The reports said the chain plans to roll-out the products nationally to its 85 Food Bazaar outlets, and has entered into a tie-up with third party manufacturers for the products. Local media reports said the chain has started test marketing of two beverages in the ready-to-drink and mix-and-make categories at Food Bazaar outlets in Mumbai, Delhi and other cities. Food Bazaar, a subsidiary of the Future group, is reportedly set to launch its own-label beverages under the Fresh & Pure' brand.

An increasing number of young professionals are taking to food supplements, often using them as replacement for food in extreme cases. MUMBAI: When 26-year-old Sajit Tadvi dropped eight kilos in less than six months from his 5 feet 7 inches frame, the financial services BPO executive knew he had serious trouble on his hands. But what are food supplements? Food supplements or dietary supplements are nutrients extracted from food and packaged into a powder, liquid or bar. I started taking...

Need is tremendous and the demand for emergency food boxes that feed a family for three or four days is up 20 percent over last year, food bank data show. That may sound idealistic, but food bank leaders are convinced that with some added awareness about the benefits of small gestures, such as buying local, anything is possible. But the challenge for faith groups is convincing parishioners to embrace the idea that emergency food handouts are not a long-term solution. Varga Garland, who...

The food stamp program, which under various names and guises has been around since 1939, is the mainstay of the federal food assistance program. The Food and Nutrition Service, which oversees the food stamp program with the states, operates 15 separate nutrition programs, spending a total of $59 billion, up 50 percent since 2001. An average of 26 million people receive food stamps every month, with the average monthly benefit per person $94. These include popular programs such as free- and...

A lifetime of better digestion, stronger natural defenses, weight loss and weight control, special advantages to women s and children s health, and an enhanced sense of personal well being at any age: these are chief among the revolutionary prebiotic claims available to manufacturers who include BENEO ingredients in their product formulations. A lifetime of better digestion, stronger natural defenses, weight loss and weight control, special advantages to women s and children s health, and...

A combination of forces, including bad weather, heightened demand for corn to produce ethanol, strong buying from consumers and higher energy costs, is boosting prices. Although the company will sell the boxes for less than it's been charging for the bigger sizes, the change will increase the price per ounce. She says the real challenge has been to try to continue to eat healthy, given that prices for fresh fruits and vegetables have risen so quickly. Because food is an item that people...

Research to date has been inconclusive on whether drinking sugar-sweetened beverages between meals increases children's risk of becoming overweight. The researchers studied the frequency of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption between meals of more than 1,900 children living in Quebec, Canada. Sugar-sweetened beverages and child health. Effects of Drinking Sugar-Sweetened Beverages between Meals on Pre-School Children. Researchers at the University of Ottawa Institute of Population Health...

According to a recent report World Organic Foods And Beverages Report (2006) published by RNCOS, it has been found that in comparison to the world organic food market s present growth rate, US organic food market will decelerate, but the region would remain the highest revenue generator globally even in the future. According to a recent report World Organic Foods And Beverages Report (2006) published by RNCOS, it has been found that in comparison to the world organic food market s present...

PRODUCERS and importers who sell denatured (poisoned) ethanol to manufacturers of products like wines, food and beverages must be punished, a Lagos-based non-governmental organisation, New Ethnic Organisation, said in Lagos weekend. A spokesman for the group, Taiwo Gidado, told Sunday Vanguard that the growing deformities in new born babies "have been attributed by medical experts to the consumption of particles of chemical elements from denatured ethanol, fraudulently sold to producers of...