Food Industry News

Overweight adults often turn to diet beverages to help them slim down, but this tactic might backfire, new research suggests.

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• Drink

When is a lemon not a lemon? When it's "lemon flavor" in a processed food or drink.

• Food

Americans eat way too much salt, and one reason why is that processed and prepared foods have a lot of hidden salt, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.

• Salt

An additive used in most processed foods may be linked to colon cancer in mice, a new study suggests.

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• Additices

Regularly eating cured meats such as ham and salami might aggravate asthma, researchers report.

• Meat

Use of artificial sugar by American children and adults has soared in recent years -- and the news isn't all that sweet, a new study suggests.

• Sweeteners

There was a time when "fruit flavored" and "cheese flavored" meant "made with real fruit" and "made with real cheese."

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• Additives

The researchers showed that regardless of whether people have high blood pressure, low-sodium intake is associated with more heart attacks, strokes, and deaths compared to average intake.

• Salt

Studies in both animals and humans have suggested that consuming artificial sweeteners can make you feel hungry and actually eat more. A comprehensive new study co-led by the University of Sydney has revealed for the first time why this response occurs.

• Appetite
• Sweeteners

Genetic differences might help explain why some people like to use a lot of salt on their food.

• Salt
• Food
• Additives