Pickle preserve

Popular forms of baby mango pickles from south India have multiple benefits, writes Chitra Balasubramaniam

'Food security, not profit from trade in food, is priority for developing countries'

A report on “Food riots and food rights” was recently presented in the UK House of Commons. Funded by the UK Department for …

Cool summer food

Something's Cooking

Survival menu

Bajra is nutritious, tasty and freely available

Free food body of corporate influence

Supreme Court asks food regulator to form new scientific panels

Indian diets are unhealthy: EAT-Lancet report

The report compared food consumption patterns in India with a reference diet from the EAT-Lancet Commission

FSSAI draft guidelines do not propose ban on junk food in schools

Guidelines submitted to Delhi High Court dwell more on promoting consumption of water and hygiene among school kids through Facebook,Twitter

In short

Foreign food invasion

A growing taste for foods from across the globe is adding hugely to India’s import bill for groceries and raising health concerns

Short News

Industrial processing contaminates tea

Report on riots and food rights presented in UK House of Commons

DFID-funded research analyses whether riots and public movements helped people secure right to affordable food in four countries—India, …

Enzyme to counter toxin in tasty food

Food aid comes a cropper

New Mexico rejects bills on artificial sweetener ban

Healthy move

पीडीएस से बाहर गरीब बच्चों में है कुपोषण का सबसे ज्यादा खतरा

हाल ही में छपे एक नए शोध से पता चला है कि देश में जो गरीब तबका पीडीएस से बाहर है उस वर्ग के ...

Canada’s new food guide promotes plant-based proteins, instead of meat

The latest food guide came after cardiovascular disease became the second cause of death for Canadians

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

Deadly and still free

An international meeting on phasing out deadly pesticides has just come a cropper

New US rules on food imports

It has been nine months since the US began its search for chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Although nothing was found,…

No food

Kremlin on Tartar sweet

Thin on facts

High sales pitch of Saffola’s ‘healthier’ rice relies on unproven data