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10 deceiving new names for high-fructose corn syrup.

“Take General Mills’ Vanilla Chex, for example. It’s an updated version of the Chex cereal sold in most conventional grocery stores, and the front of the new box states that the product contains “no high fructose corn syrup.” However, if […]

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14 vegetables that are actually fruits.

I can never get enough of this. Peas are on the list. Peas! “Technically, peas aren’t the fruit here, but the pods are. That’s because they contain the seeds — the peas — that the plant uses to reproduce.” ~ learn more

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Freshly shut down meal deliveries.

For years, this company was “ahead” of Factor in the healthy prepared food subscription business. Nestle acquired them for $950 million in 2020. Now they have shut down the business. Meanwhile, Factor is still delivering healthy eats weekly! ~ learn more

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Are farm antibiotics destroying our health?

“After calling multiple experts for corroboration of the reasons for Dr. Thompson’s treatment protocol, he put out job postings for a farm manager everywhere he could. He used it as a pretense to hold candid interviews with farmers across the […]

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Let’s learn about the U.S. pine nut business.

“A century ago, the pine nut was a major agricultural product of the American Southwest. … Today, American pine nuts (also called piñon or pinyon) are rarely found growing outside the Southwest. And even there, they can be a challenge […]

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A newly-patented instant ice cream.

“Two food scientists, Syed Rizvi, professor of food science engineering, and Michael E. Wagner, Ph.D. ’15, have just patented a clever use of the Joule-Thompson Effect that certainly has the potential to make the world a little more magical.” | learn more

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Tiny Netherlands is a major exporter of food.

“The rallying cry in the Netherlands started two decades ago, as concern mounted about its ability to feed its 17 million people: Produce twice as much food using half as many resources. … The Dutch have pioneered cell-cultured meat, vertical […]