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World Pulses Day leverages power of youth to transform agri-food systems: FAO

World Pulses Day leverages power of youth to transform agri-food systems: FAO

Young people are the best stewards for pulse innovation and their receptiveness to innovation can trigger real changeThe cultivation of pulses, combined with the power of young people, can help achieve a transformation in our

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Prota Therapeutics achieves peanut allergy treatment milestone

Prota Therapeutics achieves peanut allergy treatment milestone

Data shows that 51% of participants achieved sustained unresponsiveness (clinical remission) to peanut after 18 months of treatmentProta Therapeutics, an Australian biotechnology company focused on the development of novel oral immunotherapy treatments, has achieved a

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Consumers weighing sustainability claims on packaged food choices: Cargill survey

Consumers weighing sustainability claims on packaged food choices: Cargill survey

More than half of global consumers say they’re more likely to purchase products with a sustainability claimSustainability considerations now influence the majority of the world’s grocery shoppers when buying packaged foods such as potato chips

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Fibre fortification could lower risk of heart disease and diabetes: UK study

Fibre fortification could lower risk of heart disease and diabetes: UK study

UK adults consume just 19g of fibre per day on average, significantly under the recommended amount of 30g, with only 9% currently meeting the daily targetIncreasing the fibre content of everyday UK foods including baked

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Butterfly to sell majority stake in Orgain to Nestlé Health Science

Butterfly to sell majority stake in Orgain to Nestlé Health Science

Orgain is US’ leading plant-based functional nutrition platformButterfly, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector, has announced that Nestlé Health Science has agreed to acquire a majority stake in its portfolio

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UCLA creates interdisciplinary institute for food studies

UCLA creates interdisciplinary institute for food studies

UCLA food studies institute to tackle global food challengesThe University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the US has created an interdisciplinary institute devoted to research, teaching and policy about food, made possible by an

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Nutrition firm Kerry Group continues expansion in Middle East

Nutrition firm Kerry Group continues expansion in Middle East

The new facility is the first of its kind in the Middle EastKerry, Ireland-based taste and nutrition company, has officially opened a new 21,500-square-foot state of the art facility at its Jeddah operation in the

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National Research Centre to support Australians with eating disorders

National Research Centre to support Australians with eating disorders

Globally, eating disorders have tragically high mortality rates: Assistant Minister ColemanThe Australian Government is investing $13 million to establish a world-leading National Eating Disorder Centre, where Australia’s best researchers will collaborate to transform how eating

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WHO Europe to launch new sugar and calorie reduction initiative

WHO Europe to launch new sugar and calorie reduction initiative

To increase understanding of the barriers and opportunities involved in undertaking a sugar and calorie reduction programme in different countriesIn 2022, WHO Europe will launch the new, voluntary, Member State led Sugar and Calorie Reduction

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Clarkson University explores use of breast milk to detect cancer

Clarkson University explores use of breast milk to detect cancer

According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, about one in 3,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancySamples from breast milk may one day be used routinely to identify cancer, or even to detect