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Grain & Oilseed Milling
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Canadian eating habits have changed according to CBC News report
Studying 50 years of food supply data, CBC News has compiled an analysis of how Canadian eating habits have shifted, noting that chicken and rice has supplanted meat and potatoes. To read the complete article, click HERE to visit the CBC…
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Barley research could benefit craft brewers
Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia have uncovered fundamental new information about the malting characteristics of barley grains, a finding they say could pave the way to more stable brewing processes or new malts for craft brewers. Published…
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Archaeologists discover bread that pre-dates farming
At an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan, researchers have discovered the charred remains of a flatbread baked by hunter-gatherers 14,400 years ago. It is the oldest direct evidence of bread found to date, predating the advent of agriculture by…
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Researchers looking to reclaim some of the nutrition lost in cereal processing
Urbana, Illinois Researchers with the University of Illinois are tracking what happens to cancer-fighting phenolic acids when corn is processed into cornflakes to try and preserve some of the grain’s nutritional quality. Processing can rob grains or their vitamins and…
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Emirates Airlines passengers to be fed by world’s largest vertical farm
By Andrew Joseph Emirates Flight Catering and U.S.-based Crop One are co-investing US$40-million to build the world’s largest vertical farming facility in Dubai. Crop One, based in Silicon Valley, Cal. and Emirates Flight Catering will construct a state-of-the-art 12,000 square metre (130,000…
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What’s in your beer? Steam Whistle wants to you know
The box may look a little different, and the label has more information on it than you may be used to seeing on a bottle or can of beer. But make no mistake. Within that bottle remains a pure Canadian…
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New all-natural Ingredient replaces MSG in iconic salad dressing
A company based in Israel has found a way to make the iconic ranch-style salad dressing without using monosodium glutamate (MSG). Mediterranean Umami, an all-natural ingredient made from vegetable extracts and seas salt, retains the ranch-style dressing flavour without…
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Plant proteins from hemp
Manitoba Harvest, the world’s largest manufacturer of hemp food products, is going after a share of the rapidly growing market for plant-based proteins with the launch of Hemp Yeah! through major retailers across Canada this month. With a global…
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Cupboard economics: commentary
Every now and then, Canadians will take a stand against the U.S. by choosing Canadian items over American ones at the grocery store. Canadians are generally loyal to Canadian food products, unless they cost more – and most often, they do
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Final Safe Food for Canadians Regulations are published: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the final Safe Food for Canadians Regulations have been published in Canada Gazette Part II, so the industry can prepare itself for when they take effect in early 2019
