New research points to an increased connection between obesity and cancer. The study, out of Trinity College Dublin, have discovered what may be a breakthrough in the prevalence of cancer in obese people. The researchers noted that Natural Killer cells- - the body's front line ...read more
New data released by the Food and Drug Administration reveals that restaurants are the most common source of foodborne illness outbreaks.The agency identified five main risk factors from poor personal hygiene to improper food holding time and temperature to contaminated ...read more
Plant-based diets dominate the U.S. News & World Report's (USN) 2019 diet trend predictions. According to the publication, plant-based protein will be the top trend in the next year with ingredients like pea protein, beans, nuts, and seeds eking out space next to animal protein. ...read more
Vegan meat company Tofurky along with the Animal Legal Defense Fund, The Good Food Institute, and the ACLU of Missouri, have filed a preliminary injunction with the U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, in Jefferson City earlier this week.The injunction is aimed at ...read more
Premier member-based supermarket Sam's Club says it is opening a spinoff store aimed at rivaling Amazon's new concept, Amazon Go.The new store concept, Sam's Club Now, is set to open soon in Dallas in what the chain is calling "the epicenter" of innovation for Sam's Club."There ...read more
New research has linked regular consumption of organic food to a reduced risk of developing certain types of cancer.The research, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, looked at the health data of nearly 70,000 adults in France.The subjects reported to the research ...read more
The food waste produced by the world's richest nations, some $750 billion worth annually, could end world hunger -- twice over -- according to the United Nations World Food Programme. More than 800 million people were considered food insecure in 2017. David Beasley, head of the ...read more
Popular fast-food chain Panera Bread will become the first chain of its kind to reveal the whole grain content of the bread it serves. The company says any bread, roll, or bagel that contains 50 percent or more whole grains per serving will feature the number of servings of ...read more
International consumer goods brand Unilever says it will support the #BeCrueltyFree campaign aimed at ending cosmetic animal testing within five years. The campaign is led by Humane Society International, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Humane Society ...read more
"Light" drinking, such as a daily glass of wine four or more times per week, may increase the risk of premature death says a new study from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings, published this week in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & ...read more
U.S. kids are eating more fast food these days despite widespread efforts to provide healthier options at home and at school as well as efforts to help them develop palates for healthy food. The news comes via the results of a 2016 Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the ...read more
Fast-food giant McDonald's says it has removed all artificial flavors, preservatives, and colors from its classic burgers in all 14,000 U.S. locations calling it the "next" major milestone for the chain's food journey "and another way the company is helping customers feel good ...read more
Climate change is taking its toll on America's national parks, new data reveal. The recent study found that the country's national parks are warming at twice the pace of the national average, with some expected to see the "worst effects" of climate change, the Guardian notes. ...read more
Candy maker Mars says the world's cocoa supply chain is broken -- rife with issues from deforestation to child labor and unsustainable sourcing. But a new $1 billion commitment from the M&Ms and Snickers brand hopes to change that. “The cocoa supply chain as it works today is ...read more
Coca-Cola may be getting into the cannabis market. The soda giant told Bloomberg News it's keeping an eye on cannabis-infused products, such as those containing the nonpsychoactive CBD compound, particularly as demand for sugary and diet drinks have waned in recent years. “We ...read more
McDonald's needs to up its animal welfare standards for chickens, according to 20 celebrities writing the fast-food chain earlier this week on behalf of the Humane Society of the United States. The celebrities, which include Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Kristen Bell, Joaquin ...read more
West coast supermarket chain Raley's says it will overhaul its checkout area selections in all 129 locations throughout California and Nevada. The Sacramento-based chain will remove all conventional candy brand options and move to stock healthier options more in line with ...read more
The popular UK fast-food restaurant chain LEON, which boasts an emphasis on "healthy" fast-food, is set to open its first U.S. location in the nation's capital, Washington, DC. The chain, which opened in London in 2004 by a former Procter & Gamble executive, bills itself as the ...read more
A lot of things come to mind when you hear the name Oprah Winfrey. The free cars, the tears, Tom Cruise jumping up and down on the couch... There's the book club, the network, the speech. But...pizza night? That last one might not be on your radar. But that may soon change as ...read more
Publix, the leading supermarket chain in the Southeast with more than 1,200 stores throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Carolinas, will move its GreenWise natural grocery sets into more standalone stores, doubling its current roster, the company ...read more
A Missouri law set to go in effect today is being challenged in court by vegan meat producer Tofurky along with nonprofit organizations The Good Food Institute, the ACLU of Missouri, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund. The law aims to ban plant-based and vegan food producers from ...read more
Imagine it's 1997, you've got "The Doggfather" on full-blast in your parents' smoky basement. You're polishing up your Air Jordans, ready to roll another fatty. Snoop Dogg was still cozy with Dr. Dre and souped-up Cadillacs, gin and juice firmly planted in one hand and a blunt ...read more
During a media training call in May, John Schnatter, founder of popular pizza chain Papa John's, reportedly uttered a racial slur that cost him his job. And now he wants it back, with an ad in his hometown paper, Louisville’s Courier-Journal. Schnatter, who founded the chain in ...read more
More than sixty percent of baby food products tested by Consumer Reports were found to contain what the group labeled "worrisome" levels of heavy metals including mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and lead. The study found it made no difference whether or not products were organic; the ...read more
Ask five people what the secret is to getting kids to eat healthier and you're likely to get five very different answers. But here's one answer you're not likely to hear: make sure they live near a forest. That's right. Forests. A new study, the first of its kind, looked at the ...read more
