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• Sam Sifton and Tejal Rao: How The Times Covers Food - New York Times

  21-12-2016 23:18
  New York Times
  Sam Sifton and Tejal Rao: How The Times Covers Food
  New York Times
  Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into news, features and opinion at The New York Times. Photo. Sam Sifton and Tejal Rao hearing from an audience member at a Times Insider event in December. Credit Stephen Hiltner/The New York Times.
  
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• Best practices in plant maintenance and safety improve operational efficiency

  21-12-2016 22:27
  
  Plant safety is critical to productivity. Proper plant maintenance plays a significant role in reducing unscheduled downtime and improving safety.
  
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• 2017 FA&M speaker line up announced

  21-12-2016 21:53
  
  Food Engineering’s 2017 Food Automation and Manufacturing Conference agenda has been finalized. The theme for this year is The Future of Food Manufacturing.
  
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• Plant of the Year and Sustainable Plant of the Year winners announced

  21-12-2016 21:45
  
  Food Engineering’s 2017 Plant of the Year goes to Abbott Nutrition.
  
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• 'Moonlight' Has One of the Best Food Scenes of the Year - Bon Appetit

  21-12-2016 21:03
  
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  'Moonlight' Has One of the Best Food Scenes of the Year
  Bon Appetit
  The most pivotal scene in Moonlight, a dramatic film that just received six Golden Globe nominations, takes place in our favorite room of any building: the kitchen. Moonlight is about Chiron, an African American man coming of age—and coming to ...and more »
  
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• The food industry is gaslighting us on the harms of sugar - Ars Technica

  21-12-2016 20:51
  
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  The food industry is gaslighting us on the harms of sugar
  Ars Technica
  The mountain of scientific studies about the harms of excess dietary sugar is really just a house of cards—a flimsy stack of weak conclusions based on low-quality data. And the international dietary guidelines based on those studies—the ones urging ...
  Study Tied to Food Industry Tries to Discredit Sugar GuidelinesNew York Times
  Sugar Wars: Junk Food, Junk Science, or Both? - Hit & Run ...Reason
  
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• Why the Food in 'Final Fantasy XV' Is So Damn Realistic - Eater

  21-12-2016 19:32
  
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  Why the Food in 'Final Fantasy XV' Is So Damn Realistic
  Eater
  In 2006, video game developer Square Enix announced a game called Final Fantasy Versus XIII, intended to be a spinoff of Final Fantasy XIII, the next entry in the long-running, globally successful Final Fantasy role-playing game series. While XIII ...
  Final Fantasy 15's food isn't just gorgeous - it was tested on actual camping hardwareGamesRadar
  Kyohei Suzuki Now Working On Final Fantasy 7 Remake As A Game DirectorAttack of th
  
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• Dates On Food Labels May Actually Start To Make Some Sense - Huffington Post

  21-12-2016 19:05
  
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  Dates On Food Labels May Actually Start To Make Some Sense
  Huffington Post
  The current system is confusing and leads consumers to discard 398,000 tons of edible food a year. 12/21/2016 01:02 pm ET | Updated 9 hours ago. Eleanor Goldberg Impact Editor, The Huffington Post. Marc Romanelli via Getty Images. To help cut down on ...and more »
  
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• Williams-Sonoma recalls Lemon Poppy Seed bread mix

  21-12-2016 18:07
  
  Williams-Sonoma has announced a voluntary recall of limited quantities of Meyer Lemon Poppy Seed Quick Bread mix due to potential Salmonella contamination.
  
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• Snyder of Berlin recalls Buffalo Blue Kettle Potato Chips

  21-12-2016 17:28
  
  Snyder of Berlin has recalled Buffalo Blue Kettle Cooked Potato Chips after being informed by a supplier that a milk powder used as an ingredient may contain Salmonella.
  
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• Kids' TV Ads For Unhealthy Food Skyrocketed In Just 4 Years - Huffington Post

  21-12-2016 16:51
  
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  Kids' TV Ads For Unhealthy Food Skyrocketed In Just 4 Years
  Huffington Post
  Your child's TV programming is a lot higher in sugar, fat and sodium than it probably should be. A new study showed that over a four-year period, kids viewed up to 30 percent more TV ads for unhealthy foods and beverages even though their time in front ...and more »
  
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• Does General Mills sales drop signal a cut too far? 

