First Food Recipe: Healthy and easy Makhana Breakfast

Makhana (Euryale ferox) or fox nut is traditionally known to be eaten during a religious fast in India, but due to its immense health benefits, …

Junk food monster: Every bite of your favourite snack can be lethal FULL COVERAGE

We lose an indigenous plant variety every 24 minutes

Lack of market pushes farmers away from local crops, say experts at Bhubaneswar food sovereignty meet

Just what is a ‘healthy diet’? A UN paper explains

New United Nations paper released ahead of Food Systems Summit makes critical points about food nutrition and safety

Ultra-processed foods: global analysis shows they aren’t well sign-posted

Powerful food companies, which are often headquartered in high-income countries, are driving the global expansion of ultra-processed foods into …

Rajasthan human rights body seeks answers over food adulteration

In petition, Commission claims use of banned food dyes; use of colour on low quality cereals, and vegetables being washed in sewage water

World’s 1 billion people are hungry and 2 billion eat too much wrong food

A study conducted in 16 countries says world’s eating habits will not leave enough food to feed all and it is detrimental to the climate too

FSSAI in denial mode, won’t ban processed foods that tested positive for GM

The food regulator refuses to take those food products off the shelf, ignoring possible risks

“Rich countries need to consume and produce less animal-source foods”

World Food Prize winner Lawrence Haddad on the impact of climate change on food systems

Eating ‘exotic foods’? You’re helping in emission of 3 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases yearly

The world could reduce emissions by 0.38 gigatonnes by replacing imports and exports with locally grown food, according to a new study

Hidden costs of food: UN suggests price restructuring to make healthy food affordable, sustainable

The omission of external costs destroys the environment, heightens food insecurity, health risks and festers social evils 

First food for fasting days

From makhanas to kuttu to singhara, here are ways to add taste and spice to food while fasting  

Congo faces world’s worst food crisis due to COVID-19: Report

Around 21.8 million people are food insecure in the country due to disruption of food supply chains

FSSAI launches SNF@Workplace initiative to stem obesity, non-communicable diseases

Country’s premier food watchdog also plans to evaluate organisations based on systems put in place to promote health and wellness

Declining food imports by most vulnerable countries a cause for concern: FAO

World food import bill to touch record high, but cost-of-living pressures may persist in 2023

Quarter of a billion people are facing acute hunger: Report

Key drivers of this crisis were economic shocks, conflicts & climate extremes

Kachnar: Turn over a delicious leaf

The beautiful leaves of kachnar are nutritious too

US food labels will now display calories per serving and for entire product

Change in accordance with new FDA rules, intended to make consumers aware

Junk food monster: When McDonald's had to go back on its ad

Fast food co invited consumers to replace home-cooked meals with its products

Meet yaipan, the wannabe turmeric

Relish yaipan, a wild flower from The Himalayas, as food or as drug

Genetically modified food

Rising vegetable prices open a new chapter in the world food crisis

Supply chain disruptions, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, financial tightening through rising interest rates and the war in Ukraine have …

World Food Day 2019: FAO calls for healthy diets to build zero-hunger world

The United Nations body noted that people around the world were either suffering from obesity or food insecurity

Mushroom papads, jams, cakes to soon hit markets to push production

This is an effort to popularise it so people don’t consider it a non-vegetarian food or are unaware of its nutritional benefits, says the …

Genetically modified foods can cause unintended changes: ICMR

In the absence of long-term studies to ascertain health impacts, countries are following precautionary principle to regulate genetically modified …