For tribal people, the thrill of food lies in the knowledge and awareness about picking the right food at the right time
Can FSSAI ensure safe food at places of worship without hurting religious sentiments?
India has a living tradition of healthy food
Famine declared in South Sudan; about 4.9 million people in urgent need of food
Dry run
Nutritional standards for the sale of camel milk, issued for the first time by the government, are a huge ...
India’s new Food Composition Table provides data on nutritive value of 586 foods
The data in the book can help identify the crops that should be grown to fight micronutrient deficiency
Food fortification is not magic bullet to fight malnutrition
The Supreme Court order on sourcing natural food locally instead of relying on artificially-fortified commercial products was hailed by ...
Root unearthed
Gandrayani is a root used widely in Uttarakhand to enhance the flavour of dishes. But there is hardly any ...
How your Christmas turkey arrives already stuffed – with antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance in livestock farming will reduce the impact of the suite of pharmaceuticals we rely on for fighting ...
Food labelling guidelines likely to be updated in next four months: FSSAI
The FSSAI is also looking at what regulatory structure is required for claim verification
India's food labelling, promotion laws need to be strengthened: experts
India does not have standardised serving size of foods and it is not required to be labelled
About 9.4 million people in need of food assistance in Syria; 716,000 more than in 2015
The production of wheat in Syria reduced by an alarming 55 per cent in 2015-2016
Amma, we want some more
Food subsidy has attained a new meaning in Tamil Nadu, where government-run canteens are feeding a growing urban poor ...
'Healthy’ fast food chains not living up to their claims
Many chains are now using claims about nutrient content and health benefits on their websites to create a marketing ...
Go foraging for edible plants
One person's weed can be another person's green
India’s hunger crisis worse than Bangladesh, Nepal
Around 15 per cent of India’s population is undernourished and 38.7 per cent of children suffer from stunted growth
Report urges countries to set reduction targets to minimise food waste
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food produced in the ...
You say tomato… why some fruits are forever doomed to be called veggies
When botany and linguistics collide: pumpkins are fruits and there's technically no such thing as a vegetable. But try ...
Vanishing from the wild
The impact of climate change on wild food has not received the attention it deserves
Fruits of Kachchh
In the arid district of Gujarat, a wide variety of wild fruits are relished by people
Food safety agency extends implementation of trans fats standards by six months
The amendment notified in August 2015 for implementation in August this year has now been extended till February 2017
Food safety authority issues draft standards for cereal products
The food regulator, which released the draft standards on Wednesday, has called for comments within 30 days
Flowering blossoms
You can interpret banana flowers in many ways—religious, medicinal and culinary
Kerala imposes 14.5 per cent fat tax on branded restaurants selling junk food
A 2016 study published in the International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries found high incidence of Type-2 diabetes ...
Demand for energy-dense food declines in Mexico following tax imposition
Households with low socio-economic status purchased 10.2 per cent less taxed food than expected