“Kellogg Delights Consumers With New Products”
My Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) newsletter showed up in my inbox today. As I scanned the list of headlines, my eye was caught by one stating “Kellogg introduces nearly two dozen products in early 2012.” “Nearly two dozen”? Be still my heart! There was a link to Kellogg’s press release, so rather than relying on IFT’s summary, I clicked over to the company site to check out the lineup. Here...
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Stephen Colbert: 1; Nabisco: 0
Is it possible that the suits at Nabisco/Kraft failed to realize what would happen when they sent Colbert that memo? The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive If this article in Adweek is anything to go on, the folks at Kraft appear to be rolling with the punches – at least publicly. But methinks the audience wasn’t laughing with Kraft, but at it. While the...
Dergin Tokmak
Today, CBS News posted a short article on German dancer Dergin Tokmak… who is an amazing athlete! Stricken with polio as an infant, Tokmak is partially paralyzed from the waist down… but he’s a better dancer on crutches than even many pros with the full use of their legs are. I was both humbled and deeply impressed. Take a look: Below is Tokmak’s performance with the Cirque du Soleil in “Varekai”:...
Walmart’s “Great For You” Label Isn’t Bad!
Walmart unveiled its new front-of-package logo earlier this month to help customers identify healthy food choices. The new green “Great For You” logo is currently being used only on store-label products & fresh fruits and veggies; but the company plans to make it available to other manufacturers whose products meet Walmart’s criteria. And – surprise, surprise – those criteria are relatively strict! It...
Go Read Dr. Freedhoff’s Latest Post About Dr. Oz
Seriously: here’s a link to “A Tale of Two Oz’s” at Dr. Freedhoff’s blog, “Weighty Matters.” Good stuff – I really can’t add anything to it. Dr. Freedhoff is dead right about the relative lack of studies on raspberry ketone for weight loss. Beyond the two “shaky” studies mentioned, there’s only industry-funded stuff like this. At this point, the evidence is pretty...
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