Pork labelling schemes ‘not helpful’ in making informed buying choices, say researchers

Farmers don’t have to choose between lowering environmental impact and improving welfare for their pigs, a new study has found: it is possible to do both. But

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 11, 2024 ~5 min

Seafood waste isn’t as bad as previously thought

New research shows that previous estimates of seafood loss and waste in the United States were too high.

U. Florida • futurity
April 10, 2024 ~5 min


A natural deception: 3 marketing myths the supplement industry wants you to swallow

‘Natural’ isn’t the same thing as healthful. You can have too much of a good thing, and taking action can be worse than doing nothing.

Katie Suleta, Doctorate in Health Sciences candidate, George Washington University • conversation
April 5, 2024 ~7 min

Climate engineering carries serious national security risks − countries facing extreme heat may try it anyway, and the world needs to be prepared

The big question: Would climate engineering like sending reflective particles into the stratosphere or brightening clouds help reduce the national security risks of climate change or make them worse?

Tyler Felgenhauer, Research Scientist in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University • conversation
April 4, 2024 ~9 min

How food preferences are linked to cognition and brain health – and why a balanced diet is superior

Vegetarian and low-carb diets aren’t ideal for our brains.

Wei Cheng, Young Principal Investigator of Neuroscience, Fudan University • conversation
April 3, 2024 ~9 min

UN Estimates World Wastes 19 Percent of Its Food

VOA Learning English • voa
April 2, 2024 ~4 min

Food fraud is a growing economic and health issue – but AI and blockchain technology can help combat it

Food fraud costs billions globally. But blockchain and machine learning offer hope for a more transparent and safer food system.

Milind Tiwari, Lecturer in Fraud and Financial Crime Studies, Charles Sturt University • conversation
April 2, 2024 ~7 min

Fortified eggs don’t seem to raise cholesterol

In a modest-sized randomized trial, researchers found that fortified eggs did not have a negative impact on bad or good cholesterol.

Stephanie Lopez-Duke • futurity
March 28, 2024 ~5 min


Helping children eat healthier foods may begin with getting parents to do the same, research suggests

Not knowing whether their children will eat the healthy food put on their plates, parents may prepare a less healthy dish for themselves to serve as backup for the kids too.

Peggy Liu, Ben L. Fryrear Chair in Marketing and Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
March 26, 2024 ~3 min

Buying affordable ethical chocolate is almost impossible – but some firms are offering the next best thing

What makes a good egg? The ethics of chocolate is complicated and often hard to decipher with confusing marketing claims on some product packaging.

Michael Rogerson, Lecturer in Operations Management, University of Sussex • conversation
March 25, 2024 ~8 min

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