Nestle has announced a series of specific actions to help fulfill its goal of making 100 percent of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025. The goal, announced in April 2018, targets all single-use packaging but focuses specifically on non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle ...read more

A "Planetary Health" is ideal for both human health and the health of the planet, says new research commissioned by the journal The Lancet. The findings, presented earlier this week by researchers from the University of London and 37 specialists in 16 countries, say that by ...read more

Food companies spent $11 billion on television ads in 2017 with nearly $9 billion of that focused on junk and processed foods, says a new report by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut, the Council on Black Health at Drexel University, and ...read more

Organic farms in the U.S. more than doubled their sales between 2011 and 2016, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. In 2011, American farms and ranches sold $3.5 billion worth of organic products, as compared to nearly $7.6 billion in 2016. The number of ...read more

A new study may just help you stick to those New Year's resolutions after all. Exercise, the study found, is just as important as a healthy diet in reducing the risk of life-threatening illnesses including heart disease. It may even be more critical. The study, which used data ...read more

Whole Foods Market is planning its third round of price cuts since the chain was acquired by Amazon in August 2017. Executive Vice President of Growth and Business Development Jim Sud noted in an interview in Dallas last week that he hasn't heard the natural food chain's former ...read more

A new study finds increased consumption of a high-fiber diet rich in whole grains, beans, fresh fruits, and vegetables can reduce one's risk of early death due to cancer and heart disease. The study, published in the recent issue of the journal The Lancet, found that high-fiber ...read more

Chobani, America’s top-selling Greek yogurt brand, has launched a line of coconut-based vegan yogurts. The yogurts are infused with probiotics and contains less sugar than other non-dairy options on the market (an average of 4 grams less per 5.3 ounce serving). They are also ...read more

The USDA’s final rule on GMO labeling will allow many foods to go unlabeled. According to the new rule, published in the Federal Register in December, genetically engineered foods that contain no genetic material will be exempt from labeling, including sugar from sugar beets, ...read more

Beyoncé and JAY-Z have spoken, and they want us to embrace a plant-based diet for "the health of the planet."  The power couple wrote the introduction for the new book The Greenprint: Plant-Based Diet, Best Body, Better World, which was written by Marco Borges, Beyoncé’s ...read more

Sugar-sweetened cereals aimed at children through television ads may lead to an increased risk of poor eating habits, finds a new study. The research "Exposure to Child-Directed TV Advertising and Preschoolers' Intake of Advertised Cereals" published in the American Journal of ...read more

The longtime vegan critic who once suggested that the acronym PETA ( People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) should instead stand for “people eating tasty animals" and also compared tofu to his "grandma's loofa," is now going vegan. Sort of.  Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay ...read more

Nestlé SA plans to launch its very own plant-based burger, known as the Incredible Burger. The product, which will be made from soy and wheat protein, should be available under the Swiss food company’s Garden Gourmet label this spring. Plant-based items currently make up about ...read more

Whole Foods Market launched a catalog of tens of thousands of its products on its website Thursday, with the goal of making it easier for shoppers to find foods based on their dietary preferences. Shoppers can toggle among 13 different product categories, including Vegetarian, ...read more

For the second year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Mediterranean Diet as the best dietary choice for optimal health. It earned the number one spot in best diet overall, easiest diet to follow, best diet for diabetes, best plant-based diet, and best ...read more

Drinking diet soda may increase the risk of blindness in people with diabetes, according to a recent study in Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. The study found that diabetics who drank more than four cans (1.5 liters) of diet soda a week doubled their risk of ...read more

The first plant-based milk to capture the hearts of Americans was soy milk, but in recent years it has fallen out of fashion, due to the preponderance of GMO soy (about 94 percent of the U.S. soy crop) compounded with the alleged hormonal effects of soy's phytoestrogens in ...read more

Carl’s Jr. is partnering with Beyond Meat to release a new menu item featuring the brand's famous plant-based burger. Carl’s Jr. will be preparing and serving the Beyond Burger in its signature open-flame charbroiled style at over 1,000 Carl's Jr. locations beginning January ...read more

2019 is poised to become the “year of the vegan” according to The Economist. In its recent “The World in 2019” magazine, the publication predicted that the vegan diet would become fully mainstream this year. "Sales of vegan foods in America in the year to June 2018 rose ten ...read more

Long the late-night drive-thru choice for millions craving greasy, gooey Mexican-ish nachos, tacos, and Crunchwraps, Taco Bell seems like anything but a choice for healthy food. But according to Reader's Digest, those seemingly indulgent burritos may actually be healthier than ...read more

Probiotics and other gut-friendly foods are topping lists predicting food trends for 2019, Forbes reports.  The trend is in line with ever-growing research surrounding the brain-gut connection, according to Dr. Abigail Koppes, PhD, assistant professor of chemical engineering, ...read more

What was 2018's most memorable food story? There was a notable victory this week for hemp as the Farm Bill made it legal. Fast Food chain White Castle started selling vegan Impossible Burgers. A restaurant in New York City slow-roasted an entire watermelon. But the biggest story ...read more

The USDA has declared the U.S. food supply to be “among the safest in the world,” with more than 99 percent of samples tested as part of the Agency's Pesticide Data Program boasting residue levels well below those established by the EPA. More than half of tested samples had no ...read more

The long-awaited USDA national disclosure requirements for labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food has arrived. The agency made the announcement today. The labeling rules are set to take effect as early as January 2020. But manufacturers have until January 1, ...read more