March 2014

Fat and Hungry: Are U.S. Food Policies Obesogenic?; Keeping Consumers Sweet on Frozen Treats; Ingredient Solutions for Better Health; New Insights on Food Nanoscience; Developing Coloring Solutions Naturally

Volume 68, No. 3

U.S. food policies may have led to unexpected paradoxes.

Fat and Hungry: Are U.S. Food Policies Obesogenic?
U.S. food policies may have led to unexpected paradoxes when it comes to overweight and obesity.
March 1, 2014
Sweet on frozen treats

Keeping Consumers Sweet on Frozen Treats
Although ice cream and frozen novelties are mature categories, they keep reinventing themselves through new flavors, snack formats, and healthier options.
March 1, 2014
The large intestine is a center of inner protection activities.

Ingredient Solutions for Better Health
How prebiotics and low glycemic carbohydrates can play important roles in preventing or delaying health problems.
March 1, 2014
Foil-electronics product with an RFID interface

New Insights on Food Nanoscience
IFT’s sixth International Food Nanoscience Conference explored research and emerging applications in process monitoring, food safety, packaging, and encapsulation, regulatory activities, and consumer perception.
March 1, 2014
The large intestine is a center of inner protection activities.

Ingredient Solutions for Better Health
How prebiotics and low glycemic carbohydrates can play important roles in preventing or delaying health problems.
March 1, 2014
Foil-electronics product with an RFID interface

New Insights on Food Nanoscience
IFT’s sixth International Food Nanoscience Conference explored research and emerging applications in process monitoring, food safety, packaging, and encapsulation, regulatory activities, and consumer perception.
March 1, 2014
U.S. food policies may have led to unexpected paradoxes.

Fat and Hungry: Are U.S. Food Policies Obesogenic?
U.S. food policies may have led to unexpected paradoxes when it comes to overweight and obesity.
March 1, 2014
Sweet on frozen treats

Keeping Consumers Sweet on Frozen Treats
Although ice cream and frozen novelties are mature categories, they keep reinventing themselves through new flavors, snack formats, and healthier options.
March 1, 2014

Columns

Celebrating 75 Years of IFT Achievers

By Janet E. Collins

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Looking Back and Ahead at Food Science

By Kelly Hensel

IFT 75TH ANNIVERSARY

Art + Science = Moto's Perfect Marriage

By Kelly Hensel

CULINARY POINT OF VIEW

Global Healthy Eating Trends

By KAREN NACHAY

GLOBAL INSIGHTS

Fast Foods Slim Down

By A. Elizabeth Sloan

CONSUMER TRENDS

The Benefits of Biomaterials for Food Packaging and More

FOOD, MEDICINE & HEALTH

Developing Coloring Solutions Naturally

By KAREN NACHAY

INGREDIENTS

Fueling Healthy Kids

By Linda Milo Ohr

NUTRACEUTICALS

Bacteriophages: Not So Alien

By Neil H. Mermelstein

FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY

Exploring Extrusion

By J. Peter Clark

PROCESSING

Micro-oxygen: The Next Giant Step in Packaged Food Preservation

By Aaron L. Brody

PACKAGING

Consumers’ Diet and Nutrition IQs Could Use a Boost

By Mary Ellen Kuhn

WELLNESS

French Fries Said No to PHO Long Ago

By Eric Decker, Maureen Storey

PERSPECTIVE

Departments

IFT ONLINE

By Kelly Hensel

IFT ONLINE

Better broccoli; 2014 food trends; High-fat dairy leads to lower obesity

By Melanie Zanoza Bartelme

NEWS

Breakfast on a stick; Salad bowl with kale; Gluten-free veggie burgers

NEW PRODUCTS

Laser pinpoints salmonella; Oil-free emulsions

CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY

Annual meeting keynote speaker; IUFoST award nominations; Erdman to give lecture

By Melanie Zanoza Bartelme

IFT WORLD

Let’s Set the Record Straight About Fries and Trans Fat

LETTERS

Past Issues

February 2014

Salaries Back on Track; Sauces Satisfy and Surprise; How Consumers Are Choosing to Lose; Expanding Opportunities for Yogurt; Arsenic and Old Rice

January 2014

What, When and Where America Eats; GMOs: A Plateful of Promises; New Insights on ‘Liking’ and Product Choice; Easy Steps to Less Salt; Proteins Pick Up the Pace

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