World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners
Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight and could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults, the W.H.O. said on Monday.
Food
Excessive foraging for wild garlic and mushrooms in UK ‘a risk to wildlife’
Experts say foragers taking too much, selling the goods commercially and harming fragile ecosystemsForagers for wild garlic and mushrooms have been picking ingredients in protected sites, taking too much and putting wildlife at risk, experts have warne…
Banana appeal: Australia’s first genetically modified fruit sent for approval
Cavendish made to resist fungus threatening variety worldwide is seen as safety net for growers if industry wiped outGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastScientists have submitted Australia’s first genetically modif…
How Ana Ros, One of the World’s Best Chefs, Put Slovenia on the Culinary Map
Ana Ros broke through the boys’ club of fine dining, earning Hisa Franko in Slovenia two Michelin stars and a spot on the list of the world’s best restaurants.
Wendy’s to test AI chatbot that takes your drive-thru order
US fast-food chain says pilot program ‘seeks to take the complexity out of the ordering process’The next time someone asks for fries with their shake, they might be talking to a robot. At least, that’s what the US fast-food chain Wendy’s has planned.Ne…
Italians condemn ‘insult’ of Austrian-Chinese ‘European mozzarella’
Brothers of Italy councillor in Veneto reports package featuring gondola and Tower of Pisa for ‘counterfeiting’Sliced mozzarella cheese produced in Austria by a Chinese company and wrapped in packaging featuring images of a gondola and the leaning Towe…
Jock Zonfrillo remembered in televised tribute as MasterChef Australia returns
Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Nigella and Marco Pierre White among those giving emotional tributes to late chef ahead of 15th seriesCelebrity chefs including Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Nigella Lawson and former boss Marco Pierre White have remembered …
US food pesticides contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ testing finds
PFAS are present at ‘potentially dangerous’ levels in widely used chemicals sprayed on food crops destined for Americans’ platesSome of the United States’ most widely used food pesticides are contaminated with “potentially dangerous” levels of toxic PF…
Collecting ‘gourmet’ eggs from black-headed gulls should be banned, says RSPB
Conservationists say government must stop licensing ‘unsustainable’ harvest of eggs from amber-listed birdsLicences have been issued for more than 160,000 eggs to be taken from black-headed gull nests since 2019, government data shows, as conservationi…
English wine centre in Kent hopes for planning approval within days
Kentish Wine Vault aims to transform industry and produce English rival to proseccoA landmark centre for English wine designed by Norman Foster, which supporters say will produce an affordable rival to prosecco, could be given planning approval within …