Archive for the ‘Reference’ Category

Tip: Some attention for the home fridge

How do you organise your fridge? By size, with tall bottles and containers together? Meats on one shelf, dairy on another? Where do leftovers go – wherever they fit?  I recently came across this article from thekitchn.com which had a great tip for organising your home fridge the way professional kitchen fridges are organised – [...]

July 26, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: News, Reference  No Comments

Greenpeace: What is Genetic Engineering?

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Article written by Greenpeace. For more on GE foods in Australia, join the TrueFood Network.
What is Genetic Engineering?
Genetic engineering (also called genetic modification or GM for short) allows scientists to move genes between different [...]

March 12, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Reference  No Comments

Sponsor: Grassfed vs Grainfed Beef

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By Tim Elwin, Urban Food Market
I love grainfed beef. I have been brought up on it and believe that it delivers a rich, deep flavour not possible in grassfed beef. However being part of [...]

March 1, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Op-Ed, Reference  One Comment

Part 4: Popular terms in food and nutrition (S-Z)

By Food Advisor contributor Catherine Saxelby from foodwatch.com.au
In the fourth and final part of the series, we continue covering the 50 most commonly questioned terms – including nutrients, additives, chemical names and allergens – that puzzle and perplex shoppers today.
S-Z
Salicylate. An aspirin-like substance which occurs naturally in fruit, vegetables, herbs, honey and tea. In the 1970’s US [...]

February 25, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Reference  No Comments

Greenpeace: Join the TrueFood Network

If you would like to receive more information on GE-free products in Australia, join the Greenpeace TrueFood Network. It is free to join and you will be part of a growing community of everyday Australians, chefs, food experts, farmers and community groups uniting to protect our food from genetic engineering (GE).
Join up now (the form works [...]

February 24, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Reference  One Comment

Part 3: Popular terms in food and nutrition (M-R)

By Food Advisor contributor Catherine Saxelby from foodwatch.com.au
In the third part of this series, we continue covering the 50 most commonly questioned terms – including nutrients, additives, chemical names and allergens – that puzzle and perplex shoppers today.
M-R
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). Fats of a smaller size (shorter length of their carbon chain) than ordinary fats and oils which [...]

February 18, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Reference  No Comments

Part 2: Popular terms in food and nutrition (G-L)

By Food Advisor contributor Catherine Saxelby from foodwatch.com.au
Welcome to the second part of the series where we cover the 50 most commonly questioned terms – including nutrients, additives, chemical names and allergens – that puzzle and perplex shoppers today.
G-L
Glycaemic Index  (GI). A measure of the effect of a food on blood glucose levels. Values range from 0 [...]

February 11, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Reference  No Comments

Part 1: Popular terms in food and nutrition

By Food Advisor contributor Catherine Saxelby from foodwatch.com.au
If you’re concerned about healthy eating, you may have wondered, “What’s additive number 282?” or “What are trans fatty acids?” In the supermarket, you may think, “What is PKU and why is there a warning about it on diet foods?”
In the following series, we cover the [...]

February 1, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Reference  One Comment