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Epogee white paper examines obesity epidemic

March 9, 2021

Epogee recently published a white paper offering an exciting solution to the growing obesity epidemic.

U.K. agency releases strict sugar reduction guidelines

Manufacturers of sweet food products to reduce sugar levels by 20 percent.

Alyse Thompson

April 5, 2017

Public Health England (PHE), an executive agency of the United Kingdom’s Department of Health, last week released guidelines for sweets manufacturers to cut sugar levels by 20 percent over the next three years.

Sweeteners help snack and bakery manufacturers offer better-for-you products

Strategies for sweetener use factor in several variables, including 'added sugars,' better-for-you positioning, flavor, and natural and clean-label requirements.

Maxine Weber

January 16, 2017

We often equate January with the start of diet season. The past two months of overindulging are now behind us, and it’s time to be responsible eaters again.

A group of Australian researchers, led by Constantine Gasser, discover that candy consumption is not related to obesity.

Shocker: Candy helps keep kids slim!

Australian researchers discover anomaly in reviewing existing research covering 180,000 children.

Bernie Pacyniak

May 4, 2016

No, this isn’t a National Enquirer headline meant to trick you into reading my column. Listen, no aliens were hurt or involved in writing this column.

Candy makers should welcome changes from FDA

Added sugar labels, serving size changes are better than the alternative.

Crystal Lindell

August 20, 2014

Back in the day, when I was but a young college student gaining what is infamously known as the “The Freshman 15,” as in “15 additional lbs.,” I had a revelation about calories.

Marijuana vs. Sugar

Are sugar and pot about to flip roles?

Poll shows Americans believe sugar is more harmful than pot. Confectionery industry should start panicking now.

Crystal Lindell

March 12, 2014

A new Wall Street Journal /NBC News poll asked Americans to pick the most harmful among four substances, and more people chose sugar than marijuana!

The diet balancing act

March 10, 2014

Boasting before-and-after pictures of dieters, fad-diet marketers often make sweeping promises that tell followers they will “lose weight fast.”

Health & Wellness

Common sense in, fad diets out

Christine Cochran

January 10, 2014

Happy New Year! January marks the unofficial “official” start of the diet season. The pressure of New Year’s resolutions, coupled with added weight (and guilt) from overindulging over the holiday season, seems to send the nation into a dieting frenzy year after year.

Food Safety

Preparing for the FDA’s Foreign Supplier Verification program

Gale Prince

January 10, 2014

Changes in food-safety regulations aren’t just limited to the U.S. I recently took part in an international food-safety meeting in China, during which representatives from 19 nations talked about changes underway in food-safety regulations in their respective countries.

Helping Hispanics eat—and be—healthy

Sylvia Klinger

December 10, 2013

What can bakers do to improve the health of Hispanics? Plenty, and they should do it quickly. Why the urgency? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Latinos—males and females of all ages—have among the highest obesity rates in the United States.