Study shows Brucella problem for raw dairy products in Tunisia
High Brucella contamination rates have been found in ricotta, cheese, and raw milk samples in Tunisia, posing a serious risk to consumers. A study investigated the occurrence of Brucella in 200 raw milk, ricotta, and artisan fresh cheese samples, collected from four districts in Tunisia. Results are based on Brucella DNA detection and don′t differentiate between live or dead…
Drinking more dairy milk may improve brain health in older adults
Worried about your aging brain? One solution might be on a shelf in the refrigerator aisle of your grocery store, according to new research conducted by scientists at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The KU Medical Center research team found that older adults who drink three cups of dairy milk a day can increase…
How lactose tolerance in humans became widespread
Milk has often been branded as a superfood as it is rich in most of the nutrients necessary for health. However, how milk came to be an integral part of the human diet has been a conundrum to scientists because most of the world can’t digest the product. Studies on the global prevalence of this…
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide, which is bad for your health and the planet. The global food system is in disarray. Animal agriculture is a major driver of global heating, and as many as 12 million deaths from heart disease, stroke, cancers and diabetes are each year connected to eating the wrong things, like too much red…
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide, which is bad for your health and the planet. The global food system is in disarray. Animal agriculture is a major driver of global heating, and as many as 12 million deaths from heart disease, stroke, cancers and diabetes are each year connected to eating the wrong things, like too much red…
Use the sniff test’: Morrisons to scrap ‘use-by’ dates from milk packaging
Morrisons will remove “use-by” dates from milk packaging at the end of the month in an attempt to save millions of pints from being thrown away unnecessarily every year. The British supermarket is asking customers to use a simple and time-honoured test to work out if cow’s milk is usable: sniff it. Bottles sold by…
Use the sniff test’: Morrisons to scrap ‘use-by’ dates from milk packaging
Morrisons will remove “use-by” dates from milk packaging at the end of the month in an attempt to save millions of pints from being thrown away unnecessarily every year. The British supermarket is asking customers to use a simple and time-honoured test to work out if cow’s milk is usable: sniff it. Bottles sold by…
What Does “Milk” Mean to Indian Consumers?
An article by Kritika Singh The Swedish oat-milk brand Oatly has been considered one of the pioneers of the Farm transition movement ever since the company first supported a dairy farmer’s switch to plant-based farming back in 2017. As a result, the farmer was able to increase his profits while also decreasing his greenhouse gas…
Eating locally grown foods seasonally is more environment friendly
The climate crisis is well and truly here, as we all know, and it’s only natural to wonder how we are all contributing to it. What we eat has far-reaching effects on the environment and the journeys our foods undertake to get to our plates can tell us a lot about climate change. From the…
Dairy, Horti, Eggs, Meat performed better than state controlled grains
The Union government recently released the second Advance Estimates for horticulture production for 2020-21, which once again showed that output there has been higher than food grain. The data shows that over the past 10 years, not only horticulture but the production of eggs, meat, milk and also fruits and vegetables have been faster than conventional…