The state is a food science hub thanks to all the food company headquarters, including General Mills and Cargill.

This controversial food classification system raises reasonable questions about ultra-processed foods, but we need to think critically about what it fails to factor in.

Ultra-processed foods have become somewhat of a nutrition villain over the past decade. But even more of a pain? Trying to figure out which items fall into this category while standing in the grocery ...

After being targeted by the meat industry, swept up in the culture wars and pummeled in sales, two plant based meat companies are reinventing themselves.

But how do we navigate the confusing language of food labeling? A remarkable tool now helps consumers and policymakers understand the processing levels of over 50,000 different items. Researchers from ...

GroceryDB, a novel database of more than 50,000 food items available at major US retailers like Walmart, Target, and Whole Foods, evaluates how processed each item is and assigns a “processing score.” ...

MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A new database, GroceryDB, can show the degree of processing of more than 50,000 food items sold at Walmart, Target, and Whole Foods, according to a study ...

Menichetti said. "We are building tools to help people implement changes to their diet based on information currently available about food processing. Given the challenging task of transforming ...

With the arrival of 2025, it is tempting to speculate how food safety and regulatory priorities will shift as compared to 2024. While there is no crystal ball, we can see how paths started in 2024 or ...

Thermal processing remains a steadfast contributor to food quality and safety, so long as processors keep a watchful eye on the time, temperature and humidity of the products. Cutting-edge innovation ...