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Study details lobbying strategies used by food and beverage industry
A new study has provided some insight into the mechanisms and strategies used by food and beverage industry stakeholders in their attempts to influence the development of nutrition policy by Health Canada. Researchers from the University of Ottawa found that…
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Study looks into changing global diets
Research carried out by the University of Kent has shown that diets are changing in complex ways worldwide. International food supply patterns are supporting healthier diets in parts of the world, but causing underweight and obesity elsewhere. They are also…
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Federal government invests in crop research
The Government of Canada announced $11 million in funding under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership for 47 crop-related research projects through Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF). In addition to funding provided by the federal and provincial governments, projects supported through the…
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AgraFlora edibles R&D facility completed
AgraFlora Organics International Inc., an international cannabis company, announced the completion of its pharmaceutical-grade research and development laboratory at its 51,500 square foot GMP edibles manufacturing facility in Winnipeg, Man. The company’s 750 square foot, turnkey R&D Laboratory boasts a…
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Dalhousie receives research funding from Angus Reid
Dalhousie Agri-Food Analytics Lab which to receive a $250,000 boost from Angus Reid Inc., an opinion polling and market research data company. The company will provide a generous annual contribution of data to Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab and its…
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Ontario invests in research for crop productivity
The Ontario government invested $1.3 million into research for developing new practices and on-farm solutions for fruit, vegetable and field crop farmers to prevent or control costly crop diseases and pests and improve production practices. “We know plant diseases can…
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Research finds that cornstarch make products sustainable and ‘green’
At the 2019 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and AgTech in Des Moines, Iowa, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemist Gordon Selling reported on his group’s use of steam-jet cooking and other processing methods to create a starch-vegetable-oil-based complex with…
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Managing the ups and downs of coffee production
Each day, more than 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide. Developing countries produce about 90 per cent of the beans used to make all those lattes, espressos and mochas. That makes coffee a key source of revenue and…
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First Protein Supercluster to improve crop technologies
Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced that the Protein Supercluster, a pan-prairie initiative, passed a major milestone with the selection of its first project, designed to focus on advancements in technologies to improve oil and protein…
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Vanilla gives milk a sweeter perception
Adding vanilla to sweetened milk makes consumers think the beverage is sweeter, allowing the amount of added sugar to be reduced, according to Penn State researchers. “We are utilizing a learned association between an odour and a taste that will…
