side of e-commerce? This Q&A, with Tetra Pak's Alexandre de Souza Carvalho, will answer this question and more for food and beverage manufacturers, producers and retailers.

The name change better reflects who FPSA members really are: companies that provide solutions for food production.

The solution will be showcased for the first time at Pack Expo International 2024 (Chicago, November 3-6 2024), where it has been selected as a Technology Excellence Awards finalist in the Food/Beverage category.

Kettle Foods Ltd presents the KETTLE & More range with user-friendly pack reclosability to maintain freshness and support portion control, from Essentra Tapes.

The updated packaging tells the story about Neutral’s work with farmers and explains what it means for its milk to be carbon neutral from “grass to glass.”

Toray Plastics (America) Inc. introduces new Lumirror® STM Soft-Touch Matte film, a unique, matte-coated polyester film technology that simplifies processing and enables the manufacture of a robust, upscale, soft-touch matte lamination.

Amcor, a global leader in packaging, collaborated with Nestlé to launch the world’s first recyclable flexible retort pouch. The new high-barrier pouch, using Amcor’s AmLite HeatFlex Recyclable solution, will first appear in stores in the Netherlands this month.

According to the FDA website: Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. of Evansville, Ind. is expanding its December 30, 2020 voluntary recall of certain dog and cat food products produced in its Chickasha Operations Facility to include all dog and cat pet food products made with corn products because those products may contain aflatoxin levels that exceed acceptable limits.

A recent report by Packaged Facts estimates the overall U.S. pet food and treats market at $39 billion in 2020. Given the increase in pet adoption in 2020, seasoned and new pet parents alike are seeking the best options for their four-legged companions.

Nacho Flay, cat of chef Bobby Flay, serves as founder of the food line offering premium ingredients and nutrition.

My pets eat healthier than I do. It's true. Before the era of Amazon, the only food delivery programs were diet plans. Way back in 2002, I thought it would be a good idea to order The Zone Diet home delivery program.

Contributing to a circular economy, the FlexiBag Reinforced range is recyclable where collection facilities and recycling systems for PE films are in place.