  21-12-2016 15:56
  General Mills disappointed the market this week (20 December) when the group lowered its full-year revenue outlook on the back of a 7.1% drop in sales during the second quarter. The company's aggressive cost cutting programmes enabled it to maintain its margin guidance but, Katy Askew asks, is the group's weak top line evidence of a cut too far? 
  
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• 3G Capital's appetite for more M&A, Lactalis' investment in India, Hormel Foods' purchase of Justin's - the most-read news stories on just-food in 2016

  21-12-2016 15:38
  
  The year's most-read news stories included speculation of 3G Capital's intentions to make more acquisitions in packaged food, Lactalis snapping Indian dairy Anik Industries and Hormel Foods buying US nut butter firm Justin's.
  
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• 3G Capital's appetite for more M&A, Lactalis' investment in India, Hormel Foods' pruchase of Justin's - the most-read news stories on just-food in 2016

  21-12-2016 15:38
  
  The year's most-read news stories included speculation of 3G Capital's intentions to make more acquisitions in packaged food, Lactalis snapping Indian dairy Anik Industries and Hormel Foods buying US nut butter firm Justin's.
  
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• Dutch poultry group Plukon - Duc buy "strengthens France growth plans"

  21-12-2016 14:13
  Netherlands-based poultry processor Plukon Food Group has said its plans to grow the business in France will be "strengthened" by its acquisition of French peer Groupe Duc.
  
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• Now you can ask food critic Jonathan Gold for advice anytime - Los Angeles Times

  21-12-2016 14:00
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Now you can ask food critic Jonathan Gold for advice anytime
  Los Angeles Times
  The self-proclaimed “belly of Los Angeles” has passed on his encyclopedic knowledge of the best food in L.A. to his chatbot twin: Goldbot. Yes, you heard that right. You can now talk to acclaimed food critic Jonathan Gold any time you want — or at ...and more »
  
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• Campbell launches Well Yes soups range in US

  21-12-2016 13:46
  Campbell Soup Co. has launched a soup line in the US - Well Yes - featuring "simple and nutritious ingredients that people know and understand".
  
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• Egypt hits food imports with higher tariffs

  21-12-2016 12:52
  Egypt has slapped increased tariffs on a range of imports including selected food products in a bid to boost domestic production and reduce a growing trade deficit.
  
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• Nestle, Unilever, Delta withdraw food in Greece after poisoning threat

  21-12-2016 12:44
  Unilever, Coca-Cola, Nestle and Delta decided to withdraw some of their products from supermarkets in Athens after threats of contamination were posted on a Greek website.
  
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• Bellamy's asks for share suspension extension 

  21-12-2016 11:01
  Infant formula maker Bellamy's Australia has requested the trading halt on its shares to be extended until it determines the impact talks with "key supplier/manufacturers" will have on its financial results. 
  
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• Dairy Crest signs prebiotic research deal with DuPont

  21-12-2016 09:29
  Dairy Crest, the UK butter and cheese maker, is to work with ingredients giant DuPont on trials of how the prebiotic galacto­oligosaccharide can be used in poultry and swine.
  
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• Portugal's food producers, retailers sign "best practice" code

  21-12-2016 09:06
  Food producers and retailers in Portugal have signed a voluntary "code of good business practice" aimed at introducing "ethics" to foster better relations between the country's supermarkets and suppliers including farmers.
  
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• Nissin aims to reduce Cup Noodles salt content in Japan

  21-12-2016 08:26
  Nissin Foods has confirmed it is working on plans to reduce the salt content of its Cup Noodles product sold in Japan to attract health-conscious consumers - but said it is too soon to say when or what the level of reduction might be.
  
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• USDA revises guidance on date labeling to reduce food waste

  21-12-2016 07:00
  The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued updated information on food product labeling, including new guidance aimed at reducing food waste through encouraging food manufacturers and retailers that apply product dating to use a “Best if Used By” date label.
  
