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the european commission has been given the go ahead to release stocks of cereals from intervention in a move to alleviate grain price pressures. through the use of a tendering procedure, a total quantity of 88,112t of soft wheat and 2.71m tonnes of barley will be made available, with the commission stating that the deadline for the first tender is 24 november 2010. the remaining stocks will be used for the ec\'s most deprived persons programme and distributed via charities and public authorities.

the chocolate and confectionery fats division showed strong seasonal volume improvements, claims leading oil and fats supplier aarhuskarlshamn as it releases third quarter financial results for 2010. the company posted operating profit of sek 231m (€24.7m) compared to sek 236m a year earlier. for the third quarter, net sales fell 1.4 per cent to sek 3.774bn due mainly to currency effects, said aak.

an ageing workforce, men shopping for the family, and whether to cater to obesity or counter it. just three of the food trends likely to affect decision-making in the food industry in 2011, according to mintel. of the mega-trends identified by mintel for the coming year, those related to demographic shifts are most likely to have a bearing on eating habits, according to principal trends analyst richard cope.

uh-oh, surely not another industry-sponsored front-of-pack nutrition label! food industry engagement is welcome, but let’s take it slowly – no one benefits until we figure out a system that works. the grocery manufacturers association and the food marketing institute announced last week that they intend to develop a front-of-pack labeling scheme based on the initial recommendations of an institute of medicine (iom) report meant to kick-start that process: highlight calories, saturated and trans fats, and sodium.

strong performance in dsm’s nutrition segment helped the company achieve third-quarter operating profit of €185m; up 28 per cent on the €144m reported in the same quarter of last year. dsm nutritional products and dsm food reported operating profit up 15 per cent on the third-quarter of 2009 reflecting what a company statement described as “good market conditions.” herman betten, dsm’s senior external communications manager, told foodnavigator.

investment in research and development, including new product development, is a key growth strategy in the food industry, but how does the current investment in research compare to investments in advertising current products. in september 2010, nestle announced that it was to open a research and development centre in india, where it would use local ingredients and spices, as well as focusing on nutritionally enhanced food for people with lower incomes.

arthritis is a broad term used to describe joint pain or inflammatory conditions such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis (which is actually an auto-immune disease) and gout.as the leading cause of disability in the united states, arthritis comes with economic and social costs that are large and growing. today nearly 50 million adults suffer from some form of arthritis and the numbers are increasing by about 1 million individuals a year.

it was only four years ago that, with much fanfare, former president bill clinton announced the alliance for a healthier generation, a project of the william j. clinton foundation and the american heart association. this project was supposed to drastically reduce junk food and soda availability in public schools.it was a voluntary program involving kraft foods, mars, campbell soup, dannon and pepsico, and back in 2006, this was a very big deal of an announcement that had bill clinton looking like a hero for solving the \"junk food in public schools\" problem.

elevated blood pressure exerts a health threatening effect on every organ in the body as it slowly acts to cause our veins and arteries to deteriorate. small cracks develop as a result and must be patched quickly to avert disaster. in an attempt to ensure our survival, oxidized ldl cholesterol and calcium are used as a biological caulk to patch the damage and prevent us from bleeding to death. this mechanism will help to avoid immediate catastrophe but eventually our arteries will narrow and a deadly clot will form as a result.

it`s important to understand that many of the top 10 killer diseases have one metabolic factor in common. heart disease, diabetes, cancer, alzheimer`s disease and the process of aging are all accelerated by wild blood sugar swings that lead to insulin resistance. humans have not evolved to consume a diet of unnatural processed chemicals, sugar, salt and hydrogenated fats. eating foods composed of these artificially manufactured substances affects the biochemical and electrical function of our genes and cells that lead to disease.