Consumer Trends: Top 30 Barbecue Restaurants in America
July 16, 2014 12:00 pm | by OpenTable, Inc. | News | CommentsOpenTable honors our nation's longstanding love affair with barbecuing by announcing the top 30 best barbecue restaurants in America. These awards reflect the opinions of more than 5 million restaurant reviews. From Maryland to California, what beats your eats?
Food Guide to Enhance Productivity, Increase Profits
July 16, 2014 11:20 am | by METTLER TOLEDO | News | CommentsIn the newest Food Productivity Guide published by METTLER TOLEDO, food and beverage manufacturers are given a food process and equipment selection reference tool in topics from filling and batching to checkweighing and inspection techniques.
French Law Kicks Packaged Food Out of the Kitchen
July 16, 2014 10:08 am | by LOUISE DEWAST, Associated Press | News | CommentsFrench restaurants have added a symbol on their menus, a skillet with a house on top, to indicate the choice is made in-house. This move is part of a new law meant to battle against the surprising amount of factory-made, pre-packaged foods in French restaurants.
Compliance for Food-Grade Product Manufacturing
July 16, 2014 9:57 am | by Bill Bremer, Principal, Food Safety Compliance, Kestrel Management | Articles | CommentsProducing safe food demands food safety management and compliance from all who contribute to the final food packaging and contact materials—those supplying materials, making the packaging, manufacturing food contact materials and distributing the final products.
Pepsi Promotes School Health, Wellness with $1.2M Investment
July 16, 2014 9:38 am | by PepsiCo | News | CommentsPepsiCo invested $1.25 million in two grants geared toward improving the health of America's children through the power of good nutrition and exercise. The grants support the GENYOUth Foundation, Fuel Up to Play 60 and the United Way Healthy Zone School Program.
Reduced Food Prices Bring Grocery Bill Relief
July 16, 2014 9:22 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsAfter four months of increases, wholesale food prices fell 0.2 percent in May. That should bring some grocery bill relief. Food costs had been rising because crops were damaged by a drought in California and brutal winter storms in the Midwest.
Will Colombians Jump Ship to Starbucks Coffee?
July 16, 2014 9:14 am | by JOSHUA GOODMAN, Associated Press | News | CommentsStarbucks is making its much-anticipated debut in the country synonymous with coffee after years of roasting Colombia's Arabica beans for billions of java lovers the world over. But will Colombians answer Starbucks' siren call and ditch a popular local chain favorite?
Middlemen Eliminated as Local Foods Become Big Business
July 16, 2014 8:20 am | by MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press | News | CommentsWith the growing number of consumers becoming interested in where their food comes from, companies and organizations are delivering food directly from local farms to major institutions, eliminating scores of middlemen from farm to fork.
Hershey's Not so Sweet Deal: Raising Candy Prices by 8 Percent
July 16, 2014 8:04 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsHershey Company, known for its Kit Kat, Reese's and Hershey candy bars, is raising its prices as the costs for ingredients such as cocoa, dairy and nuts have risen since the beginning of the year. The company said it expects most prices to rise about 8 percent.
Infographics: Unscrambling Egg Labels
July 16, 2014 8:00 am | by Vital Farms | News | CommentsNearly two-thirds of Americans spend more to buy specialty eggs, but a new poll reveals they don't always get what they think they're paying for. When asked to describe the terms "free-range" and "cage-free," most respondents said they imagined hens roaming on open pastures.
VIDEO: Can Traceability Prevent Seafood Fraud?
July 16, 2014 8:00 am | by Lexicon of Sustainability | Videos | CommentsDid you know one third of all fish you buy isn't what you think it is? Approximately 57 percent of the time, what is labeled as White Tuna is actually Escolar, a fish that is dangerous enough to cause serious health concerns. So, what's the solution to seafood fraud?
Explosion Proof Portable LED Lights
July 16, 2014 7:00 am | Product Releases | CommentsThis light provides 9,000 square feet of work area coverage and is mounted on a spun aluminum base that is powder coated for added durability and aesthetics.
Cappuccino-Flavored Chips? Lay's Thinks So
July 15, 2014 2:39 pm | by CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer | News | CommentsFrito-lay announces cappuccino-flavored chips for its Lay's brand beginning in late July. The coffee-flavored chips are part of the four finalists of its second annual "Do Us a Flavor" contest in the U.S., which allows people to create a new potato chip.
Consumer Trends: Online Recipe Tool Shields Against Food Poisoning
July 15, 2014 12:30 pm | by The Ad Council | News | CommentsFoodborne illness is a serious public threat in the U.S. The CDC estimates that approximately 1 in 6 Americans suffer from foodborne illness each year. Now, a new online tool created by the USDA automatically inserts critical food safety steps into user recipes.
New Mexico Quenches Thirst for Jobs with Craft Brewery Boom
July 15, 2014 12:00 pm | by SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe brewery scene is anything but new in states such as Oregon and California, but federal census data shows the industry continues to boom. Dozens of microbreweries have popped up around New Mexico in recent years, creating jobs and helping develop the economy.
Researchers: The Fishy Truth About Seafood Farming
July 15, 2014 11:45 am | by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | News | CommentsIncreased seafood consumption has been proposed as part of a strategy to combat the global epidemics of obesity and diabetes. With nearly half of all seafood consumed around the world coming from fish farms, researchers now say farmed seafood is not without health risks.
USDA Marks 20 Billionth Egg from Eggland's Best
July 15, 2014 11:30 am | by Eggland's Best | News | CommentsEggland's Best celebrated a special occasion as they commemorate the 20 billionth USDA-approved egg. The company conducts more than 35,000 tests a year to guarantee its eggs have lower saturated fat than ordinary eggs while being higher in vitamins and nutrients.
Purchase Order Management Must Go Beyond Tracking Orders
July 15, 2014 11:20 am | by Pat Garrehy | Articles | CommentsMany ERP packages have fallen short, because they are either severely limited in functionality or they are only replications of a predecessor legacy ERP package supporting one business type. They do not acknowledge that manufacturers require a greater variety of methods.
Prisoners Complain of Maggots 'Falling Out of Food'
July 15, 2014 11:00 am | by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press | News | CommentsSince January, there have been five reports of maggots found inside prison food. At issue is a bigger national debate privatizing prison services — from food preparation to the running of entire facilities — to save money at a time of squeezed state budgets.
Infographic: Modernization in Poultry Inspection
July 15, 2014 8:45 am | by National Chicken Council | News | CommentsSince 1999, a pilot program in 20 chicken plants, called HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project, has been studied and reviewed in depth for more than a decade to assure its effectiveness as to how best modernize chicken inspection while improving food safety.
