Not all weeds seen in millet farms are villains but uncultivated crops
These crops sustain the poor and enrich their food basket
Top 10 items contributing to headline Inflation during Oct 2019-Jan 2020
FSSAI launches Eat Right campaign to curb consumption of sugar, salt and fat
The objective is to combat negative nutritional trends and fight lifestyle diseases
How to be a glutton and bloom with health
How what you tuck into can pull you back from the brink of death
Burgers? Burp!
Getting obese? Blame it on burgers, pizzas and french fries
FAO acknowledges Indian wheat exports helped in reducing April inflation
There has been some relief in inflation in April according to the Food Price Index of the FAO, released May 6; this relief has been seen in …
Food fudge: The story behind why India still does not have front-of-pack labelling
Seven years, four committees and two draft regulations later, India still does not have a clear labelling system to warn consumers about harmful …
Incoming corporate wave in food systems will threaten farmers and consumers: Report
This will trigger massive shift of rural dwellers to urban areas, exacerbate land and resource grabs by corporations
Food safety: Dangerously high levels of salt and fat in Indian junk food
CSE tested 33 foods which included 14 packaged foods such as chips, namkeen, noodles, and soup; and 19 fast foods such as burgers, fries, fried …
Experts raise questions on FSSAI draft about conflict of interest
The draft is silent on many aspects which proves that FSSAI wants to remain non-transparent, they say
FSSAI plans mandatory colour coding for sugary and salty foods
The move is among a number of measures which are a part of FSSAI’s new draft regulation on labelling and display
Indian olives: The most under-utilised fruit crop
Jalpai, the Indian olive, is an under-researched fruit which is used to make sweet and sour recipes
This earthy flavour helps locals in Odisha fight adverse climate
Leafy greens like mutthi saag come in handy for poor people to meet their nutritional requirements
India’s top colleges not following food safety standards: FSSAI report
For the report, 12 central institutions of higher education were audited of which, only two were found to abide by the rules
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
Project to turn Olympic food waste into meals for poor
At present, several initiatives are being planned to combat the trend of food wastage. One such initiative is the “Reffetto-Rio” project
Himachal Pradesh joins list of states banning cotton candy after samples fail food safety test
Samples test positive for harmful dye Rhodamine-B
Denmark scraps tax on fat
Government gives in to pressure from the food industry, consumers
Yummy but harmful
Indian markets are flooded with foods that contain colours beyond permissible limits
Green is the new orange: Why carrot leaves shouldn’t be thrown away
There is more to carrots than their colourful roots
The pandemic has set in place another killer
In face of high food insecurity, more and more people are eating unhealthy
Sour saga of chana saag: Easier access to tender chickpea greens can promote this nutritious food
BONUS: Easy-to-cook good food recipe inside
Indian packaged foods least healthy globally: Survey
Packaged foods from the UK ranked the healthiest, followed by US, Australia
Sip those blues away
The rich hue of butterfly pea flower comes packed with therapeutic values
Trouble with vegetarian fascists
Their arguments have no meat