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Written by Carlo Leifert                                                      

In the largest study of its kind, an international team...

If you’ve ever attempted to venture into the world of zero-waste living, you’ve likely discovered what many others have before you: Supermarkets can be an astonishing source of...

Organic foods and craft breweries have been tantalizing more discerning pallets for quite a while. Now a number of drinks companies are using the foundations of the craft beer revolution for soft drink additions to the marketplace, offering a real choice...

Coca Cola is a sugary fizzy drink that many people blame for contributing to the world obesity epidemic.

What’s in cola that makes it remove rust?

pH is an indicator of how acidic or alkaline a substance is.

Pure water has a neutral ph level of 7.

If a substance...

Palm oil-based biofuels will no longer be permitted in Norway, the nation’s parliament announced last week. The move, which aims to thwart the destruction of Indonesian rainforests razed for palm oil plantations, makes...

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Coca-Cola quietly funded a research institute out of the University of Colorado designed to persuade people to focus on exercise, not calorie intake, for weight loss strategies.

What Happened

A growing body of scientific evidence shows that too much sugar is bad for our health. And Coca-Cola has a...

Key takeaways:

• Each country has its own government agency that decides the health and safety of food additives.

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Functional beverages are among the fastest-growing functional food segments. This is partly due to their perceived benefits for overall health and chronic disease prevention.

Introduction to functional beverages

A functional beverage can be defined as “any non-alcoholic drink that provides additional health benefits due to the inclusion of any bioactive component...