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• Price of food may influence perceptions of ‘healthier’ products

  21-12-2016 07:00
  A study published in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests that consumers believe healthy food must be more expensive and that higher-priced food is healthier—even when there is no supporting evidence.
  
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• Parker Products breaks ground on new Texas plant

  21-12-2016 07:00
  Parker Products, a provider of inclusions and other specialty ingredients for the baking, dairy, beverage, confectionery, and ready-to-eat and snack industries, has broken ground on a new 90,000-sq-ft facility.
  
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• Hormel Foods International names Gadsden president of Asia-Pacific region

  21-12-2016 07:00
  Hormel Foods International, a division of Hormel Foods, recently announced that Don Gadsden will assume the position of president of Asia-Pacific.
  
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• Good-tasting food may not drive overeating

  21-12-2016 07:00
  Despite the common perception that good-tasting food is unhealthy because it causes obesity, new research from the Monell Center using a mouse model suggests that desirable taste in and of itself does not lead to weight gain.
  
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• Eurofins appoints Sean Murray president

  21-12-2016 07:00
  Eurofins has announced the appointment of Sean Murray as national division leader for U.S. Food and president of Eurofins Scientific.
  
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• Ebro Foods merges U.S. rice, pasta companies

  21-12-2016 07:00
  Ebro Foods has announced the upcoming merger of its U.S. rice and pasta companies, Riviana Foods, American Rice, and New World Pasta, creating the largest manufacturer and marketer of rice products and the second largest producer and distributor of pasta products in the United States.
  
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• Clear Labs raises $13 million to scale sequencing platform for food industry

  21-12-2016 07:00
  Clear Labs, a food analytics platform for retailers and manufacturers, has raised $13 million in Series B funding.
  
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• A diet of fruits, vegetables may help kidney disease patients

  21-12-2016 07:00
  Modifying the diet to include more fruits and vegetables may help kidney disease patients with a condition called metabolic acidosis, which means there is too much acid in bodily fluids because the kidneys are struggling to remove it.
  
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• 12 organizations to launch online hub offering food waste solutions

  21-12-2016 07:00
  The Rockefeller Foundation has announced its collaboration with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and a partnership of 10 private sector and non-profit organizations to create “Further With Food: Center for Food Loss and Waste Solutions,” an online hub for the exchange of information and solutions that can help realize the national goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030.
  
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• Failure: V8 Protein Shakes and Bars

  21-12-2016 01:00
  The desire among consumers to lead healthier lifestyles has led to the proliferation of protein products in the food and drink category. However, as protein is now well established in food and drink p
  
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• Consumer and Market Insights: Ice Cream in Poland

  21-12-2016 01:00
  Strong economy and high incomes of consumers is driving the Ice Cream market in Poland. The market is led by the 'Take-Home and Bulk Ice Cream' category in both Off-trade and On-trade volume consumpti
  
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• Consumer and Market Insights: Ice Cream in Australia

  21-12-2016 01:00
  The Australian Ice Cream market is forecast to register similar growth in Off-trade and On-trade sales during 2015-2020. The market is led by 'Take-Home and Bulk Ice Cream' which is also forecast to r
  
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• French poultry group Duc H1 losses grow

  21-12-2016 00:25
  Groupe Duc, the French poultry processor set to be taken over by Dutch peer Plukon Food Group, saw its losses widen in the first half of its financial year.
  
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• Bright Food 'eyeing sale of Weetabix'

  21-12-2016 00:19
  China's Bright Food Group is reportedly looking to sell its shares in UK breakfast cereal producer Weetabix.
  
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• Calavo Growers forecasts "another record year"

  21-12-2016 00:18
  Calavo Growers, the US avocado-to-salsa supplier, believes it will see "another record-breaking year" to follow 12 months in which its net profit jumped by almost 40%.
  
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• Dutch poultry group Plukon to acquire French peer Duc

  21-12-2016 00:17
  
  Netherlands-based poultry processor Plukon Food Group is to acquire French peer Groupe Duc.
  
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• Princes FY profits rise despite drop in sales

  21-12-2016 00:16
  Princes, the UK-based food and drinks group, has reported a rise in annual profits for its most recent financial year, despite the company, owned by Japan's Mitsubishi Corp., seeing sales fall.
  
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