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Review by the National Health Service (NHS) of the publication "Physical activity energy expenditure has not declined since the 1980s and matches energy expenditures of wild mammals"in the International Journal of Obesity: The researchers c...

Popchips Inc., the pioneering all-natural popped chip company, is a proud recipient of Health magazine’s “America’s Healthiest Food Awards” for its original popped potato chips. With more than 30,000 different products at the typical grocery store, the...

Neal T. Baker, a pivotal player in several successful fast-food chains, died in his Redland, Calif., home at age 84, his family said. The cause of death wasn't announced.   Baker helped build a San Bernadino hamburger stand for Richard and Maurice Mc...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Lanzbro Corp are warning people with sensitivities to sulphites not to consume certain White Parisienne Potatoes packed by Lanzbro Corp, Mississauga, Ontario described below. The affected product does con...

If used frying oil can run a Mercedes, why can't it power the restaurant it came from? That's the idea behind Owl Power Company's Vegawatt power system, a machine that converts a restaurant's waste oil into electricity and hot water. The company now...

La Agencia de Alimentos y Medicinas de Estados Unidos (FDA, siglas en inglés) alertó el sábado a los estadounidenses de que no coman tomates crudos de varios tipos debido al brote, y a los restaurantes a no incluirlos en sus menús. El Centro de Contro...

Americans have been in love with French fries since fast food restaurants first made them popular in the 1950s. But while many nutrition-minded observers have called into question the healthfulness of French fries over the years, little has dulled con...

McDonald's said on Monday that global sales at restaurants open at least 13 months rose 7.7 percent in May, helped by strong international sales. Overseas sales have been outpacing domestic results for some time at McDonald's, which has been heavily p...

Fast-food chains and supermarkets in the United States have removed or stopped serving tomatoes tied to a salmonella outbreak that's sweeping the nation. Officials have preliminary linked raw red plum, red Roma and round red tomatoes as the possible ...

Surging fuel and fertilizer costs are hurting the potato industry, even though potato prices are good, the executive director of the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee says. Three years ago, cost of production in the San Luis Valley was about $4 ...

McDonald's fast-food outlets in Canada have temporarily removed tomatoes from their menu options, after news south of the border that salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has spread to 16 U.S. states. McDonald's said in a lette...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is developing its Marketside stores to lure shoppers with its quickest option to buy fresh groceries, the chief executive of the company's U.S. division said on Friday. Wal-Mart shoppers might shop at the company's supercenters once...

El presidente estadounidense de la enseña de comida rápida, especializada en pollo frito, Gregg Dedrick deja la compañía en medio de una revisión de su concepto de negocio. Después de 20 años al frente de la marca, Dedrick será sustituido por Roger Eat...

At Penn State, thousands of potato varieties from around the globe are put through extensive cross-breeding programs, genetic research and intercollegiate collaborations.

A severe shortage of potatoes nationwide has sent prices soaring, and they’ll probably go higher in the coming weeks if weak supply projections for July and August hold true, grower-shippers and industry officials said.On June 3, the U.S. Department o...

A consortium hoping to make plastics from Maine potatoes has received more than $650,000 to further develop the proposal.

The potentially damaging effects of trans fats may also be passed from a mother to her child during breast feeding, suggests a new study that heaps more misery on the enfant terrible of the food industry.   The offspring of lactating rats fed a diet co...

McDonald's USA announced today that Dr. Cynthia M. Goody has joined the company as director of nutrition, effective June 1, 2008. In her new role, Goody will oversee all aspects of menu nutrition for McDonald's 13,800 restaurants in the U.S.