There is growing concern among food brands about monitoring the food safety of their packaging and products. Packaging can act as a source of food contamination, either through the incidence of microorganisms or through substances present in the materials that would be in contact with food. Therefore, [...]
No consumer health risk from bisphenol A exposure
21 January 2015 EFSA’s comprehensive re-evaluation of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure and toxicity concludes that BPA poses no health risk to consumers of any age group (including unborn children, infants and adolescents) at current exposure levels. Exposure from the diet or from a combination of sources (diet, dust, cosmetics and thermal paper) is considerably [...]
Catalogue of the status of novel foods
Catalogue of the status of novel foods – Food safety – European Commission Search Novel Food status Catalogue | Food and Feed Information Portal Database | FIP
Reduction of perishable food waste through innovation in packaging technologies
Reduction of perishable food waste through innovation in packaging technologies from ainia technology centre
Nanotechnology innovations enabled for the benefit of food
Thursday, 23 October 2014 Nanotechnology has a distinctive feature as it is a technology that allows, on the one hand, the manipulation of matter, organic and inorganic, at scales typical of atoms. This capability, in principle, will allow manipulation of everything around us, so the implications will clearly be enormous. The report, carried out [...]
Scientists at IRB Barcelona dance for cancer
Nutrifoods 2.0: The impetus towards functional foods and nutraceuticals to face the 21st century
It is widely accepted today that multifactorial aetiologies characterise many chronic diseases, including metabolic syndrome, menopause, and general ageing, and that a lifestyle full of homeostatic disturbances and even shift work can lead to obesity. To combat such diseases and adverse health conditions, an increasing number of functional foods and nutraceuticals have been marketed […]
The new food wheel
The new food wheel (2023): Updated guide
Launch of products with antioxidants increases by more than 50 percent – Tecnoalimentalia: Consumer and New products – ainia technology centre
Launch of products with antioxidants increases by more than 50 percent – Tecnoalimentalia: Consumer and New products – ainia technology centre
The meaning of the words “diet” and “healthy eating” are often confused by most people,
upon hearing them they automatically think that it is a difficult “food restriction” or that they will achieve a totally positive impact simply by including some variety of “healthy foods”. From today I would like it to be very clear to you that “diet” is the way or specific type of food that each [...]
