Food Ingredients & Food Science - Additives, Flavours, Starch

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Brazilian politician calls for front-of-pack pesticide label with draft legislation

Brazil has authorized more than one thousand pesticides in the past three years - a major health risk leading one politician to propose legislation for a front-of-pack pesticide label.

Consumer Poll reveals European opposition to EU-Mercosur trade deal

Consumer group SumOfUs urges the European Union to call off its free trade agreement with Mercosur as fires continue to burn in the Amazon rainforest.

PAHO develops action plan to remove trans-fatty acids from industrial food production

With support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the countries of the Americas will introduce a six-year plan to end the presence of trans fats in processed foods in a bid to prevent cardiovascular disease. We spoke to Dr. Fabio Da Silva...

Suiker Unie hitting the sweet spot with protein from beet leaves: 'We want to be a pioneer in this field'

Suiker Unie, a Royal Cosun Company, officially took its green protein demo plant into operation last week when it started producing protein from sugar beet foliage.

FAO and partners intensify efforts to help countries combat banana disease threat

As a new emergency project is set up to address affected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, we speak with Fazil Dusunceli, Agriculture Officer at FAO and Fenton Beed, Team Leader, Rural and Urban Farming Systems at FAO, to find out what actions...