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Kellogg's and General Mills Among Oxfam America's Worst Offenders

When it comes to rating big food brands like Kellogg's and Coca-Cola, Oxfam America looked beyond their flavor, price value, and even the content of their nutrition. Instead, it was more about each company's environmental and social impact in the countries they set up manufacturing plants. The non-p ... More >>

The Big Bang Theory of Product Advertising: In the Cereal Aisle, Dudes Rule

Last week the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory offered a spot-on observation about something funky in the world of cereal. As the brainiac crew of scientists settled into breakfast, astrophysicist Raj (played by Kunal Nayyar) began to rattle off the names of cereal mascots like Tony the Tiger, Toucan ... More >>

Cheerios: 13 Varieties And Counting The Return of The Cheerios Kid

Walking through Target the other day, we were struck by something in the breakfast foods aisle. While most popular brands of cereal have a few varieties, Cheerios leads the way with a surprising array of flavors, which got us wondering: Do we really need dulche de leche Cheerios? Since the introduc ... More >>

What Has Betty Crocker Been Up To The Past 90 Years? A Big Book of Weeknight Dinners

At a moment in our culinary history when even our everyday weeknight dinner focus -- or fuss, depending on your recipe perspective -- is on (more) sustainable, farmers market-friendly, nose-to-tail cooking, we were curious what we might find among the pages of a modern Betty Crocker cookbook. Slow-c ... More >>

12 Best Highlights From FoodEx, Asia's Largest Food and Beverage Exhibition

Reporting from Tokyo, where just last week FoodEx, the largest food and beverage exhibition in Asia, welcomed more than 73,000 attendees over four days. Samples were flying off the tables, gobbled and chugged ravenously, as suppliers and distributors from around the world wooed potential clients. We ... More >>

Corporations v. Egg Producers: An Egg on All Your Faces

kjetil_r/flickrEggs, frying​Ever since Aristotle wandered the supermarkets, philosophers and scientists have been wondering which came first: the chicken or the egg. Aristotle went with both, saying neither could have preceded the other. Around 2000 years later, Stephen Hawking favored the ... More >>

Study Names 10 Worst Children's Cereals

Flickr/Dalboz17Apple Jacks ranked as the 8th worst kids cereal​According to a new study by the Environmental Working Group, some children's cereals contain more sugar than Twinkies and Chips Ahoy! cookies. The worst offender, Kellogg's Honey Smacks, is nearly a whopping 56% sugar by weight. Fo ... More >>

Food News Roundup: The End of Butter, Lucky Charms Bake Sale Racial Profiling

A. Scattergoodapple crates at Riley's Farm​ Los Angeles Times: UC Berkeley Republican club draws nationwide protests and support with a bake sale in which items are priced according to a buyer's race, ethnicity and gender. Gourmet Live: The history of teachers and apples. Or, what to read onl ... More >>

USDA Releases Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010: Drink Water, Eat Less. Go Figure.

USDA​Yesterday the USDA released the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Got a pen? A keyboard? Your Twitter app? And it's not a lot of governmentalese this time (well, okay it is), but some very sensible recommendations. Eat less, drink more water rather than sugary drinks, seriously lower ... More >>

Top 10 Tips From Delores Custer's New Food Styling 101 Guidebook

​Bloggers, open your Food Styling: The Art of Preparing Food For the Camera manuals to page 214. Here author Delores Custer demonstrates the coloration and yum-factor difference between cooked hamburger patties stored in vegetable oil, covered in plastic wrap, or en plein air. Still with us? ... More >>

Pillsbury Bake Off Winner To Be Announced Tomorrow on Oprah

Pillsbury​What's better than dough in a can, plump and flaky in less than 15 minutes? Getting paid $1 million for baking it into the tastiest Pillsbury dish in America. What's even better? Having Oprah announce the winner, live on her show. Those two powerhouses, General Mills and Oprah Winfre ... More >>

Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Coffee may enhance inebriation. [Fox] -- For the fourth day of Christmas at Meadowood the Food Dudes gave us meat. [EaterSF] -- Tootsie Rolls, Frooties, and Dots go Kosher (Why this made the Crime ... More >>

Sugar Shortage, Yes. Crisis? Not So Much.

On August 7th, some of the country's largest food processors, including Mars, Hershey's, General Mills and Kraft, sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stating that the country was on the verge of a massive sugar shortage and that, without raising the quotas on the amount of tariff-free ... More >>

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