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British Health Food Market
Moira A. HilliamFew retail sectors can match the dynamic growth in sales of health foods, which have rocketed in recent years with growing consumer interest in healthy eating and general fitness…
MAKING THE MOST OF: MUESLI
Before the advent of Alpen, it is safe to say that muesli was a relatively unknown quantity, the type of product, in fact, that was more at home in a health food shop alongside…
Bread responds to nutritional challenge
Nathan FisherThe background was set in 1979 with the issue of revised Recommended daily amounts of food and energy nutrients for groups of people in the United Kingdom (RDA) by the Committee…
DIETARY SALT INTAKE
Dick ShepherdCommon salt (sodium chloride) is essential for life. Animals in the wild sometimes go to great lengths to satisfy their craving for it and we can assume that our early ancestors…
Social class attitudes to diet and health
Some interesting research has been carried out recently by the Taylor Nelson Group, on behalf of the Flora Project for Heart Disease Prevention, amongst men in two distinct social…
What consumers want to see on food labels
People want more facts about the food they are eating and the more familiar they become with nutrition labelling, the more important it is to them. But they are confused about the…
Diet and behaviour
Vincent MarksThe debate about the relationship between sugar consumption and aberrant behaviour is far from new and has no more solid scientific basis now than it did forty years ago. Yet it…
NUTRITION IN CATERING
This was the title of the British Nutrition Foundation's seventh conference held this year at The Polytechnic, Huddersfield in July. Welcoming delegates from all over the UK, Sir…
VINEGAR BREWING
Alison CanningMany people think of vinegar as something that we buy in a bottle, sprinkle on our fish and chips, or use to make mint sauce or to pickle onions. Few may realise how complicated…
READY, STEADY, GO!: FOR HEALTHY EATING
School caterers and home economics teachers in Surrey are all set for a new drive on healthy eating in their schools. They have introduced a new meal choosing scheme which, they…
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