Restaurants seeking to capitalize on the growing demand for organic food are misusing organic labeling, says an exposé in the New York Times. Companies like the popular fast food burger chain Bareburger display the word "organic" on packaging and marketing materials, but not all ...read more
Concern about the safety of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide is ricocheting across the globe after a U.S. court found the agrochemical and seed company guilty of causing terminal cancer in a former groundskeeper who used the product on a regular basis. The California jury awarded ...read more
Pakistan's incoming prime minister, Imran Khan, is leading the nation to a greener future with the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami program, an environmental initiative that aims to bring ten billion new trees to the country in an effort to reduce the impact of climate change. The ...read more
Amazon Prime members can now pick up their Whole Foods orders in just 30 minutes, the retailer announced yesterday. Six months after launching Prime delivery with a two-hour window, the retail giant says it's now offering thirty-minute pickups in Sacramento and Virginia Beach ...read more
Good Catch Foods, the vegan seafood brand set to launch next year, has announced the closing of an $8.7 million Series A funding round to further its product development and launch. Funding came from key players in the organic and natural food industry: New Crop Capital led the ...read more
Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, now owned by China's WH Group, was ordered by a federal jury on Friday to pay nearly $500 million to residents; $23.5 million is for compensatory damages and $450 million was awarded in punitive damages for hog farm pollution ...read more
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are now showing resistance to alcohol-based hand sanitizers and disinfectants used in place of the controversial ingredient Triclosan in mitigating the spread of these harmful "superbugs." A recent study, published in the journal Science ...read more
The Kraft Heinz Company announced today that it will move toward a 2025 deadline to make all of its packaging globally recyclable, reusable or compostable. It says it will also work toward increasing the recycled content in its packaging and decreasing the overall volume of ...read more
Race may have played a role in the sale of defective seeds to a group of Black farmers, says a new lawsuit.The farmers, from Tennessee and Mississippi, say the Stine Seed Co. intentionally sold them defective seeds because of the farmers' skin color. Some of the farmers say they ...read more
A new analysis from the Environmental Working Group finds residues of at least one of three EU-banned neonicotinoid pesticides – imidacloprid, clothianidin, and thiamethoxam -- on more than half of samples of potatoes, lettuce, and spinach tested between 2015-2016. More than a ...read more
Increased consumption of fruits and vegetables may help women to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. The new research, published in the International Journal of Cancer and led by a team at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, found that cruciferous vegetables ...read more
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says the agency will move to outline standards of identity for milk, threatening the booming $10 billion U.S. nondairy milk market. “An almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess,” Gottlieb said on Tuesday, in a reference to the agency's current ...read more
McDonald's and Starbucks have announced plans to develop a compostable and recyclable cup in a strategic partnership. The move comes after both chains announced plans to phase out and replace single-use plastic straws. The initiative, NextGen Cup Challenge, seeks sustainable cup ...read more
U.S. divisions of Danone, Mars, Nestlé, and Unilever, four of the largest food companies in the world, said on Thursday that they've started their own food lobby in order to push progressive new food policies as the market continues to shift toward transparency, clean ...read more
You get a healthy restaurant! And you get a healthy restaurant! And you get a healthy restaurant! That's perhaps how Oprah Winfrey would have announced her “significant equity investment” in a rising restaurant chain on her former talk show. But despite lacking the live audience ...read more
Starbucks says it plans to remove all plastic straws from its 28,000 stores across the globe by 2020 in an effort to reduce its environmental footprint. "Not using a straw is the best thing we can do for the environment," the company said in a statement. Starbucks says it was a ...read more
Tyson Foods and Pilgrims Pride, two of the nation's leading chicken producers, are being accused of price fixing in a lawsuit filed by some of the largest supermarket chains in the U.S. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in a Chicago federal court, alleges that the chicken producers ...read more
Americans are exercising more than ever, says new research. And they're also more obese than ever before, too. Are heightened stress levels to blame? The contradictory data, being released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that among Americans ...read more
Wendy's, the nation's third-largest fast-food burger chain, says it will be sourcing only vine-ripened greenhouse-grown tomatoes for use in its U.S. and Canadian restaurants by 2019. The brand says the move comes in response to consumer demand for freshness and high-quality ...read more
Few things keep the world running like coffee. It's the often underappreciated yet critical element relied upon by world leaders and factory workers alike. From sleepless parents to awestruck astronauts, coffee is everywhere, keeping adults alert and focused on the tasks at ...read more
Nearly 80 percent of meat samples taken from the nation's leading supermarkets in 2015 contained antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG). The group says it looked at federal data on meat samples tested for bacteria by the National ...read more
Blue Apron says it's the first major meal kit program to release a farm animal welfare policy, the company announced last week. The new commitment earned Blue Apron recognition at the 2018 Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards hosted by Compassion in World Farming, an international ...read more
If bucolic settings and long, sunny afternoons spent running through fields and forests come to mind when you think of rural areas, new data on obesity rates will reframe those images. Two new studies on adults and children found obesity rates are higher, and more ...read more
The FDA says it will look at labeling on products containing added sugar from natural sources such as maple syrup and honey. The decision comes after labeling rules affect products with added sugar from refined cane, corn, and other sweeteners. The agency recently updated ...read more
Pizza Hut and its WingStreet wing shops will eliminate chickens fed medically important antibiotics, the fast-food chain announced this morning. This move makes Pizza Hut the first national pizza chain to take such measures. "We are dedicated to listening to our customers and to ...read more