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Posts:July 2018, Food and Beverage
Navigating the Food Landscape Requires a Map
Call it, perhaps, the straw that broke the camel’s back. Food and beverage companies along with foodservice chains are paying close attention to Starbucks’s decision this week to phase out the use of plastic straws by 2020. The announcement follows active campaigns by groups with catchy hashtags such as #stopsucking and #thelaststraw, aimed at raising attention to […]
Should You Salt Your Grapefruit? How the Food Science Research of Today Fuels the Communications of Tomorrow
by Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND| July 11, 2018
Grapefruits can be bitter, so how do we make them have a more pleasurable taste? A light dusting of sugar is often the logical solution. But, there’s an alternative option to achieve a sweeter taste. Salt. How do we know this works? We have research to thank. Salt brands in the 1940s certainly did, as […]
