Antimicrobials from food-producing animals enter the environment through excreta or animal manure
Many hues of haldi
Pulse varieties in the Himalayas are decreasing
One Nation One Ration Card: Good intention but implementation may be difficult
Pulse tales: What is Indian food without them?
Pulses are found in every corner of the country and are essential in Indian cuisine
World Heart Day: Why India needs clear front-of-pack warnings on food items
Not all consumers understand what’s written on the packet because it is not written in the language they understand. ...
Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history
The drivers of average international food prices are always complicated. The prices of different commodities rise and fall based ...
Food poverty growing among older adults in India: LASI study
Nearly 6% of individuals in India aged 45 and above studied consumed smaller portions or skipped meals; 5.3% did ...
What’s on our plate: The goodness of consuming native Indian vegetables
Bitter gourd, rich in vitamins A and C, iron, phosphorous and carbohydrates, needs to be re-introduced on our dinner ...
COVID-19: Centre must make foodgrain distribution universal
The immediate support India’s poor need is food; everything else comes later
How does FSSAI plan to ensure quality of food sold online?
Most e-stores still do not display the 'best before' date of food products
Ronaldo for ‘agua’: Celebrities dissing junk food can go a long way
The Euro topscorer has opened new ground; can Indian celebs catch up?
WHO sets global benchmarks for salt
The WHO considered national targets from 41 countries to set salt benchmarks; No country from WHO-South East Asia region, including, ...
How kitchen gardens are doing wonders in the remote villages of Odisha
Small patches of vegetable gardens at the backyards of the marginalised and resource-poor communities in the remote villages of ...
The pandemic has set in place another killer
In face of high food insecurity, more and more people are eating unhealthy
Lateral Thoughts: Clueless about food waste
We have no data on how much food we we waste and this derails waste management
Why I remember DN Jha as an exemplary food historian
His defining work was about a food item whose reality is markedly different from the narrative that has been ...
Plant-based beverages are no match for bovine milk
Consumers must not be swayed by such drinks using the term ‘milk’ as cow milk is superior in nutrition, taste ...
Rise in teenage pregnancies, poor maternal health hurdle to breaking intergenerational cycle of undernutrition
Significant incidences of early marriage and childbearing are among the important causes of undernutrition
Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the COVID-19 response
The available evidence suggests these measures could bolster people’s health and well-being while also building their resilience to pandemics
Food and healthcare in war-torn Tigray: preliminary insights on what’s at stake
The war has put 4.5 million people, half of whom are children, in need of emergency food assistance
Nutritional security could have made the fight against COVID-19 easier
This weak link between growth in income and nutritional outcomes requires the attention of policy makers
Why mushrooms should be included under ICDS and MDM scheme
Mushrooms in one’s daily diet will eventually promote a healthy body, behaviour and brain power
Can adulteration of edible oils be addressed by the Goonda Act?
Madras HC recently called for classifying those who adulterate food as goons; but we need long-term solutions
Food in good times and bad: What did 2020 teach us about the way we eat?
With the pandemic as our backdrop, several cooking and eating practices changed for us this year
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